1836.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 53.

over Long Creek, at or near the site where Richard
Bouldin's mill formerly stood, on the road leading
from Elkton to Warwick in said county.

named.

SEC. 2. Ant be it enacted, That Henry D. Miller,
Benjamin B. Chambers, and Benjamin F. Sluyter, be
and they are hereby nominated and appointed commis-
sioners to contract for the building of said bridge and
the erection of said dam, jointly or separately as they
or a majority of them may deem most advisable, on the

Their duty.

most reasonable terms;, whose duty it shall be, after
making said contract, to report the same to the county
commissioners of said county, and when said bridge and
dam are completed, to report to said commissioners the
cost of said bridge and dam, together with all other
proceedings under this law.

Compensation.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said county com-
missioners shall allow the commissioners appointed
under this law a reasonable compensation for their ser-
vices, which allowance, together with the six hundred
dollars, shall be levied and collected as other county
charges Are, and be paid to said commissioners ap-
pointed under this law, or their order.

CHAPTER 53.

Passed Feb. 23
1837.

An act to allow Thomas Bruce, former Sheriff of
Prince George's county, further time to complete his
Collections.

Authorised to
collect.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Thomas Bruce, former sheriff of Prince Geor-
ge's county, and his deputies, or any agent by him ap-
pointed, be. and they are hereby authorised and em-
powered to collect and receive all and every balance
or amount of officers fees, chancery, taxes, and fines
and forfeitures, and all other sums that may be due,
and owing to the said Bruce as sheriff as aforesaid, or
to his deputies in the same manner, apd to the same ef-

Accounts in
bar.

fect as if the term of office of the said Bruce, as sher-
iff as aforesaid, had not expired; provided, that if any
person against whom there is a claim by said Bruce,
as sheriff as aforesaid, or either of his deputies shall
make affidavit before a justice of the peace of said