1829.
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. 233.
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paid in the same manner as provided for by the act
to which
this is a supplement, and in valuing and condemning land for
said road, and returning the costs and expenses of the same,
they shall take the oaths or affirmations as provided for by the
act to which this is a supplement.
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Passed Mar. 1, 1830.
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CHAPTER 234.
An act to authorise and empower the Levy Courts of the several
Counties, therein mentioned, to alter, open, and shut up,
roads, in their respective Counties.
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Levy court authorised.
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Sec. 1. Be it enacted
by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Levy Courts or Commissioners, as the case may be, of
Charles, Caroline, Washington, and Calvert counties, be, and
they are hereby authorised and empowered, to alter, open,
and shut up, any public road in said counties; and to have
full power and cognizance, in every respect, in relation to
establishing, altering, opening, or shutting up, any public road
or roads in said counties, and to levy money for said purpose,
or assess damages, as to them shall seem meet and equitable.
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Notice required.
Appeal provided.
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted,
That when, in the opinion of said
court, either of their own knowledge, or upon representation
of any third person or persons, it may become necessary to
open, alter, shut up, or establish, any public road in said counties,
notice in writing of such intent shall be given to the person or persons,
deemed or known to be interested therein; and
said court shall assign a day for acting upon such business, and
to have the allegations of parties concerned; and shall therefore
take such order in relation thereto, as may appear to them
to be most commonant to justice and the public convenience: and
if any person or persons shall consider himself or themselves
aggrieved by any decision of the Levy Court, an appeal shall
be allowed to the County Court, where either party may have
a trial by jury, who may bring in a general verdict, affirming
the proceedings of the Levy Court, or such special verdict as
they may judge to be the most consistent with propriety, justice,
and the public convenience.
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Record transmitted.
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Sec. 3. And be it enacted,
That in case of such appeal, all
original papers, filed with the Levy Court, shall be safely
transmitted by the clerk, to the county court at its next session;
and a trial shall be held the first term, either upon the same
testimony, or upon any other that may be addressed by either
party; and the county court shall have the power of awarding
costs, as in all cases of equitable proceedings.
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"Testimony" received.
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Sec. 4. And be it enacted,
That any testimony, or deposition,
taken before a commissioner of said county, under the act of
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