JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1832.

CHAPTER 284.

CHAP. 284

An act to regulate Femes in Somerset County,

Passed Mar. 8, 1833

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That if the proprietor of any place now used
as a public Ferry, in Somerset county, and which place the
Levy court of said county shall think proper to be contin-
ued as a public Ferry, shall refuse to rent the house and
land commonly used with, or necessary for such Ferry, to
such person as the said Levy court shall approve, or be un-

Case of owner of

land, refusing to

rent, &c.

der any disability to rent as aforesaid, that in such case the
Levy court shall appoint three disinterested commissioners
to meet on the premises after giving notice in writing to
the owner thereof, on a day to be appointed to condemn
and estimate on oath, in current money the value of the
said lands or house necessary and most Convenient in their
judgment for the use of such Ferry, and the commission-
ers shall make return of their proceedings, together with
a certificate of survey of the said land by the Surveyor of
the county to the Levy court, who shall cause the same to
be entered on their records, and the Levy court may agree
with any person to erect or repair, at the expense of the
county, buildings necessary to carry on such Ferry, and the
land valued by the commissioners, and the buildings there-
on, shall become the property of the county forever, and
shall be annually used by such person for the accommoda-
tion of his ferrymen, as the Levy court may employ to keep
ferry at such place, and the Levy court shall pay to the pro-
prietor of the land and house, his heirs, executors, admin-
istrators or assigns, the value estimated by the commission-
ers as aforesaid, and the said court shall assess the same,
and the expense of erecting or repairing buildings as afore-
said, on all the property of Somerset county in the same
manner as other county charges are assessed by law.

Proceedings direc-

ted

Sec. 2. And be it cncated, That the decision of the com-
missioners, or a majority of them shall be considered final
and conclusive, unless an appeal shall be prosecuted as is
hereafter provided, and the value of the land and house so

Valuation being

paid.

assessed being paid, or offered to be paid to the proprietor
or proprietors thereof, the said house and land shall be con-
sidered the lawful property of Somerset county, for the

To become pro-

perty of the Co.

purposes aforesaid; Provided always, that if the owner or
owners of the land or house as aforesaid valued, his, her
or their guardian or guardians, trustee or trustees, shall
conceive him, her, or themselves aggrieved, by such valu-

Appeal provided