ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. NOVEMBER.

1803.

by law for the completion of the said buildings; and the justices of the county court of the said coun-
ty, on examining and passing the accounts of the said commissioners, have certified their opinion
that the foregoing representation is true, and that the new prison is faithfully and substantially built,
and that it is just and reasonable that the sum of money so applied by them ought, to. be reimbursed,
and levied for their indemnification; therefore.

CHAP.
LI.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the justices of the levy court of
Talbot county be authorised and empowered, and they are hereby enabled and required, at their
next levy court, to assess and levy, on the assessable property in the said county, the aforesaid sum
of one hundred and fifty-two pounds nine shillings and five-pence, together with lawful interest for
the same from the seventh day of August last until the same shall be payable, for the use and in-
demnification of the said commissioners, and the same shall be levied and collected by the collector
of the said county in the same manner as other county charges are levied and collected, and shall be
paid by the collector, to the said commissioners, or a majority of them, or to their order, at the
period appointed by law for the payment of the county charges.

III. AND, whereas the justices of the said county court, and the officers thereof, and other inha-
bitants of the said county, have also represented to this general assembly, that the court-house in
Easton, although so lately erected, has been so defectively constructed, and so inartificially executed,
as to require considerable alterations and repairs, and have prayed that the sum of one thousand dol-
lars may be levied for the purpose of thoroughly repairing and strengthening the said building, and
securing it from premature decay; and the justices of the said court having viewed and examined its
detects, and caused an estimate to be made of the expencea which may be necessary for the accom-

Justices to levy
money, &c.

plishment of these objects, and also for the better accommodation of the courts, have certified their
opinion that the said sum ought to be levied; BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, That the justices of the
said levy court be also authorised and empowered, and they are hereby enabled and required, at their
next levy court, to assess and levy, on the assessable property aforesaid, the said sum of one thou-
sand dollar's, and the same shall be levied and collected by the collector of the said county in the
same manner as. other county charges are levied and collected, and shall be paid by the collector,
and applied as herein after directed.

Money to be
levied, &c.

IV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That Jacob Gibson, Samuel Sharp Dickinson, Thomas James Bullett,
Owen Kennard, James Price, Bennett Wheeler and Hugh Martin, of the said county, be and they
are hereby appointed commissioners for directing and superintending such alterations, additions, im-
provements and repairs, in and to the said court-house, as they, or a majority of them, shall think
necessary and expedient for the purpose of strengthening and preserving the said building, and of
securing the public records therein, and for the convenience of the courts; and they are hereby au-
thorised and empowered to contract for materials, and with skilful workmen, for the completion of
these objects.

Commissioners
appointed, &c.

V. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said sum of one thousand dollars, so to be levied, shall be
paid by the said collector to the said commissioners, or to their order, at the time appointed by law
for the payment of the county charges, and the same, or so much thereof as shall be necessary,
shall be faithfully applied by them, or a majority of them, towards the making of the alterations,
additions, improvements and repairs, in and to the said court-house as aforesaid, and when the same
shall be completed, the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall render to the justices of the
said levy court a true and fair account of the expenditures and receipts of the said sum of money,
and on their examination and approbation thereof, the same shall be filed and deposited among the
original papers in their office, and any surplus of money which shall remain in the hands of the said
commissioners, shall be paid by them to the orders, of the levy court, and applied towards the de-
fraying of the county charges.

CHAP. LII.

Money to be
paid to them
&c.

A Supplement to an act, entitled. An act relating to the public
roads in Queen-Anne's county.

Passed 7th of
January, 1804.

BE IT ENACTED, by, the General Assembly of Maryland, That the justices of the levy court for
Queen- Anne's county shall have full power to contract with any person or persons for the open-
ing or ctearing any road heretofore laid out, or to be laid out, in said county, and for the improving
and keeping in repair any road, or such part thereof, and for such length of time, as, In their judge-
ment, shall seem most adviseable, and for the interest of the county; and where any person or per-
sons shall contract for the keeping in repair of any public road in virtue of this act, and shall neglect

Justices to con-
trad, &c.