1803.

NOVEMBER. LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP.
XV.

town turnpike road unto, (what is commonly called,) the Soldier's Delight Old Road, beginning for
the same at the Reisterstown turnpike road, and running on the divisional line of two lots of
ground sold by Philip Hammond to John Switzer and Richard Clark, and from thence on the lands
of Philip Hammond until it intersects the lands of Richard Clark, and from thence on the dividing
line of said Hammond and Clark's land until it intersects the aforesaid Soldier's Delight road: And
whereas it is further represented, that the whole of the proprietors of the land through which the
said road may pass have given their consent to the same, and prays that commissioners may be ap-
pointed to lay out said road; therefore,

Commissioners
appointed, <ke.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Richard Clark, Austin Choat and
Isaac Dixon, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to. survey, lay
out and open, at the expence of the petitioners, a road, not exceeding twenty feet in width, begin-
ning for the same at the Reisterstown turnpike road, and running on the divisional line of two lots
of ground sold by Philip Hammond to John Switzer and Richard Clark, and from thence on the lands
of Philip Hammond until it intersects the lands of Richard Clark, and from thence on the dividing
line of said Hammond and Clark's land until it intersects the aforesaid Soldier's Delight road.

A plot to be
juadtf, &-C.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall and they
are hereby directed and required to make, or cause to be made, a plot of the said road, when sur-
veyed as aforesaid, and return the same, with a, certificate of the courses, to the cterk of Baltimore
county, to be recorded among the land records of the said county, and when the same shall have
been returned as aforesaid, the said road shall for ever thereafter be deemed a public road or high-
way.

CHAP. XVI.

Passed 31st of
Dec. 1803.

A Supplement to an act, entitled, An act for the relief of the poor
in Saint-Mary's county.

Preamble.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the trustees of the poor of Saint-
Mary's county, that great disadvantages and expence have arisen from the wanT of wood-
land contiguous to the poor's-house of said county; therefore,

Money to be
Itvied, &c.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the justices of the levy court of
said county be and they are hereby empowered to levy on the assessable property of said county, at
the time of laying their next county levy, a sum of money, not exceeding seventeen hundred dol-
lars, for the purpose of purchasing land for the use of poor's-house aforesaid, which said assess-
ment, so as aforesaid made and levied, shall be collected by the sheriff of said county in the same
manner as the public and county taxes are collected; and the said sum, when so as aforesaid collect
ed shall be paid by such sheriff to the trustees for the time being, or their order.

Trustees to buy
land, &c.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said trustees, or the major part of them, shall and they are
hereby authorised, directed and required, to buy and purchase in fee, a quantity of kind in said
county to the value of the sum so levied as aforesaid, for the purposes herein before mentioned,
which land, when so purchased, shall be held and possessed by the said trustees, and their succes-
sors, in the same manner as is prescribed by the act to which this is a supplement, so far as the same
relates to purchasing and holding land for the use of the said poor.

CHAP. XVII

Passed 31st of
Dec. 1803.
Preamble.

An ACT for the support of Anne Mills, of Montgomery county.

WHEREAS Anne Mills, by her petition to this general assembly, hath set forth, that she has
been for many years infirm and unable to procure a livelihood by her labour, and prays a law
may pass for her support and maintenance out of the poor's-house; and the prayer of the petitioner
appearing reasonable, therefore,

Trustees may
support Anne
Mills, &c.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for the
trustees of the poor of Montgomery county, if they shall be of opinion that the peculiar circum-
stances of the said Anne Mills are such as to render a situation in the poor-house particularly un-
suitable for her, to support her as an out-pensioner, in addition to the number how allowed by the
act, entitled, An act to enlarge the powers of the trustees of the poor in the several counties there-
in designated, and to allow the said Anne Mills an annual pension, not exceeding thirty dollars, to
be paid at such time, and to such person, as the said trustees shall direct; the amount of said pen-
sion shall be levied in the same manner as other expences of the poor-house in the said county are