EDWARD LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. NOVEMBER.

1809.

think proper to contribute thereto, a road, not exceeding twenty-five feet in width, in the straight-
est and best direction the nature of the ground will admit of, from the milestone standing on the
line between the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania, at the mill-race of John Shank, thence to
intersect the old York road somewhere between Joseph Bolinger's and the top of Adam Feather's
hill; and the road, when so laid out, and the valuation herein after directed to be made shall have
taken place, and a plot thereof returned to the clerk of Baltimore county court, shall be recorded
in the records of said county, and for ever thereafter be deemed and taken a public highway, and
kept in repair as other public roads are in said county.

II. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall ascertain
and value what damages may be sustained by any person or persons through whose land the said road
may pass, taking into consideration the advantages and disadvantages, if any, and the same, when
so assessed, shall be paid, or secured to be paid, by the person or persons who have applied to have
the said road laid out, or any other person who may think proper to contribute thereto, to the per-
son or persons entitled to receive the same, before he or they shall proceed to open said road; pro-
vided, that the said road shall not be opened through the buildings, yards, gardens, orchards or
meadows, of any person without his or her consent.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or persons through whose lands the said road shall
pass, or his, her or their guardian or trustee, shall conceive himself, herself or themselves, aggrieved
by such valuation and assessment of damages by the said commissioners respectively, it shall and
may be lawful for any justice of the peace, on his, her or their application, to issue his warrant, un-
der his hand and seal, directed to the sheriff of said county, commanding him to summon twelve
disinterested men, qualified by law to serve as jurors in the county court, to meet upon the premises
on a certain day, of which six days notice at least shall be given to the party or parties interested,
and the said jurors when so met, and having each first taken an oath before some justice of the peace,
that he will, without favour, affection, prejudice or partiality, assess the damages sustained by the
person or persons at whose request such inquisition shall be taken, by reason of opening the afore-
said road through his, her or their land, shall thereupon proceed to assess and value the damages
accordingly, taking into consideration the advantages and disadvantages, if any, and such inquisition
and valuation shall be final and conclusive, between the parties respectively,

CHAP. LXX.

CHAP.
LXIX.

An ACT to lay out, straighten and amend, a certain Road in Har-
ford County.

BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That William Whiteford, Sedgwick James,
and Josiah Johnson, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, and they, or a majority
of them, are authorised and empowered to review, survey, mark and bound, the road leading from
the Maryland line near the Quaker's meeting-house, called the Fawn Meeting-House, in Pennsylva-
nia, and from thence by William Slade's mill until it intersects the Baltimore road at or near Isaac
Davis's, and make such alterations as they, in their judgment, may think right, so as to comport
with public convenience, not to run through the yard, garden or orchard, of any person, without
their consent, and return a plot of the same to the clerk's office of Harford county, to be there re-
Corded.

II. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court of Harford county, at their next meeting after the
said plot shall have been returned, are authorised and directed to assess and levy a sum of money
sufficient therefor; and the said road, when so laid out, surveyed and opened shall be, and the same
is hereby declared to be, a public road, and shall for ever thereafter be kept open and in repair as
other public roads in said county.

III. AND EE IT ENACTED That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, when they
straighten and amend said road, may and they are hereby authorised to assess the damages sustained
by the individuals over whose lands the said road may be straightened, taking into consideration the
advantages and disadvantages, if any, and to return such assessment to the aforesaid levy court, to
be levied, collected and paid, as other county charges are levied, collected and paid.

IV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners aforesaid shall be and they are hereby entitled
to receive two dollars each for every day they shall respectively attend to the discharge of the duties
required by this act, to be levied, collected, and paid, as other county charges are collected and
paid.

Passed 6th of
Jan. 1810.