. 1809.

NOVEMBER. LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP.
CVI.

cuted and acknowledged by William D. Glover to Henrietta Glover, on the third day of October
eighteen hundred and five, at which time the said Henrietta was sole and unmarried, for a lot or
parcel of ground in Cambridge, in Dorchester county: And whereas the said William Rich, and
Henrietta his wife, have further set forth, that by an error committed by the writer of said deed the
habendum and tenendum, as well as the warranty in said deed, are made to convey the idea that Hen-
rietta Glover was the grantor in said deed and William D. Glover the grantee, and have prayed that a
law may pass to rectify said error; and the prayer of the said petitioners being reasonable, there-
fore,

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the said deed shall be as valid and
effectual, to all intents and purposes, as it the habendum, tenendum and warranty, in said deed, had
been correspondent with the other parts of the said deed and the acknowledgment thereof.

CHAP. CVII.

Passed 6th of
Jan. 1810.

An ACT for the relief of John Smithson, of Harford County.

WHEREAS John Smithson, of Harford county, hath represented, by his petition to this gene-
ral assembly, that a certain road in said county, authorised to be opened by an act of the
general assembly, passed at November session, eighteen hundred and five, was laid out through his
land while he was a minor, and without his consent, in such a manner as to subject him to great ex-
penses and inconveniencies, and that he hath never received any compensation for the damages done
him by said road, and hath prayed that he may be compensated for the damages which he hath sus-
tained; and his prayer appearing reasonable, therefore,

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Thomas Poteet, senior, John Do-
ran and Joshua Rutledge, be and they are hereby authorised, empowered and directed, to ascertain
what damages, if any, have been sustained by a certain John Smithson, of Harford county, by rea-
son of a certain road laid out through his land in pursuance of a law passed at November session,
eighteen hundred and five, chapter twenty-one, and make return of the amount of damages aforesaid,
if any, so by them ascertained, to the next levy court which shall happen thereafter, and the same
shall be thereupon by said court levied and collected as other county charges are, and paid to John
Smithson, or order.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before the aforesaid Thomas Poteet, senior, John Doran and
Joshua Rutledge, proceed to ascertain such damages, they and each of them shall take the following
oath before some person competent to administer the same, viz. " I, A. B. do swear, or affirm, (as
" the case may be, ) that I will faithfully, without favour or partiality, ascertain the damages, if
" any, sustained by John Smithson, by reason of a road passing through his land, in pursuance of a
" law passed at November session, eighteen hundred and five, chapter twenty-one. "

CHAP. CVIII.

Passed 6th of
Jan. 1810.

A Further Supplement to the Act, entitled, An Act for the destruction
of Wolves in Allegany County.

BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That every person or persons producing a
certificate to the justices of the levy court of Allegany county, at their annual meeting, they
having complied with the requisites of the act, entitled, A supplement to the act for the destruction
of wolves in Allegany county, passed at November session, seventeen hundred and ninety-eight,
chapter four, shall for every old she wolf's head be allowed seven dollars, in addition to the sum al-
lowed by the said supplement.

II. This act to continue and be in force for three years, and to the end of the session of assembly
that shall happen thereafter.

CHAP. CIX.

Passed 7th of
Jan. 1810.

An ACT to regulate the Market-House in the Town of William's
Port, in Washington County.

BE if ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That John Langley, Jacob T. Towson,
Daniel Weisel, William Van Lear and Thomas Edwards, be and are hereby nominated and ap-
pointed commissioners, Who are vested with full power and authority, in virtue of this act, to super-
intend and regulate the market in the town of William's Port, in Washington county.