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VII. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners shall be allowed two dollars each per day for
every day they may attend to the discharge of the duties vested in them by this act, which, together
with two dollars per day to their clerk, and ail necessary expenses of a surveyor and advertising the
notices, shall be equally apportioned among the persons holding property on said street, square, lane
er alley, and collected in manner prescribed by the fourth section of this act.
VIII. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the clerk to the commissioners shall be allowed six per cent.
out of all monies collected by him under this act, and shall pay over the balance to the person or
persons entitled to receive the same, in consequence of any damage they may have sustained, or for
other causes, as soon as collected, under the penalty and forfeiture of twice the amount then col-
lected by him, recoverable before a single magistrate, or if above fifty dollars, before the Baltimore
county court, by the commissioners of the western precincts market house, and by them to be ap-
propriated to the damages for which it was first collected, and the balance to the use of said market-
house.
IX. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the clerk to the commissioners shall give bond, conditioned
payable to the commissioners of the western precincts market-house, in any sum to be approved of
by them, with sufficient security for the faithful discharge of all the duties assigned him by this act,
and take the following oath, or affirmation, as the case may be: " I, A. B. do solemnly swear or
" affirm, that I will, as clerk to the commissioners, make out and keep a fair record of all their pro-
" ceedings had and done under and by virtue of this act, and in every other respect faithfully and
" honestly discharge the several duties of my appointment, to the best of my skill and judgment; so
" help me God; " all the records, books and papers, of his office, in case of death or removal from
office, shall be faithfully delivered over to said commissioners,
X. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners shall, before they enter upon the duties of
their appointment, take the following oath or affirmation: " I, A. B. do solemnly swear, or affirm, that
" I will honestly and impartially, without favour or affection, discharge the duties of commissioner
" for grading and levelling the several streets, squares, lanes or alleys, and for establishing the
" courses and fixing the boundaries thereof, in the precincts of Baltimore, west of Joneses Falls, ac-
" cording to law, and to the best of my skill and judgment; so help me God. "
XI. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said Peter Little, William Kribs and John Davis, shall hold
and exercise the office of commissioners for grading and levelling the several streets, squares, lanes
or alleys, and for fixing the corners and for establishing the boundaries thereof, in the precincts of
Baltimore, west of Jones's Falls, until the next election of commissioners for the western precincts
market-house, who, or a majority of them, shall, on the second Monday in February, in the year
eighteen hundred and eleven, or within ten days thereafter, and on the second Monday in the same
month, or within ten days thereafter, in each and every year, appoint five persons, residents of the
precincts west of Jones's Falls, and holding real or leasehold property in said precincts, as commis-
sioners under this act, to whom, and their successors, all the powers vested by this act shall devolve,
they taking the oath as is prescribed by this act for the persons first named as commissioners.
XII. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in case of a vacancy, at any time, of the said commissioners,
either by death, resignation, removal, or other disqualification, under this act, the commissioners of
the western precincts market shall, as soon may be, fill such vacancy.
XIII. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the powers of the present commissioners, or their successors,
shall not extend to altering the grade of any street, lane or alley, that may be at this time paved or
graded by the consent of the owners of the property on such street, lane or alley, or a majority o£
them, but upon the unanimous consent of the owners, for the time being, any thing in this act to
the contrary notwithstanding.
CHAP. CXXXII.
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CHAP.
CXXXI.
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An ACT to authorise a Lottery for repairing the Church in the Vil-
lage of Jerusalem, in Washington County.
BE IT ENACTED, by the Central Assembly of Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for Jacob
Knode, Garhard Stonebreaker, junior, John Shafer, Henry Shafer, Henry Bentz, Abraham
Schmutz and Frederick Grosh, or a majority of them, to propose a scheme of a lottery for raising a
sum of money, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, and to dispose of the tickets thereof; provided,
the said Jacob Knode, Garhard Stonebreaker, junior, John Shafer, Henry Shafer, Henry Bentz, A-
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Passed 7th of
Jan. 1810.
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