1843

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 307.

the intersection with the road from Rockville to Baltimore,
to the Cracklin road near Nathan Ricketts, commonly
known as Robertson's mill road. And whereas the
removal of the gates upon the road aforesaid, would sub-
ject the owners of the land through which the road passes
to great loss and inconvenience. Therefore,

Owners to re-
tain gates.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the owners of the lands through which the
road commonly known as Robertson's mill road, as descri-
bed aforesaid passes, are hereby authorised to retain the
gates on the said road, or to erect others in their stead and
to repair and keep up the same.

Annulled.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the order passed by the
board of commissioners of Montgomery county, directing
J. S. Manakee, a supervisor of the public road in Montgo-
mery county, to remove the gates from the aforesaid road,
be and the same is hereby abrogated and annulled.

CHAPTER 807.

Passed March
8, 1844.

A supplement to the act entitled, an act to raise additional
revenue to aid in paying the debts of the State, by laying
a tax on salaries, incomes, emoluments and profits, passed
at December session eiglitecn hundred and forty-one, chap-
ter, three hundred and twenty-five.

Where asses-
ors have not
qualified, Go-
vernor to ap-
point.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Genearl Assembly of
Maryland, That if the levy courts or commissioners, as
the case may be of the several counties and of Howard
District, and the mayor and city council of Baltimore, shall
not have appointed assessors of all salaries, incomes, emolu-
ments and profits, as directed by the third section of the
act to which this is a supplement, and the declaratory act
of eighteen hundred and forty-two, chapter two hundred
and ninety-four, and said assessors shall not have qualified
on or before the first day of May next, ensuing the passage
of this act, then and in that case it shall and may be lawful
for the Governor and he is hereby authorised and directed
to appoint assessors for the county, district or city, in which
such appointment shall not have been made; and said asses-
sors so appointed by the Governor, shall after having quali-
fied in the manner directed by the said original act, by tak-
ing and subscribing the oath or affirmation therein prescri-
bed, and in other respects conforming to the requisitions of
the said original act, proceed to the discharge of their duty