1807.

NOVEMBER. LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Passed 15th of
January, 1808.

CHAP. XXX.

An ACT annulling the marriage of Brittania Marshall, of Dorches-
ter county.

Marriage de-
clared void, &c.

BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the marriage of Brittania Marshall,
and Thomas Marshall her husband, heretofore solemnized, be, and the same is hereby declared
to be, absolutely and to all purposes null and void; and the said Brittania Marshall, and Thomas
Marshall, her husband, are hereby declared to be divorced a vinculo matrimonii; provided always, that
nothing in this act contained be construed to illegitimate the children of the said Brittania Marshall
and Thomas Marshall, any law to the contrary notwithstanding..

CHAP. XXXI.

Passed 15th of
January, 1808.

An ACT to extend Centre-street in the northern precincts of the
city of Baltimore, and to build a bridge therein across Jones'

Falls.

Preamble.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by a number of inhabitants of the city
and county of Baltimore, that the extension of Centre-street in the northern precincts of the
city of Baltimore, and the erection of a bridge in said street across Jones' Falls, would facilitate
the intercourse of the inhabitants, of the state with the different districts of the city of Baltimore
and greatly promote the convenience of Baltimore county and city; therefore,

Commissioners
Appointed, &c.

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Thomas Dixon, George Warner,
Jacob Small, Aquila Miles, Jacob Miller, David Wilson, David Winchester and John Eager How-
ard, or a majority of them, be commissioners, who are hereby authorised and empowered to open,
clear and extend, Centre-street, of at least the present width thereof, from the north side of the
reservoir of the Baltimore water company eastward, across Jones' Falls, until it intersects the first
street on the eastern side thereof; which said commissioners shall ascertain and fix the damages sus-
tained by the owner or owners of any lot or lots through which the said street shall be extended;
and if such owner or owners shall think himself, herself or themselves, aggrieved by the judgment
and determination of the said commissioners, it shall and may be lawful far him, her or them, to
apply to the sheriff of Baltimore county, who is hereby directed forthwith to summon a jury of twelve
men, uninterested in the extension of said street, to try and ascertain, on oath, what damages such
owner or owners have sustained, by the extension of said street; and if the said judgment of the said
commissioners shall be affirmed, the costs incurred by such appeal therefrom shall be borne by the
said appellant or appellants, and all the damages, costs, charges and expenses, incurred or produced,
by the opening, and extension of said street, shall be paid by the owners of lots benefitted by
the extension of said street; and the said commissioners, or a majority of them, are hereby di-
rected to fix and ascertain what portion of said damages, costs and expenses, are to be paid by each
of the owners of said lots, and the same is hereby declared to be a lien on the said lots until paid,
and to be recoverable from the said proprietors respectively before a single magistrate, if not more
than ten pounds, as, small debts are recovered, and if more than ten pounds, by an action for money
had and received, in Baltimore county court, in which this act of assembly, and the proceedings un-
der the same, may be given in evidence; and the said commissioners are hereby. directed to return
to the office of the clerk of Baltimore county, under their hands and seals, a statement of the pro-
ceedings by them made in virtue of this act.

Who arc te
build a bridge,
&c.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, be and are here-
by authorised to build and erect a bridge on the said street over Jones's Falls, and that the justices
of the levy court for Baltimore county, at their next annual levy court, to be assessed and levied
upon the assessable property of said county, the sum of eight hundred dollars, to be paid to the said
commissioners for the purpose of defraying the expenses of building the said bridge.

CHAP. XXXII.

Passed 15th of
January, 1808.

A Supplement to an ac, entitled, An ad for the establishment of a
school in Caroline county.

Preamble.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the petition of the trustees of said
school, that they have a small fund which is appropriated to the maintenance and education
of poor children, many of whom have neither father nor mother living, and when discharged from;
said school are liable to become useless members of society; therefore,