1808. NOVEMBER, LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP LXXXVII.	laws of the United States, but that the said John M'Mullin has since been naturalized: And where- as the title to the said property may be called in question, to his great injury, from his not having become naturalized agreeable to the laws of the United States before acquiring the said property; therefore,
Title vested, &c.	II. BE IT ENACTED, by the Central Assembly of Maryland, That the title of the real property, law- fully and fairly acquired by the aforesaid Dennis M'Mullin, and left by him to the said John M'Mul- lin, and also the title of all the real property lawfully and fairly acquired by the said John M'Mul- lin, whether such title be derived by gift, grant, purchase or devise, be and the same is hereby as amply and as fully vested in the said John M'Mullin, as if the said Dennis M'Mullin and John M'Mullin had become naturalized, agreeable to the laws of the United States, before the acquiring such real property; provided always, that nothing herein contained shall in any manner defeat or affect any right, title or claim, to the said property, or any part thereof, lawfully acquired by any person or persons whatever before the passage of this act. CHAP. LXXXVIII.
Passed 24th of Dec. 1808.	An ACT to lay out and open a road in Caroline county from or near Cain Ross's plantation, to intersect the state line at or near Brown's chapel.
Commissioners appointed, &c.	BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Cain Ross, Noah Dawson, Jesse Can- non, George Graham and Hatfield Wright, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to lay out, survey, mark and bound, a public road in said county, not exceeding thirty feet wide, be- ginning at or near Cain Ross's plantation, and running through the lands of Pritchet Ross, Severn Dawson, and others, to intersect the state line at or near Brown's chapel, in such direction as the nature of the ground and the convenience of the landholders over which the same may run will ad- mit; provided, that the said road shall not be laid out through the lands of any individual without his, her or their consent, in writing, first had and obtained.
A plot to be returned, &c.	II. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, are hereby di- rected to return a plot of said road, when surveyed, marked and laid out as aforesaid, to the clerk of the county court, to be by him recorded; which road, when laid out, cleared and made passable, shall be deemed and taken a public road for ever thereafter, and shall be kept up and repaired as all other public roads in said county are; provided, that nothing herein contained shall in any manner authorise the said commissioners to lay out or open the said road through the buildings, gardens., orchards or meadows, of any person or persons, without his, her or their consent. CHAP. LXXXIX.
Passed 24th of Dec. 1808.	An ACT authorising the register of wills of Worcester county to deliver up to William Delastatius the testament and last will of his father, Joseph Delastatius, lately deceased.
Will to be de- livered up, &c.	BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the register of wills of Worcester county be and he is hereby authorised to deliver up to William Delastatius, of Accomack coun- ty, in the commonwealth of Virginia, upon his application for the same, the testament and last will of Joseph Delastatius, lately deceased, now on file in the office of register of wills of Worcester county, upon the said William giving bond to the state of Maryland, with two good and sufficient securities, resident in Worcester county, to be approved by said register, in the penalty of five thousand pounds, to have the said will recorded in the proper office of Accomack county aforesaid, according to the laws of Virginia.
To be record- ed in Acco- mack county, &c.	II. AND BE IT ENACTED, That upon the neglect of said William to have the said will recorded in the proper office in Accomack county aforesaid, any person or persons injured thereby may put the said bond in suit, and shall thereupon recover judgment for the penalty in the said bond, to be re- leased upon the payment of such damages as shall be ascertained by the verdict of a jury, and costs of suit-.
And in Wor- cester county, &c.	III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said bond shall be recorded in the office of the register of wills of Worcester county, and in any suit to be brought upon said bond, a copy of the same, under: