EDWARD LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. NOVEMBER,

CHAP. XXXVII.

1810.

An ACT for the relief of Sarah Rimmer, of the City of Annapolis.

WHEREAS Surah Rimmer, of the city of Annapolis, by her petition to this general assembly,
has set forth, that she is far advanced in years, and labours under the infirmities of old age,
which render her incapable of providing for herself, and praying that some relief may be granted to
her, and the facts stated in her petition appearing to be true; therefore,

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the justices of the levy court of
Anne-Arundel county, shall, and they are hereby empowered, at their levy court annually, so long
as they shall see cause, to assess and levy on the assessable property of said county, a sum of money
not exceeding thirty dollars, for the support and maintenance of the said Sarah Rimmer, and that
the same be collected annually by the collector of Anne-Arundel county, and by him paid to the said
Sarah Rimmer, or her order.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

Passed Decem-
ber 23, 1810.

An ACT to alter and change a Road in the Village of Benton, in
Caroline County.

WHEREAS Thomas Saulsbury, of Caroline county, by his petition to this general assembly,
hath set forth, that he is much injured by the public road leading from the upper part of said
county to the village of Denton, which runs through a part of his lot in said village; therefore,

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Thomas Richardson, Samuel
Emmerson and Anthony Ross, junior, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to view so
much of the road leading from the upper part of Caroline county to the village of Denton, as runs
from the corner of Fifth and Gay-street to Market street, or that part of said road which runs
through the said Thomas Saulsbury's lot of land in said village, and if the said commissioners, or a
majority of them, shall be of opinion that the direction of the said road, or so much thereof as runs
through the said Thomas Saulsbury's lot, can be changed and altered in such manner as will not be
disadvantageous to the said village, then the said commissioners shall have full power to alter and
change the direction of the said road, agreeably to the prayer of the petitioner, or in such manner
as they, or a majority of them, may think proper, so as to remove the said road off the aforesaid
lot of land, and to cause the said road, and the alterations thereof, to be surveyed, and a plot of
such alteration, with a certificate of the courses thereof, to be returned to the levy court of said
county; and the said road, so altered and made sufficiently passable for waggons, carts and carri-
ages, shall for ever thereafter be deemed and taken as a part of the public road aforesaid, and kept
in repair as other public roads in said county are.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all the expenses incurred in the laying out and opening of the
said road, as prayed for, shall be paid by. the said Thomas Saulsbury.

CHAP. XXXIX.

Passed Decem-
ber 23, 1810.

A Supplement to an Act, entitled, An Act to open a Road in Frede-
rick County.

WHEREAS Levin Hays, John Getzindanner, Godfrey Leatheman, Lewis Rowsawn, Jacob
Staley, George Marker and Philip Bear, commissioners, appointed by the original acts to
which this is a supplement, to lay out and open a road therein mentioned, at the expense of Frede-
rick county, and doubts are entertained in what manner the damages should be valued or ascer-
tained and paid to those whose lands the said road shall pass through; therefore,

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the commissioners aforesaid, or a
majority of them, shall value and ascertain the damages that may be sustained by any person or per-
sons through whose lands the said road may pass, by opening of the same,, and the damages so as-
certained, or in the event of their being ascertained by a jury, shall be levied and assessed as other
county charges are, and shall be paid over to the said person or persons entitled to the same.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or persons through whose lands the said road
shall pass, or his, her or their guardian or trustee, conceive himself herself or theirselves, aggrieved
by such Valuation or assessment of damages by the said commissioners, it shall and may be lawful

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Passed Decem-
ber 23, 1810.