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An ACT to lay out and straighten a Road in Baltimore County.
WHEREAS it is represented by the petition of sundry inhabitants of Baltimore county, that
it would be of public utility to have a road laid out from the old York road, near Thomas
Sutton's, to Bull's mill, and thence to intersect the Baltimore and York-town turnpike near John
Weise's tavern; therefore,
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Thomas Meredith, Richard Tipton
and John M. Gaw, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, and they, or a majority of them,
are hereby appointed commissioners, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and
empowered to survey, lay out and straighten, at the expense of such persons as may think proper to
contribute thereto, a road not exceeding thirty feet in width, beginning at the old York road, near
Thomas Sutton's, thence to Bull's mill, and from thence until it intersects the Baltimore and York-
town turnpike road near John Weise's tavern, and the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall
make out a plot of said road, and return the same to the clerk of Baltimore county court, to be re-
corded among the records of said county; and the said road, when opened and recorded as aforesaid,
and the valuation herein after directed to be made shall have been paid, or secured to be paid, shall for
ever thereafter be deemed a public highway, and kept in repair as other public roads in said county.
III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall lay out the
said road from the calls before mentioned, in the straightest and best direction that the nature of
the ground will admit of, and with as little inconvenience to the landholders through whose land
the said road may pass as possible.
IV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners aforesaid, or a majority of them, shall ascer-
tain and value, if required, what damages may be sustained by any person or persons over whose
land the said road may pass, taking into consideration the advantages and disadvantages, if any,
and the valuation shall be made, and the amount thereof paid, as aforesaid, to the parties respec-
tively interested, before the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall proceed to open the
said road; provided always, that if any person or persons through whose land the said road may
pass, or his, her or their guardian or trustee, shall conceive themselves aggrieved by such valuation
and assessment of damages by the said commissioners, or a majority of them, it shall and may be
lawful for any justice of the county in which the land lies, on application of the party interested,
or his, her or their guardian or trustee, to issue his warrant, under his hand and seal, directed to
any constable of the county, commanding him to summon twelve disinterested freeholders of the
county, to appear on a day by the said justices to be appointed, on the land of the person or persons
as aforesaid, or for whose benefit such application shall be made, and the said freeholders, having
first made oath before said justice of the peace that they will without favour, affection or partiality,
assess the damages sustained by the person or persons, at whose request or for whose benefit such
inquisition shall be taken, by reason of opening the aforesaid road through his, her or their land,
shall thereupon proceed to assess and value the damages accordingly, of which the said commission-
ers, or a majority of them, shall have had at least five days notice, and shall have returned the da-
mages so assessed to the said justice of the peace, and such inquisition and valuation shall be final
and conclusive; provided always, that the said road shall not pass through any house, yard, gar-
den, meadow or orchard, without the consent of the owner or owners thereof.
CHAP. CV.
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Passed Decem-
ber 24, 1810.
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