THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1837.

Frederick and Carroll counties respectively, are here-
by authorised and required, on receiving from the com-
missioners an account, on oath, of the said expenses,
including an allowance of two dollars per day, to the
commissioners for their services, to levy the same in
the proportion before stated, on the assessable proper-
ty in said counties, to be collected as other county
charges.

CHAP. 282.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the commissioners,
or a majority of them, shall ascertain the damages
that may be sustained by any person or persons
through whose land the said road may be made to pass,
taking in consideration the advantages and disadvan-

Damages

tages, if any, and the damages so ascertained shall be
levied and assessed as other county charges in said
counties, and shall be paid by the county wherein
damages may be sustained.

Levy, dec.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the commissioners,
before they proceed to the duties assigned them, shall
take an oath or affirmation that they will faithfully
discharge the same, without favor, partiality or pre-
judice, to the best of their skill and judgment.

CHAPTER 282.

Oath required

An act to prevent Horse Racing in the Public Roads of
Cecil County.

Passed Mar. 29,
1838.

WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assem-
bly, by the petition of sundry citizens of Cecil county,
that the town of Elkton, and adjacent neighbourhood,
has been very much annoyed by the practice of running
horse races in the public highways, thereby endanger-
ing the lives of travellers, obstructing the public roads,
and collecting large assemblies of gamblers, and at-
tended with drunkenness and all its attendant vices,
destroying the morals and injuring the character of
our community: — Therefore,

Preamble.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act
it shall not be lawful for any person or persons what-
soever, to run any race or races with any horse, mare

Racing forbid.