ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. NOVEMBER.

IV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court of said county, at the time of laying the next
levy for said county, or at anytime within six months after the said road shall be laid out, shall ap-
point an overseer or overseers to open the aforesaid road, and shall levy on the assessable property
of said county such sum or sums of money as they may deem necessary for the purpose of laying
out and opening the said road.

V. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners appointed by this act shall have an allowance
of two dollars for every day they shall severally attend in the discharge of the duties hereby em-
powered.

1805.
C. HA P.

XXVI.

CHAP. XXVII.

An ACT for the relief of Henry Stevenson, of Baltimore county.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the petition of Henry Stevenson, a
former sheriff of Baltimore county, that during the time of his sheriffalty, several persons
confined in the gaol of Baltimore county, charged with having committed several offences, made
their escape, by undermining the wall of said gaol, and although every reasonable exertion was used
by the said Stevenson, he could not again apprehend the said persons: And whereas it is also re-
presented, that the said Henry Stevenson had, for a long time before the escape of the said per-
sons, furnished them with provisions, for which he has not been allowed any compensation, owing
to a difference of opinion between the judges of the criminal court for Baltimore county; therefore,

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for the
levy court of Baltimore county to examine the account of the said Henry Stevenson for furnishing
the persons aforesaid with provisions, and the said levy court is hereby authorised and empowered
to levy on the assessable property of Baltimore county such sum of money, for the use of the said
Henry Stevenson, as they. may think him justly entitled to for the provisions furnished to the persons
aforesaid.

Passed 25th of
January, 1806.

CHAP. XXVIII.

An ACT for the benefit of Amelia Chance, of Caroline county.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the petition of Margaret Framptom,
of Caroline county, guardian of Amelia Chance, a minor, and daughter of Dorrington.
Chance, late of the county aforesaid, deceased, that on or about the first day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, the aforesaid Dorrington Chance departed this life
intestate, seized in fee-simple of and in six lots and small parcels of land, lying and being part in
Caroline, and part in Dorchester county, containing in the whole two hundred and forty-seven acres
of land, whereon there are several houses, and other improvements of a perishable nature, now in
a state of decay, leaving one only child, about seven years old, called Amelia Chance as aforesaid,
upon whom the said real estate devolved, after the death of her said father: And whereas it is re-
presented, that the annual value of the said lands is not sufficient to repair and keep up the im-
provements on the same, and that great advantages would arise to the said child, in her future main-
tenance and education, from the passage of a law authorising the sale of the said lands; therefore,

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the orphans courts of Caroline
county and Dorchester county, shall have full power and authority, upon application of the said
Margaret Framptom, and on the part of the said minor, and being satisfied that it is necessary, and
will be of advantage to the said Amelia Chance, to order the sale of the said lands which lies in each
of their respective counties, upon such terms as the said courts respectively may think proper, and
to appoint a trustee or trustees for the purpose of effecting such sale.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That any sale made by the authority of the orphans court of either
of the said counties under this act, shall be notified to, and confirmed by, the orphans court of the
respective county in which the land doth lie, before the conveyance of the property shall be made,
and bond, with good and sufficient security, in the name of the state of Maryland, to be approved
by the orphans court of the county in which the land doth lie, shall be given by the person or per-
sons empowered to sell the lands as aforesaid, for the due execution of the trust to him or them
committed, which bond shall be lodged with the register of wills for the respective county in which
the said land doth lie, and the said bond shall be recorded, and be subject to be put in suit by any
person or persons interested for and on behalf of the said minor, in the same manner as administra-
tion bonds now are.

Passed 25th of
January, 1806.