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CHAP.
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piece of land of the petitioner's about an half mile, and that he is injured thereby, and no power
has been given by the said original act to value and assess the damages, sustained, and praying relief
in the premises; and the same being reasonable, therefore,
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the commissioners In the said ori-
ginal act named, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to value
the damages sustained by the said Thomas Poteet by reason of said road running over the piece of
timbered land aforesaid, taking into consideration all advantages and disadvantages arising therefrom,
and make report to the next levy court thereafter of such valuation, and the same shall be thereupon
levied by said court, and collected as other county charges, and paid to the said Thomas Poteet,
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Passed 25th of
January, 1806.
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or order.
CHAP. LVIII.
A Supplement to the act, entitled, An ad to lay out, open and clear,
a road in Harford county, from a place known by the name of
Darlington, to intersect: the road leading from Belle-Air to Havre-
de-Grace.
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the petition of sundry inhabitants of
Harford, county, that certain persons, over whose land the road in the original act mention-
ed has been laid out, consider themselves aggrieved, and praying that relief may be granted therein,
and that damages sustained by them may be ascertained and assessed; therefore,
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the levy court of Harford county,
upon the application, in writing, of any person over whose land the road in the said original act
mentioned is laid out, on or before the first day of June next, shall have the same power and autho-
rity as they had under the said original act to confirm or reject, upon sufficient cause shewn, the
plot which has been returned by the commissioners in the said original act mentioned, and in case
the said plot shall be rejected upon sufficient cause shewn as aforesaid, the said court shall further
have power and authority to direct the said commissioners again to survey and lay out said road as
aforesaid, and return a plot thereof with a certificate of the courses, and so from time to time till
a plot shall be returned which shall be confirmed by said court, any thing in the said original act to
the contrary notwithstanding; provided nevertheless, that the location of said road from Darlington
to Austin's mill, upon the north side of Deer creek, made by the said commissioners, shall not be
altered or affected in virtue of any powers or authorities, herein given, bat the same is hereby con-
firmed.
III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners in the said original act named, or a majority
of them, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered, upon the application, in writing, of
any person or persons aggrieved,, on or before the said first day of June next, to ascertain and value
the damages by him, her or them sustained, by reason of the said road passing over his, her or their
land, and to return forthwith a certificate of such valuation to the levy court, and the same shall be
levied and assessed, collected and paid, as other county levies in said county.
CHAP. LIX.
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An ACT authorising the trustees of the poor of Prince-George's
county to make an exchange of part of the lands belonging to said
poor-house.
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the petition of the trustees of the
poor of Prince-George's county, that the wood is nearly all cut off the lands belonging to the
poor-house, and that they have been obliged to authorise the overseer of the said poor-house to pur-
chase wood for the use thereof: And whereas the said trustees have also stated, that they have an
opportunity of making an exchange of part of the cleared land belonging to said poor-house for a
greater quantity of woodlands lying contiguous to said poor-house, and have prayed that a law may
pass authorising them to make such exchange; and the same appearing reasonable, therefore,
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for the
trustees of the poor of said county, or a majority of them, to make any exchange of the cleared
lands belonging to the said poor-house for any woodlands lying convenient thereto, which they may
think adviseable and for the public benefit, and in their own names, as trustees aforesaid, to exe-
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