LAWS OF MARYLAND.                          1844.

ground of the extent of one half acre of land and no more, commencing at low water mark and running in the shape of a square from said low water mark along the margin of said river, for a public landing, on the lands of Col. William Hughlett, formerly the property of Robert Lloyd, and others, situate on the Choptank liver, called and known as	CHAP. 152.
Lloyd's Landing. SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorised to condemn and make public, a road leading from the pub- lic road in Landing Neck, through said farm, to the afore-	To condemn and make pub- lic a road.
said landing; provided, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the owner or owners through whose lands said road may pass, from having the privi- lege of keeping a free gate or gates on said road; and pro- vided also, the said commissioners herein before named, shall adopt the present road leading down to said Lloyd's Landing, if in their judgment, they deem the same an eli- gible and proper one.	Provisoes.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said commissioners or a majority of them, are hereby directed to return a plat of said landing and road, when surveyed, marked, laid out and made public us aforesaid, to the clerk of the county court, to be by him recorded, which landing and road shall forever hereafter be deemed and taken as a public landing and road, and shall be kept up and repaired as other public landings and roads in said county are.	Commission- ers to return plat of road.
SEC. 4 And be it enacted, That the aforesaid commis- sioners or a majority of them, shall ascertain the amount of damages, which any person or persons may sustain by the laying out, marking and condemning said lot of ground and road, which amount they shall return to the commis- sioners or levy court of Talbot county, who are hereby authorised and directed to levy upon the assessable proper- ty of said county, a sum sufficient to cover all damages, and pay the same to the person or persons entitled thereto, including two dollars each, for every day said commis- sioners shall attend in the discharge of the duties enjoined upon them, and a reasonable compensation to the survey- or for his services, by virtue of this act.	Commission- ers to levy to pay damages,
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That should the said William Hughlett, through whose lands the said road is to pass, and whose property is hereby ordered to be condemned as a "public landing, " deem himself aggrieved by the action or decision of said commissioners herein named, he shall have the right of appeal thereon to Talbot county court, the judges of which shall have power to hear and decide all matters connected therewith.	Right of Ap- peal.