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BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Walter Dyson, Charles K. Love,
and Luke White Barber be, and they are hereby ap-
pointed commissioners; and they, or a majority of
them are hereby authorised and empowered to re-
view the old private road beginning at the road leading
from Newport to Chaptico, near Dr. Wilson Comp-
ton's, in Charles county, and passing thence through
the lands of Wilson Compton, Edward Diment and
others, until it intersects the divisional line of Charles
and Saint Mary's counties, and thence until it falls into
a road leading from Chaptico to Charlotte Hall near
the dwelling of Gerard Hayden; and to lay out, sur-
vey, mark and bound the same, not exceeding twen-
ty feet in width; and to make a plot of the said road
when laid out, surveyed, marked and bounded, and re-
turn, the same under their hands and seals; one copy of
such plot to. the clerk of Charles county, and one other
copy to the clerk of Saint Mary's county, to be by them
recorded among the land records of the said counties,
and the said road, when so laid out, shall be, and the
same is hereby declared a public highway; and the
levy courts of Charles and Saint Mary's counties, at
any meeting after the said plot shall have been record-
ed, are hereby authorised and empowered to appoint
an overseer or overseers to keep their respective por-
tions of said road in repair, as other public roads are
kept in repair in said counties; and the said levy
courts are hereby further authorised and empowered
to levy and assess upon the assessable property of said
counties, at the time of laying the next county levy,
such sum or sums of money as each of said levy
courts may think sufficient to pay the expense of
opening the parts of said road lying in their respec-
tive counties.
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Commissioners
appointed, who
are empowered
to lay out, sur-
vey, ma i k and
bound a certain
road its width,
A plot shall be
returned to
the clerk of
each county.
Levy courts au-
thorised to ap-
point overseers,
and may levy
the expenses
on their respec-
tive counties.
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AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commis
sioners, or a majority of them, shall ascertain and value
the damages which any person or person may sustain,
through whose land the said road may pass, by open-
ing and clearing the same; and shall make and re-
turn to the levy courts of Charles and Saint Mary's
counties, a certificate of such valuation of damages
(if any) sustained, as aforesaid, in their respective coun-
ties; and the levy court of each or either of said
counties (as the case may be, ) shall levy upon the as-
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Commissioners
shall ascertain
damages and re-
turn certificates
to the respec-
tive levy courts.
Damages to be
levied on the
respective coun-
ties.
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