LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1811.

having located and opened a road over and through
his land; and the said jury are hereby required to con-
sider convenience, benefit and advantage, (if any, ) as
well as the disadvantage, by reason of the said road
passing over said land; and the constable shall return
the verdict of the said jury, or the majority of them,
under their hands and seals, to such justice or justices,
who shall return the same to the levy court of Harford
county; and if such jury shall not award a larger sum
of money for damages sustained as aforesaid, than
has already been allowed by the commissioners ap-
pointed to lay out said road, and ascertain the dama-
ges, the said Rigdon shall pay the costs of such
inquiry; but in case the same shall exceed the sum
allowed by the said commissioners, then the said
costs shall be levied on the assessable property of said
county, together with such further allowance as shall
be made by said jury to the said Rigdon, by the levy
court of said county, and be collected and paid as
other public monies are levied, collected and paid.

CHAPTER 8.

Passed Dec. 27,
1811.

A Supplement to the act entitled, An Act author-
ising the levy court of Baltimore county to levy
a sum of money f or the purposes therein men-
tioned.

Authorising the
levy of an addi-
tional sum of
money to build
a bridge over
Patapsco falls.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the levy court of Baltimore county
shall, and they are hereby authorised to assess and
levy on the assessable property of said county, the;
sura of six hundred dollars, in addition to the sum of
six hundred dollars already assessed and levied under
the act to which this is a supplement, and the same
when assessed and levied, shall be paid unto William
Baseman, William Demmitt and Edmund Stocksdale,
who are hereby appointed commissioner to superin-
tend the building the bridge over the Patapsco Falls,
at Baseman Ford; and the sum now levied shall be
paid unto the said commissioners, on or before the
lars t day of December next; and they, or a majority of
them shall, and are hereby authorised to employ a
workman or workmen to build the said bridge, and
have the same completed as soon as possible.

Commissioners
shall take bonds.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of said commissioners to take bond or bonds