1820.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 159.

by any justice of the peace who shall have recognizance thereof,
and shall return a list of all fines imposed in virtue of this act
to the levy court of Charles county, to be collected and applied
as other fines and forfeitures now are.

To cause a plot
to be made out.

5. And be it enacted, That after the said town shall have been
resurveyed, marked and bounded as aforesaid, the commissioners
aforesaid, or a majority of them, shall cause a full and complete
plot thereof, together with a certificate of their proceedings in
virtue of this act, to be recorded among the land records of
Charles county, and a duplicate of said plots, duly certified, to be
pasted on linen or hoard, and delivered to the clerk of Charles
county, to be by him filed among the records of his office, for the
inspection of all persons interested, and that the said plot shall
thereafter be considered, deemed and taken, as the true plot of
Port Tobacco, heretofore called Charles-town, and the proprietors
of lots and houses in said town shall be vested with as good, sure
and indefeasible an estate, of in and to their several and respec-
tive lots And houses, laid down in the, manner herein before direc-
ted, as if the original plot of Charles-town had never been torn
or defaced.

Expenses to be

apportioned a-
mong proprietors
of lots.

6. And be it enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid, or a
majority of them, shall make out an account or estimate of all
expenses reasonably incurred by them in the execution of the
trusts hereby reposed in them, and that they apportion the same
amongst the proprietors of lots agreeably to the value of their
respective lots, as ascertained by the last assessment, and in case
the said proprietors, or either of them, shall neglect or refuse to
pay their respective proportions as aforesaid on demand, or with-
in twenty days thereafter, the said commissioners shall return a
list of such defaulters to the next county court, who shall
on application of the said commissioners award attachments
against all such delinquents.

Decision of com-
missioners to be

final.

7. And be it enacted, That the decision of the said commissi-
oners upon the metes, boundaries, and location of the said town,
shall be final and conclusive upon all parties interested therein,
not minors, feme coverts, persons non combos mentis, or beyond
seas.

Persons aggrieved
may appeal to
county court.

8. Provided nevertheless, And be it enacted, That any person or
persons who may or shall feel themselves aggrieved by the deci-
sion of said commissioners, shall and may, within twelve months
after the return made by the said commissioners of the plot afore-
said, have a right of appeal to Charles county court, by petition,
and the said petition shall be placed upon the trial docket and
stand for hearing at the first term.

Decision upon
minors, to be final,

&c.

9. And be it enacted, That the decision aforesaid of the said
commissioners shall also be final and conclusive upon all persons
herein before excepted, provided such persons shall not avail them-
selves respectively of the benefit of appeal herein provided with-
in twelve months from the period of the removal of such disabili-
ties, or arrival to the age of twenty-one years, or from beyond
the sea.
10. And whereas, it has been represented to this general as-
sembly, that the improvement and advantage of the town afore-
said would be greatly promoted by placing the same under the