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SAMUEL SPRIGG, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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1820.
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by virtue of this act, to retain such portion of the said trust es-
tates, as may bo necessary for the payment of any debts due, or
to become due, by the said trustees in virtue of their appoint-
ments as trustees of the said insolvent debtors, and also for the
payment of such commission, not exceeding eight per cent, as the
court may deem a reasonable compensation to the said trustees for
their services.
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CHAP. 194.
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7. And be it enacted, That if any surplus should remain in the
hands of the said trustees after they shall have paid the debts,
and retained the commission for which such allowance was made,
they shall, under the order and direction of the county court, ac-
count for the same, and pay the same over, in case of a surrender
of the trust, to the said insolvent debtor, or in his absence to the
said court, who shall hold the same, subject to the order of the
said insolvent debtor, and in case of an assignment of the trust as
provided by this act, to the trustee to whom such assignment was
made.
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Any surplus re-
maining in his
lands to be ac-
counted for, &c.
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CHAP. CXCV.
An Act relative to the making of a Public Landing Place in Somerset County.
1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Wil-
liam Crockett, George Brown and William Miles, be and they or a
majority of them, are hereby appointed commissioners to meet at a
town called The Trappe, in Somerset county, during the present
year, and examine and determine whether the public convenience
docs require that a landing should be established at said town be-
low the place where the public road and bridge cross King's creek,
and if in the opinion of the said commissioners, or a majority of
them, the public convenience docs require that a landing should
be established at or near the aforementioned place, they or a ma-
jority of them, shall lay out a quantity of land for a public land-
ing place on King's creek, below said bridge, and contiguous
thereto, not exceeding one acre on each side of the said creek, in
such manner as they or a majority of them, may think most con-
ducive to the public benefit, and the said commissioners, or a ma-
jority of them, are hereby required to return a plot of said land-
ing place to the clerk of Somerset county, there to be recorded,
together with an estimate of the damages sustained by any per-
son or persons whose land may be taken, laid out, and appropri-
ated as aforesaid.
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Passed Feb. 16, 1821.
Commissioners
appointed to lay
out a public land-
ing, &c.
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2. And be it enacted, That If the said commissioners, or a ma-
jority of them, shall be of opinion that the public convenience
does require that a landing should be established at or near the
aforementioned place, they shall report the same, in writing, to
the levy court of Somerset county, and if the levy court, or a ma-
jority of them, shall approve of such opinion, the said court is
hereby empowered and directed to assess and levy the amount of
such damages as shall be ascertained by the commissioners afore-
said, which sum of money shall be levied, collected and paid over,
to the. pel-sons sustaining such damages, as other county charges
are levied, collected and paid over.
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If they should be
of opinion that
public conveni-
ence requires a
landing, to report
to levy court, &c.
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3. And be it enacted, That if the commissioners aforesaid, or a
majority of them, shall be of opinion that the public convenience
does not require that a landing place should be established at the
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If the public con-
venience does not
require to report
to levy court, &c.
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