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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Dec. Ses. 1821.

Passed Feb. 20,
1822.

Preamble.

CHAPTER 180.

A supplement to an act entitled, An act to lay out and straighten a cer-
tain road in Baltimore county, passed at December session eighteen
hundred and three, chapter fourteen.
Whereas, It is set forth by petition in writing to this legislature,
that two of the commissioners appointed by the authority of the
original law, departed this life prior to said law being carried into
effect—Therefore.

Commissioners.

Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland, That
Nathan Manro (the surviving commissioner,) Robert Hudson and
Evin L. Crawford, be and they are hereby appointed commission-
ers to carry into effect the provisions of said original law, any law
to the contrary notwithstanding.

Passed Feb. 20,

1822.

Jurors' pay.

CHAPTER 181.

An act to establish the pay of jurors and witnesses in Saint Mary's
county.
Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland, That from
and after the passage of this act, the grand and petit jurors of Saint
Mary's county, shall be entitled to receive the sum of two dollars
for each and every day's attendance as juryman, and that each and
every witness subpoenaed to testify in the courts of said county, the
sum of one dollar, in lieu of the allowance now granted by law.

Passed Feb. 20,
1822.

Act of 1801 to
have operation.

CHAPTER 182.

A further supplement to the act entitled, An act relating to the pub-
lic roads in the several counties therein mentioned.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this law, the public roads in
Charles county shall be kept in repair in pursuance of the provi-
sions of the act entitled, An act relating to the public roads in the
several counties therein mentioned, passed at December session
eighteen hundred and one; and the said law is hereby declared to
be in full force and operation as to the said county; and the levy
court of the said county are hereby directed to meet as soon after
the passage of this law as is practicable to carry its provisions into
operation, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Overseers ne-
glecting to
Warrant—pen-
alty.

2. And be it enacted, That any overseer appointed under the
act to which this a supplement, who shall neglect to collect or war-
rant for the penalty or penalties forfeited by any person or persons
failing to attend or to send on the road their quota of hands when
called on in compliance with the requisitions of this law, shall forfeit
and pay for every such neglect, five dollars, to be recovered in the
manner heretofore prescribed.

Roads wanting
repair to re-
ported—levy.

I 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of every over-
seer of the said road, upon finding any portion of such road which
he is appointed to superintend so far out of repair as to render it
oppressive to the inhabitants residing within its limits to keep such
portion in repair, to report the same to the next levy court; and it
shall in such case be lawful for the said levy court to levy on the
assessable property of said county, such sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars as they shall deem it expedient to contribute to-
ward the repairing such road.