SAMUEL SPRIGG, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

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mages sustained by the persons through whose lands the said road,
landing or lumber-yard shall pass or be opened by reason of open-
ing the same.

Dec. Ses. 1821.

21. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall be
entitled to receive a compensation for their services and attendance,
not exceeding two dollars per day; and all officers of the county
court shall be entitled to the same fees for all business done in vir-
tue of this law, as are now or shall be hereafter received for like
services, to be ascertained by the levy court of said county; which,
together with all charges arising from the survey or attendance of
witnesses, shall be levied, collected and paid, as other county char-
ges are.

Compensation

—costs.

22. And be it enacted, That the levy court of Worcester
county, shall have all the power and authority of granting private
roads that by law is now vested in the county courts; Provided,
The notice is given as required for public roads, and that there may-
be an appeal from the decision of the levy court to the county court;
and when a plot of any road or roads, so laid out, shall be returned
to, and confirmed by the levy court aforesaid, the same shall be
transmitted to the county court of said county, and there recorded
among the land records of said county.

Private roads.
Proviso.

23. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for
the justices of the levy court of Worcester county, on a day ap-
pointed for that purpose, by three weeks previous notice, by adver-
tisement set up at the court-house door, also at the most public pla-
ces of the county, to proceed to offer at public sale to the lowest
bidder, the whole of the public roads in said county.

Roads may be

sold.

24. And be it enacted, That the justices of the levy court
letting out any road, shall take a recognizance in the penalty of two
hundred dollars, to the state of Maryland, from the person or per-
sons who may bid off any particular division of said roads, with one
or more sufficient securities, conditioned that the same shall be dis-
charged upon the party or parties who are the principals therein,
keening the road contracted for in proper order, together with all
bridges and foot-ways across water, where the same may be ne-
cessary.

Letting out
roads.

25. And be it enacted, That any recognizance taken under
this act, shall be lodged with the clerk of Worcester county, within
ten days after taking the same, to be by him recorded in his office;
and at any time when the levy court of said county or any member
thereof, shall know or be informed of any neglect of duty of any
person or persons, the principals in a recognizance taken by virtue
of this act, it shall be the duty of the said levy court, or the member
thereof receiving the information as aforesaid, to cause a scire facias
to issue out of the county court of said county, upon said recogni-
zance, against the principal and securities named therein, and if
upon trial, neglect of duty shall be established, the court shall fix the
sum to be paid by the parties named in said recognizance, and shall
give judgment therefor, together with costs of suit, to be applied
towards discharging the county charges of Worcester county.

Recognizance
to be lodged in
clerk's office—
—forfeiture—
penalty.

26. And be it enacted, That the levy court of Worcester
county shall, at their first levy in the year eighteen hundred and
twenty-two, and at their annual levy in every year thereafter, levy
and assess on the assessable property in said county, the sum of tea

Competition
of supervisors.