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SAMUEL STEVENS, JR. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Dec. Ses. 1822

ty, be and is hereby changed and altered unto the name of William
Medford and Eliza Medford, and it shall and may be lawful for
the said William Trice and Eliza Trice, at all times hereafter to be
called and known by, and hold and use the names of William Med-
ford and Eliza Medford, and by these names to sue and be sued in
any court of law or equity.

Acts & deeds
&c. confirm-
ed.

Sec 2. And be it enacted, That all securities, promises, contracts,
assurances, deeds, and lawful acts whatsoever, hereafter to be made
or done by or to the issue of the said William Trice and Eliza Trice,
shall be of the same force and effect, and equally avail to all intents
and purposes, as if the name of William Medford and Eliza Med-
ford, had been the true and proper names of William Trice and
Eliza Trice.

Passed Dec.

19, 1822.

CHAPTER. 18.

A supplement to An act entitled, "An act relating to public roads in the
several counties therein mentioned.

Preamble.

Whereas, An act relating to public roads in Baltimore, Cecil and
Harford counties, passed at December session, eighteen hundred
and twenty-one, has from reason of its ambiguity been found in-
adequate to the purposes intended thereby; Therefore,

Levy court
empowered.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the levy courts of Baltimore, Cecil and Harford counties, in all
cases when a number of respectable inhabitants of their county shall
apply to them in writing, be and they are hereby vested with full
power to open any new road within their county, or to open or
continue open any road formerly or now used for the convenience of
going to Mill, Market or to Church, as in their opinion may conduce
most to the advantage and convenience of the public; and the said
courts may at their discretion, require the petitioners at their own
expense, to open any new road, or to re-open and continue open any
old road, and to do all such other acts as they are authorised to do by
the law to which this is a supplement.

Repeal.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That any thing in the said original act,
which is repugnant to, or inconsistent with the provisions of this act,
shall be and the same is hereby repealed.

Passed Dec.
20 1822.
Levy $50.

CHAPTER. 19.

An act for the benefit of Phebe Sutton of Kent county.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the levy court of Kent county, be, and they arc hereby authorised
and required to, levy annually upon the assessable property of said
county, a sum, not exceeding thirty dollars, for the support and
maintenance of Phebe Sutton of said county, so long as the said
levy court may be of opinion the said Phebe Sutton stands in need
of such assistance, and that it shall be the duty of the collector of said
county, to collect and pay over to the said Phebe Sutton or to her or-
der, the sum so levied, for her benefit.

Passed Dec.

20, 1822.

CHAPTER 20.

A Supplement to the act, entitled, An act to provide for the appoint-
ment of Commissioners for the regulation and improvement of Easton,
in Talbot county, and to establish and regulate a market at the said
Town.

Powers of
commission-
ers, &c

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the commissioners of the town of Easton shall "and may have the