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SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Dec. Ses. 1822

empowered to levy on the assessable property of said county, the
sum of one hundred and twelve dollars, and to pay the same over
to the commissioners of the tax for said county, to liquidate a claim
of the Franklin Bank of Baltimore against said commissioners as a
board.

Passed Jan.
31, 1823.

Change.

CHAPTER 87.

An act to change the name of David Davis Pagett of Kent County, to
that of David Davis.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Man/land, That
the name of David Davis Pagett, of Kent county, be, and is hereby
changed and altered unto the name of David Davis, and it shall and
may be lawful for the said David Davis Pagett at all times hereafter,
to be called and known by, and hold and use the name of David Da-
vis, and by that name to sue and be sued, in any court of law or e-
quity; and it shall and may be lawful for the issue of the said David
Davis Pagett, hereafter to be born, to take upon themselves and each
of them, the sur-name of Davis; and the surname of the said David
Davis Pagett, shall be, and is hereby changed and altered to the sur-
name Davis, and the issue of the said David Davis Pagett, born or
hereafter to be born, shall at all times hereafter be called by, and hold
and use the sur-name of Davis, and be from henceforth called by the
sur-name of Davis.

Doings con-
firmed.

2. And be it enacted, That all securities, promises, contracts, assur-
ances, deeds, and lawful acts whatsoever, heretofore made, done or
hereafter to be made and done, by or to the said David Davis Pagett,
by the name of David Davis, shall be of the same force and 'effect,
and equally avail, to all intents and purposes, as if the name of Da-
vid Davis, had been the true and proper name of David Davis Pa-
gett from his birth; any law, statute or custom to the contrary not-
withstanding.

Passed Feb.
1, 1823.

CHAPTER 88.

A supplement to an act, entitled, An act to incorporate a company to
make a Turnpike Road from Boonsborough to Hager's Town, and
for the extension of the charters of the several Banks in this state,
and for other purposes.

Damages as-
certained.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That in all cases where damages are claimed by the owner or own-
ers of land, through which the Boonsborough turnpike road may
pass, or where stone, gravel, earth or sand, not already quarried or
dug for the use of the owner or owners, or for sale, shall be neces-
sary for making or repairing the said turnpike road, the president,
managers and company of the Boonsborough turnpike road, or a
majority of them or any person authorised by them, may agree with
the owner or owners of such land for such damages as may be sus-
tained by the said road, passing through the same, or with the owner
or owners of said materials for the purchase of the same, or with the
owner or owners of the land on which the same may be, for the pur-
chase of the said land, and in case of disagreement, or in case the
owner shall be a feme covert, under age, or non compos or out of the
state or county, the president of the said company, or any person au-
thorised by him for that purpose, shall apply to two justices of the
peace of the county where such land shall lie, whose duty it shall be
thereupon to issue their warrant, directed to the sheriff of the same
county commanding him to summon twelve persons, who have no in-