LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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CHAPTER 169.

An act to provide for the cession of territorial jurisdiction at Cedar Point,
and at Point Look Out in St. Marys county, and at Smiths Island in Ca-
jeys Streights in Somerset county, for the erection of light houses there-
on.

Whereas, applications have been made to the Congress of the
United States, for the erection and establishment of lighthouses,
at Point Look Out, at Cedar Point, and at or near to Cajeys
Point, on Smiths Island, on the Chesapeake bay; and whereas, the
legislature duty appreciating the great advantages to emanate from
the erection and establishment of the said light houses, and parti-
cularly with intent to avoid the difficulties and dangers of passing
the said points and streights aforesaid, during the night, and dis-
posed to promote the completion of objects so much desired by
the good people of this state; Therefore,

Dec. Ses. 1824

Passed Feb.
24, 1825.

Preamble.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
in case an act or acts of the Congress of the United States, author-
ising the erection and establishment of a light house, or light hous-
es, at either one or more of the points or places, designated in the
preamble to this act, commissioners shall, and the same are here-
by appointed, with power to fill vacancies in their or either of their
body or bodies, to fix and determine the value of the land required
by the United States, for the purpose or purposes aforesaid; that
is to say, for Point Look Out; Elwily Smith, Mordecai C. Jones,
Josia Biscoe, James Kerk and Robert Dunkinson; for Cedar Point,
Michael B. Carroll, James Jarbeo, Elijah Tarlton, John Jackson
and John Hotton; and tor Smiths Island, at or near Cajeys
Straights, Jesse Hughes, William Roach, John Rider, Arnold E.
Jones, Junior, and Daniel Ballard; and they or majority of ei-
ther of the said boards shall be in the event aforesaid, authorized,
upon giving at least sixty days notice in two of the most conveni-
ent news papers for four consecutive weeks, to value and assess the
same, taking into consideration the advantages or disadvantages at-
tendant upon the erecting the light houses aforesaid, on the land afore-
said, and including in said valuation a reasonable allowance for the
use and privilege of a road from the land aforesaid, through the lands
of any proprietor or proprietors, if such road shall be deemed ne-
cessary; and the decision of the commissioners aforesaid, or a
majority of them, shall be considered final and conclusive, between
the parties, unless an appeal shall thereafter be prosecuted as is
herein after provided; and the amount or value of the land, and
the right of way as aforesaid thereto, so assessed, being paid or
offered to be paid to the proprietor or proprietors thereof, the Uni-
ted States shall thenceforward, be considered the true and lawful
owners of the said land, of the said right and privileges of a way

Commission-
ers to value.
&c.
Appeal; pro-
ceedings.

for the purposes aforesaid; Provided always, that if the owner or
owners of the said land, and of the said road, so aforesaid va-
lued, his her or their guardian or guardians, trustee or trustees,
shall conceive him, her or themselves, aggrieved by such valuation
by the said commissioners, or any of them, and shall notify to the
said commissioners the same in writing, it shall and may be law-
ful for said commissioners, or any three of them, to issue their
warrant to the sheriff of any county, as the case may be, com-
manding him to summon twelve free-holders in the county afore-

Proviso.