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the levy court of Washington county, and said levy
court at their next levy thereafter shall levy the same on
the assessable property of said county, but if any owner
of the land so occupied shall appear before the levy court
before the levy is laid, and object to the valuation and
estimate of the commissioners, and request a jury to val-
ue such land and judge such damages as he or she may
sustain on account of said amendment, the court shall
direct the sheriff of Washington county to summon
twelve free-holders of said county, not related to the
owner or owners of the land on which the amendment is
made; and the sheriff shall fix a day when the said jury
is to attend on the land and value the same and adjudge
the damages, if any, first taking an oath to ascertain the
true value of the land so occupied by the road as amend-
ed, and to assess the damages sustained by the person
requiring such jury, in consequence of the said amend-
ment justly and fairly without favor or affection to any
person, and to the best of their knowledge, which oath
shall be administered by the sheriff, and the verdict given
by the said jury, shall be signed by the jurors respective-
ly and delivered to the said sheriff, and by him returned
to the levy court, and the levy court shall levy the sum so
adjudged on the assessable property of the said county,
but if such valuation by the jury should be less than that
by the commissioners before made, the owner or owners
of the land, so requiring a jury, shall pay all the costs of
such jury.
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Dec. Sess.
1813.
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2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said com-
missioners, or a majority of them in estimating the val-
ue of the lands occupied by any such amendment of the
said road, or in estimating the damages ocassioned by
such amendment to any person, shall take into conside-
ration all advantages and disadvantages by reason of
opening said road.
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Estimate
of damages.
Grievances.
Remedy.
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3. AND BE IT ENACTED. That when the said
commissioners or a majority of them shall have returned
a plat of the said road as by them amended to the levy
court of Washington county, the said court shall cause
the same to be recorded as other public roads in the said
county are recorded; and the same shall thereupon be a
public road, and shall be kept in repair in the same man-
ner that other public roads in the said county are kept
in repair, and the levy court of said county shall appoint
a supervisor or supervisors to clear and open the said
road as amended by the said commissioners, and to de-
fray the expense of doing so, the said court shall levy a
sum sufficient upon the taxable property of the said county.
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Plot to be re-
corded. Re-
pairs of said
road.
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4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That each of the be-
fore named commissioners shall receive and have two
dollars for each day they shall be actually employed
about the said road; and the levy court aforesaid shall
make a reasonable allowance for the surveyor and chain
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Commission-
ers compensa-
tion.
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