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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Dec. Sess.
1814.

shall be opened by the levy court of said county of a
breadth or exceeding forty feet; and the said road when
so opened shall be kept in repair in the same manner as
other public roads of the said county.

Passed Jan.

18, 1815.
Preamble.

Levy court
may disconti-
nue said road
if requested.

CHAPTER 55.
An act to authorise and empower the justices of the levy
court of Caroline. County, to discontinue so muck of the
public road as is therein mentioned.
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly
by the petition of Thomas Ford, and others, that so much
of the public road leading from Frazier's new road in
Frazier's neck, through the farm of Thomas Ford, and
others to Hog Island is of no possible public utility, and
greatly injurious to the interest of the said petitioners ;
Therefore,
SEC. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assem-
of Maryland, That the justices of the levy court of
Caroline county, be, and are hereby authorised and di-
rected if they shall see proper at their first session in the
year eighteen hundred and fifteen, upon the application
of the said Thomas Ford, and others, through whose
land the aforesaid road now runs to discontinue and stop
the same from the said Frazier's new road, any law to
the contrary notwithstanding.

Passed Jan.
18, 1815.

Wood corder
hay weigher--
their compen-
sation.

CHAPTER 56.

A supplement to the act entitled, an act to alter and
change the name of Elizabeth Town in Washington
county, to Hagers Town, and to incorporate the same.
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the Moderator and Commissi-
oners of Hagers Town, in addition to the powers gran-
ted to them in the original act to which this is a supple-
ment, shall be and they are hereby authorised and em-
powered to appoint a suitable person or persons as a wood
corder or corders, and to erect Hay Scales, and appoint
a proper person to act as hay weigher and to allow to
each of them such compensation for their services as
they may think reasonable.

Tax on players
and showmen.

2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the Modera-
tors and Commissioners aforesaid shall have full power
and authority to lay and collect such tax, as they in their
discretion may think necessary upon all players and
showmen who shall come within the limits of said town
for the purpose of exhibiting their respective representa-
tions.

Passed Jan.
18, 1815.

Divorced.

CHAPTER 57.

An act to annul the marriage of Conrad Holtzman late
of Frederick county, and Eve Holtzman now of Wa-
shington county.
Section 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General As-