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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Dec. Sess.
1815.

Deed to be

valid.

Provisos.

as it is further represented in the said petition, that this deed
has not been recorded within the time required by law, and of
course that the title of the said Samuel A. Berry to the said real
estate is not complete and perfect in law; Therefore,
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the deed heretofore executed by William K.
Claggett of Baltimore county, to Samuel A. Berry of Charles
county, bearing date the seventeenth day of December, in the
year eighteen hundred and seven, conveying a certain real es-
tate therein described, shall have the same validity and effect
to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been recorded
within the time required by law; Provided, that the same be
recorded in the land records of the county where the land lies,
within six months after the passage of this act; and provided
further, that nothing in this act contained, shall be taken or
construed to affect the right and title of any other person acquir-
ed in and to the said real estate, nor shall such deed affect the
creditors of the party making such deed, who may trust such
parly after the date of the said deeds.

Passed Jan.
19, 1816.

Damages.

Sum to be
levied.

chapter. 109.

' An act entitled, a supplement to an act to lay out and make pub-
lic a road in Queen Ann's County.
Sec 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for any justice of
the peace for Queen Ann's county, on application to him by
any person or persons, their guardian or agent entitled to re-
ceive damages under the act to which this is a supplement or
who may conceive themselves injured by opening the said road
through his or her lands, to issue his warrant directed to the
sheriff of said county, commanding him to summon twelve
men qualified to serve as jurors in the county court, to meet up-
on the lands of the person making application as aforesaid, up-
on a day therein mentioned, of which five days notice shall be
given to the parties; and the said jurors having first made oath
before some justice of the peace of said county, that they will
without favour, affection or partiality, assess the damages sus-
tained by the person or persons their guardian or agent, at
whose request such inquisition shall be taken, by reason of
opening the aforesaid road through his, her or their lands, shall
thereupon proceed to assess and value the damages according-
ly, taking into consideration the advantages and disadvantages,
if any, and also any sum or sums of money already assessed,
under the original act for his, her or their use, and such inqui-
sition shall be final and conclusive between the parties.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the levy court of said
county shall levy on the assessable property in said county,

any sum or sums of money which may be assessed as damages
aforesaid for the use of the person or persons for whom the
same shall be assessed.

Passed Jan.
18, 1816.
Deed to be
valid.

CHAPTER 110.

An act to make valid the deed therein mentioned.
SEC. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a deed made and executed on the nineteenth
day of September, in the year of our lord eighteen hundred
and fourteen, by Charles John Stier, formerly of Fairfax
county, in the commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States