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said, shall be paid until the said road be opened agreeably to the
plot and certificate aforesaid.
19. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners before they
proceed to act, shall take an oath, before a justice of the peace,
that they will, without favour, partiality or prejudice, assess the
damages sustained by the persons through whose lands the said
road shall pass by reason of opening the same.
20. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall be en-
titled to receive a compensation for their services and attendance,
not exceeding two dollars per day, and all officers of the county
court shall be entitled to the same fees, for all business done in
virtue of this law, as are. now or shall be hereafter received for
like services, to be ascertained by the levy court of said county,
which, together with all charges arising from the survey or at-
tendance of witnesses, shall be levied, collected and paid, as
other county charges are.
21. And be it enacted, That on applications for any public
road, granted under the provisions of thin act, in Worcester
county, leading to navigable water, it shall be the duty of the
commissioners, when directed by the levy court, to lay out a quan-
tity of land for a lumber yard, at the discretion of the said levy
court, not exceeding three acres, to be bounded at the corners,
for the use of the county; and valuation of damages shall bo
made by said commissioners for said lot of land, and when
levied and collected, shall be paid to the persons entitled to re-
ceive the same; a plot and certificate of which shall be returned
to the. clerk of the county court, to be by him recorded; and
Raid lot shall remain a public lot, free for the use of the county;
Provided that the said lot of ground shall not be laid out on any
enclosed yard, orchard, garden or meadow, without the consent
of the owners thereof.
22. And be it enacted, That the levy court of Worcester county
shall have all the power and authority of granting private roads,
that, by law is now vested in the county courts, provided the notice
is given as required for public roads, and that there may be an ap-
peal from the decision of the levy court to the county court ;
and when a plot of any road or roads so laid out, shall be returned
to, and confirmed by the levy court aforesaid, the same shall be
transmitted to the county court of said county, and there record-
ed among the land records of said county.
23. And be it enacted, That all acts repugnant to the provi-
sions herein contained, shall be and the same are hereby repealed.
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Dec. Ses. 1816
Oath to be ta-
ken.
Allowance to
commissioners,
&c.
L umber-yards
may be laid out
in certain ca-
ses.
Levy court
vested with
power to grant
private roads.
Acts repealed.
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CHAPTER 182.
An act authorising a Lottery to raise a sum of money for
building a Masonic Hall in Elkton, Cecil County.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That James Sewall, George Peacock, Adam Whann, John Sam-
ple, Alexander Scott. Benjamin Bowen, Tobias Rudulph, An-
drew C. Smith, John T. Veazey, John H. Davidson, and Wil-
liam H. Ward, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby
authorised to propose a scheme or schemes of a lattery or lotteries,
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Passed Feb. 3.
Managers—
sum to be rais -
ed.
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