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Dec. Ses. 1816.
Proviso.
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they are hereby authorised and empowered, to appoint sonic per-
son of integrity and judgment as guardian to Mary Fowke,
Catherine Elizabeth Fowke, William Augustus Fowke, and Vir-
linda Stone Fowke, infant children of Gerard Fowke and Mary
Bayne Fowke, to convey, by a good and sufficient deed, all the
estate of the said children in the tract of land lying in Charles
county, called Bellmont, descended to them from their mother,
Mary Bayne Fowke, and to take a good and sufficient deed from
the said James Fowke to the said children, of all the estate of
the said James Fowke in the tract of land called Grunston, situat-
ed as aforesaid, with a relinquishment of dower from Elizabeth
Fowke, wife of the said James, reserving only to the said Gerard
Fowke, in the land so conveyed, the same interest as he enjoyed
and possessed in the aforesaid tract called Bellmont; and the res-
pective deeds as aforesaid, when executed as aforesaid, shall bo
recorded among the land records of Charles county, and be valid
to all intents and purposes; Provided, that the justices aforesaid,
on hearing all the circumstances of the case, shall deem and ad-
judge such an exchange advantageous to the infant children of
the aforesaid Gerard Fowke, and Mary Bayne Fowke his wife.
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Passed Jan. 13.
Justices of levy
court to record
public roads.
Supervisors to
be appointed.
Penalty for re-
fusing to serve.
Proviso.
Court to sup-
ply vacancies.
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CHAPTER 65.
An act to change and alter the mode of repairing the Pub-
lic Roads in Caroline County.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the justices of the levy court of Caroline county, or a ma-
jority of them, be and they are hereby authorised and required,
at their first meeting in the year eighteen hundred and seventeen,
and at their first meeting in each and every year thereafter, to
describe, ascertain, and distinctly record, in a book to be pro-
vided for that purpose, the several and respective public roads
and highways in said county, and to divide the same into as
many districts as to the said court shall seem meet and proper.
2. And be it enacted, That the said levy court, or a majority
of them, shall proceed to appoint a capable and suitable person
to each district, as supervisor of the said district of public roads,
and to signify the same to him, by warrant, under the hand of
the clerk of said county, and seal of office, according to the num-
ber and divisions of said roads, as the same shall be ascertained
upon their records; and that the said justices may adjourn from
time, to time, until the said roads shall be duly ascertained and
supervisors appointed as aforesaid.
3. And he it enacted, That any person appointed a supervisor
in virtue of this act, and refusing to act as such, and comply
with the requisites thereof, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of
ten dollars, to be recoverable in the name of the state, before any
justice of the peace of said county, and applied by the levy court
toward defraying the county charges; Provided, that no one
person shall be compelled to act as supervisor on any of the. pub-
lic roads, more than one year in every three years, without his
consent.
4. And be it enacted, That if any supervisor appointed under
this act. shall refuse to act, remove out of the county, become
disqualified, or die, it shall and may be lawful for any two justices
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