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Dec. Ses. 1816.
Application of
money.
Trustee's al-
lowance.
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right, title, claim and interest, of the state of Maryland, of,
in and to, the said lot of land, and also all the right, title,
claim and interest, either in law or equity, which William En-
nalls, late of Dorchester county, deceased, had to the said lot of
land at the time of his death, and which descended to his heirs.
5. And be it enacted, That so much of the proceeds of the sale
of the said lot of land shall be applied to the credit of a bond
made and executed on the twentieth day of August, in the year
seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, by William Ennalls, with John
Eccleston and Joseph Ennalls as his securities, as shall he suffi-
cient to discharge the same, and the surplus, if any, shall he by
the said trustee paid over to the executors or administrators, as
the case may be, of the said William Ennalls, and be considered
assets in their hands.
6. And be it enacted, That the said trustee shall be entitled to
the same compensation for his services as is allowed by the chan-
cellor in cases of sale of lands made in virtue of a decree of the
court of chancery.
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Passed Jan. 28.
Commissioners
appointed—di-
rection.
Damages to be
ascertained.
Road to be pub-
lic.
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CHAPTER 137.
An act to lay out and make public a Road in Queen-Anne's
County.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That George Meginness, Joseph Rochester, Tristram Thomas,
William Cosden, senior, and Willson Register, be and they are
hereby appointed commissioners to lay out, survey, mark and
bound, a public road, not exceeding thirty feet in width, begin-
ning at the main road leading from George-Town to Dixon's
tavern, on the divisional between Vincent Benton and Senah Bu-
sick, and running in such direction to the road leading from J.
B. to the head of Chester, at the intersection of the road leading
from McAllister's Ferry to said road, as they, or a majority of
them, shall deem most adviseable for the public convenience, and
return a plot thereof, with a certificate of courses and distances
of the same, to the clerk of Queen-Anne's county, to be by him
recorded.
2. And be it enacted, That the commissioners, or a majority of
them, be and they are hereby authorised and directed, to ascer-
tain and value what damage may be sustained by any person or
persons through whose lands the said road may pass, by opening
the same, taking into consideration all the advantages and disad-
vantages in consequence thereof, and the damages so ascertained
shall be levied and assessed as other county charges are, and shall
be paid over to the person or persons entitled to receive the
same.
5. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners, or a majority
of them, when the said road shall be laid out and marked, shall
cause the same to be opened cleared, and made passable, and
shall return an accurate account of the costs and expenses of lay-
ing out, clearing, and opening the said road, to the levy court of
said county, and the justices of the said levy court are hereby
authorised and directed to levy the same on the assessable pro-
perty of said county, and when so levied shall be collected and
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