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inch enlargements of the said town as may be assented to by the
holders of the adjoining hinds, which assent shall be in writing,
and evidenced by the signature of such owners, to the plot herein
required to be made and recorded therewith, and shall lay out,
mark and bound, such enlargement, the lots, streets, lanes and al-
leys thereof, as they may deem necessary.
5. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of establishing the
true original location of the said town, the said commissioners are
hereby authorised to issue subpoenas for witnesses, and to compel
their attendance and testimony in the same manner as witnesses
summoned to give testimony before a justice of the peace, and may
allow them the same compensation for their attendance.
6. And he it enacted, That for the purpose of defraying the ex-
penses to be incurred in the execution of this act, the said commis-
sioners, or a majority of them, shall cause to be levied on the real
property in said town, such sum of money as shall be sufficient for
that purpose, which levy shall he made by reference to the county
assessment in said county, and be collected by such person as the
said commissioners shall appoint for that purpose; and in case of
refusal or neglect to pay the said tax by any person chargeable
therewith, it shall be recovered in the name of the said commissi-
oners, in the same manner as the forfeitures herein before mention-
ed are recoverable.
7. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall also le-
vy on the enlargements which they may make to the said town such
part of the said expenses as they in their judgment may think just
and right, to be collected and recovered as aforesaid.
8. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall cause to
be made out under their hands and seals, or under the hands and
seals of a majority of them, a correct plot and certificate of said
town, including such enlargement, and shall return the same to
the clerk's office of said county there to be recorded, and when
recorded shall for ever thereafter be considered as evidence of the
location of said town, and the streets, lanes and alleys thereof be
considered as public highways.
9. And be it enacted, That all fines and forfeitures collected un-
der this act, shall be first applied towards defraying the expenses
incurred in the execution thereof, and the surplus, if any, to re-
pairing the streets of said town, under the direction of the said
commissioners.
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Dec. Ses. 1817
Original loca-
tion to be as-
certained.
Levy on town.
—on enlarge-
ment thereof.
Plot to be re-
turned.
Application of
fines.
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CHAPTER 133.
An additional Supplement to the act, entitled, An act to in-
corporate a Company to make a Turnpike Road from the
City of Baltimore to Havre-de-Grace.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for the Baltimore and Havre-de-Grace
turnpike company to alter any part of the location of said road, as
they in their judgment shall deem necessary, they making, or caus-
ing to be made, a survey of such alteration of the location, and
causing a plot thereof to be filed in each of the offices of the clerks
of Baltimore and Harford counties,
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Passed Feb. 6.
Location of
road may be
altered.
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