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Dec. Ses. 1817
To give bond.
Part of origi-
nal law declar-
ed in force.
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2. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners instead of
giving bond in the penalty of six thousand dollars, shall give bond
in the penalty of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned in the like
manner as prescribed by the act to which this is a supplement.
3. And be it enacted, That all the other conditions and provisions
of the before mentioned act, not in repugnance, shall be, and the
same is hereby declared to be, in full force and operation.
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Passed Jan 14
Lane to be laid
out.
Title vested.
Value of the
ground laid
out to be as-
certained.
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CHAPTER 28.
An act relating to Dark Lane in the City of Baltimore.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
Henry Payson, Jonathan Meredith, and Richard B. M'Gruder,
be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to lay out a lane
from Saint-Paul's Lane to Courtland-street, beginning for the same
at a point on the east side of Saint-Paul's Lane, one hundred and
fifty feet north from the intersection formed by the east side of
Saint-Paul's Lane and the north side of Church-street, running
thence easterly, parallel with Church-street, to Courtland-street,
thence northerly, binding on the west side of Courtland-street not
less than twenty and not exceeding twenty-eight feet, in the
discretion of the said commissioners, thence westerly, parallel with
Church-street to Saint-Paul's Lane, and thence southerly, bind-
ing on the east side of Saint-Paul's Lane to the place of begin-
ning, and the same shall be called " Dark Lane;" and the said
commissioners shall return a plot thereof, under their hands and
seals, to the office of the register of the city of Baltimore, to be
there filed as a part of the said city.
2. And be it enacted, That all the title, estate and interest, in and
to that part of Dark Lane which lies between Saint-Paul's Lane
and Courtland-street, as it now runs, shall be and the same is
hereby vested in the said commissioners, who shall make an allot-
ment and division thereof between Nicholas Brice, George Win-
chester, and Henry Didier, junior, in proportion to the size of
their respective lots which front on Church-street and run back to
said Dark Lane; and the said commissioners shall execute and ac-
knowledge conveyances of the said parts of Dark Lane to the said
Nicholas Brice, George Winchester and Henry Didier, junior,
which shall rest the titles and interest in and to the same, in fee
simple, in the said grantees respectively, their heirs and assigns.
3. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall ascertain
the value of the piece or parcel of ground herein before directed to
be laid out as a lane, which valuation and assessment shall be
paid by the said Nicholas Brice, George Winchester and Henry
Didier. junior, in equal parts; and the said commissioners shall
pay one-seventh part of the said valuation to the widow of Benja-
min Williams, late of the city of Baltimore, deceased, and the re-
sidue thereof to the guardian of the infant daughter, and heir at
law of the said Benjamin Williams, and it shall be the duty of the
said guardian to invest the same in the purchase of real estate, in
the name of his said ward, and the said real estate shall, in
case of the death of the ward intestate, descend in the same man-
ner as it would have done if the same had descended to her on the
part of her father.
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