JOHN H. STONE, Efquire, Governor.

1795.

III. And be it enacted, That the commiffioners aforefaid, or a major part of

them, fhall, on or before the firft day of Auguft next, caufe a correct and accu-
rate furvey and plot to be made of faid ftreets, and the refpective lots, pieces or
parcels of ground, through which they fhall pafs, certified under the hands and
feals of the faid commiffioners, or a major part of them; and the faid plot fhall
be recorded amongft the records of the territory of Columbia as foon as conve-
niently may be thereafter, there to remain as evidence of the location of faid
ftreets, which feveral ftreets, fo to be laid out in purfuance of this act, fhall be
highways, and be fo deemed and taken to all intents and purpofes whatfoever;
provided neverthelefs, that the corporation of George-town, when in common-

hall affembled, or a majority of them, are hereby vefted with full power and au-
thority, immediately after fuch ftreets are located and continued, to caufe a valu-
ation to be made of the damage which any perfon or perfons fhall fuftain by rea-
fon of the continuation of any of faid ftreets through his, her or their lot or
lots, or piece or parcel of ground, and caufe the fame to be recorded by their
clerk; and if any proprietor or proprietors of any lot or lots, piece or parcel of
ground, fo as aforefaid valued, conceive him, her or themfelves injured by fuch
valuation, he, fhe or they fhall, upon application in writing to the mayor of
George-town for the time being, at any time before the firft day of January, fe-
venteen hundred and ninety-feven, be entitled to a fecond valuation of the injury
done thereto; and the faid mayor fhall and he is hereby authorifed and empow-
ered to command the fheriff of George-town, immediately on fuch application,
to fummon twelve good and lawful men, not residents nor holders of real proper-
ty in faid Beall's addition to George-town, to appear on the premifes before him
on a certain day, then and there, on oath, to value and afcertain fuch damage,
and make return thereof to him under their hands and feals, and the faid mayor
fhall caufe a record to be made of the fame; and no perfon or perfons fhall have
the benefit of a fecond valuation, unlefs application as aforefaid is made before the
year feventeen hundred and ninety-feven; provided, that nothing herein contained
fhall be deemed or taken to affect the right of any infant, feme-covert, or perfon
non compos mentis, or beyond fea, from appealing from the firft valuation, and
having a fecond valuation according to the provisions of this act, if he, fhe or
they, fhall profecute the fame within fix months after fuch difability fhall be re-
moved; and that demand for payment of the amount of the damage fo afcertain-
ed fhall be made by the refpective owner or owners claiming the fame, or his,
her or their agent or attorney, in writing, of the mayor aforefaid, and if the
damage fo affeffed is not paid within fixty days next after fuch demand made,
then and in fuch cafe the refpective owner or owners of any fuch lot or lots fhall
again hold and poffefs the faid lot or lots, and be feized of his, her or their for-
mer intereft and eftate therein, any thing in this law to the contrary notwith-
ftanding.

C H A P. XX.

C H A P.
XIX.

Who fhall
caufe a furvey
to be made,
&c.

An ACT to empower Samuel Maffit, late fheriff and collector of
Caecil county, and Thomas O'Bryon, late fheriff and collector
of Queen-Anne's county, to collect balances due them.

Paffed De-
cember 24.

WHEREAS it is reprefented to this general affembly, by the petition of
Samuel Maffit, late fheriff and collector of Caecil county, and
Thomas O'Bryon, late fheriff and collector of Queen-Anne's county,
that from certain caufes they have been unable to make their collections for the
year feventeen hundred and ninety-four in due time, and they have prayed that a
further time be allowed them to make their collections, and it appears from the
fpecial circumftances exifting in their cafes reafonable and juft that a further
time be allowed them; therefore,

Preamble.

II. Be it enacted, by the General Affembly of Maryland, That the faid Samuel
Maffit and Thomas O'Bryon refpectively, be and they are hereby authorifed and
empowered to collect, on or before the firft day of October next, all fums of
money due to them refpectively, as fheriffs and collectors for the year feventeen
hundred and ninety-four, in manner following, to wit; That the aforefaid fheriffs

S. Maffit, &c.
may collect,
&c.