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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

182.

Passed June 13,
1812.

CHAPTER 7.
A further supplement to an act entitled, "An act to
alter the public road leading from Miles River
Ferry, through the lands of Jacob Loockerman, of
Talbot county.

Commissioners
appointed to
build a ferry-
house. They

may condemn a
piece of land.

SEC. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That William G. Tilghman, Ed-
ward Gibson, Robert Tilghman, Bennett Bracco, and
Andrew Skinner, be, and they are hereby appointed
commissioners to build a ferry-house on the ground
already condemned at the Ferry aforesaid; or if the
said commissioners or a .majority of them should be of
opinion that a better site can be located for the public
use, they are hereby authorised to condemn a piece of
land in lieu thereof, not exceeding half an acre, conven-
nient to the ferry; and the said commissioners or a
majority of them shall proceed to value the same to
the proprietor, who is to be paid by the land-holder
of Miles River Neck, in Talbot county, in such pro-
porticos as the said commissioners may think pro-
per to levy the same.

Proprietor be-
ing dissatisfied
with the valua-
tion of the com-
missioners, he
may appeal to a
jury." Jurors'
oath.

2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if the said pro-
prietor shall be dissatisfied with the valuation of the
said commissioners, he may, within ten days after the
said valuation, call on the sheriff of the county, who is
hereby authorised to summon a jury of twelve persons
unconnected with the proprietor, who shall, previous
to their valuation, each take the following oath, to wit:
" I, A B, do swear, that I will honestly, without pre-
judice or partiality, value the damages that may be
sustained by the proprietor of a piece of ground in
"Miles River Neck, and which has been condemned for
the purpose of erecting a ferry house thereon in pur-
seance of this act of Assembly." And the said jury
shall inspect the premises aforesaid and proceed to re-

Proviso

value the same: Provided, they shall be of opinion
that injustice has been done to the proprietor thereof
by the commissioners in their valuation.

Valuation must
be paid or ten-
dered before
this law is carri-
ed into effect.

3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commission-
ers appointed by this act, shall not proceed to carry
the same into effect until they shall pay the valuation
made by them or the jury aforesaid to the proprietor,
or tender the same to him. should he refuse to receive it

Land-holders

shall be assess-

ed

4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said com-
missioners shall assess the land-holders in Miles River
Neck for the farther expense of building a ferry house
and a ferry-boat, unless the same shall be subscribed.