The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-09

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eshali assess tso damages and benefits Of the
same upon the individu0is in tsras te and the
district or districts respectively in such pro-
portion as they may deem just and proper, and
shall furnish to the County Commissioners a
report of such assessment. And if any person
or persons, body corporate, district, shall feel
aggrieved by the award, report, return or pro-
ceedngs of said Board of Examiners, he, she,
they it shall, within thirty days after said re-
port is filed in the Office of said Board of Coun
ty Commissioners, file with said Commission.
ers, his, her, their, its objection in writing,
and said County Commissioners shall after five
days notice to each side interested, or the attor
neys thereof, or soon thereafter practica-
Gle, proceed to consider the award, return, re-
port, plat and proceedings of said Examiners
and all the proceedings in said case, and the
| said County Commissioners may ratify and con-
firm, reject, reverse, alter, amend or correct
| award, return report, plat and proceedings of
said Examiners and all the proceedings in said
| case, or may in their discretion send back to
| said Examiners, or to q new Board of EXamin-
ers, in case they deem it advisable, the award,
return, report, plat and proceedings OF said Ex-
| amlners for alteration, correction or amend
| ment, and any person interested in said pro-
| ceedings may appeal from the final order OF
| ratification or rejection of the report of said
| Board of Examiners by the County Commits
| soners of said county to the Circuit Court there
| of; provided, said appeal is taken within thir
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ratification or rejection, and provided further
| that the costs of the record in of appeal
| shall be paid or rendered to the Treasurer of
said county or to the Clerk of the County Com
missioners within thirty days from the date of
said appeal, and in case the costs of said a.
| peal are not paid or rendered as aforesaid with
| in the period aforesaid, it shall be lawful for
| said County Commissioners to proceed to act in
the premises as il no such appeal had been takn,
and in case any appeal is taken as aforesa id to
the Circuit Court for said county and motion is
filed to quash the proceedings in said case, any
of the proceedings may be amended as to mat
ters of forD, so that the case may be tried on
its real merits and the purposes Vi justice sub
| served, or the Court may in its discretion re
mand said case to said County Commissioners
tor alteration, correction or amendments, and
when final judgment is entered by the Circuit
Court III any case said Court may determine
whether the costs shall be paid by the appel
liant or appellee and such amendment may be
made at any time before the jury retire to make
up their verdict, in case of jury trial and in
cases of trial before the Court at any tire be-
fore judgment is entered.
Sec. II. And be 1t enacted, That when no
objection shall have been filed within the time
hereinbefore designated, or if objection shall
have been filed, and the road pettioned for
confirmed by the County Commissioners of said
county, or if in case Of appeal, the order of the
County Commissioners is affirmed by the Cir
cult Court for said county, the County Commits
sioners shall record cause to be recorded such
roads, public road of Baltimore county and
the award, if for damages, shall be paid by said
County Commissioners, to the person, or per
sons, or body corporate, entitled to receive the
same, within ninety days from the ratification
OF said award and report. And the award, if
for benefits, shall be considered tax and lien
upon the property assessed, and shall be paid |
to the County Com missioners, or the Treasurer
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sioners, within sixty days from the time the
award and report are finally ratified and con-
hrmed as aforesaid, provided, thirty days notice
is given to the owner, or owners of the property |
taken for such road, or to his, her, or its agent
or attorney, or left upon the premises in case |
the owner is unknown, and said sum shall be |
applied to the purpose of paying the damages, |
and for the construction Of said road. When
ever any person, or persons, shall desire to i'm
prove any road to an extent beyond that con-
templated by the Board of Examiners, they |
may make application to the County Commits
sioners, who shall issue commission to three
disinterested tax payers Of said county direct
ing them to meet upon the premises, and ex
anime the location and the premises, set forth
in said application, and if they shall Judge
that the public interest will be promoted there
by, they shall direct the County Commission
ers to pay towards such improvement an amount
not exceeding one hundred dollars per mile to
provided, however, that said applicants sub.
scribe an amount doable that to be paid by the !.
improvements shall be under the difectfon and
control of the supervisors whenever any doubt
may exist as to the proper location or width of
any road, the supervisors may cause the same
to be surveyed, and in their discretion make
such alteration as the conveniences OF the pub
lie may require, and any person feeling ag
greved at their action, sf all have right of APP
peal as hereinbefore provided when any new
road is located, old road altered, or any road
surveyed, said roads sha II be not less than thir-
ty feet in width, and it shall be the duty of the
supervisors to provide suitable bounding stones
and have them securely planted at such points
as they may deem necessary. The supervisors
shall receive for their services two dollars and
fifty cents for each day engaged in any of the
duties Of their Office, which shall be paid out of
the special road fund of their respective dis
tricts; and they are hereby authorized to incur
any expense necessary for the proper work of
TIL roads, or the duties of their office Provided,
however, that no accounts shall be paid unless |
endorsed by the chairman, and at least one of
the other supervisors, and approved by the |
County Commissioners and provided further, |
that no supervisor shall receive any pay or per |
diem for his services in experimenting the |
work of hands upon the roads of said county, |
unless he shall make affidavit that he had |
tor every day so charged, for his services as
aforesaid, at least six able bodied hands. not |
under eighteen years of age, in his employment |
upon said roads, and at least one horse and cart
and shall also make affidavit that he was actu |
ally and bona fde employed in experimenting |
said hands during the time so charged and |
provided further, that the County Commissioners |
OF said county shall in no case pay any Supervi-
ser any money on account of his own per diem |
or the wages of any of his hands or any of his |
expenditures whatever unless he shall also |
niake affidavit that he has posted in two of the |
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copy of the detailed account presented to the |
said Commissioners for payment, and any per-
son dcfacing or tearing down said copy within |
thirty days after the same shall have been post |
ed shall be liable to fine of not less than five |
uor more than twenty dollars aud costs to |
be collected small fines are usually collected |
one-half to 90 to the informer and the other |
half to 60 to the road fund of the county. The |
building and repairs of all bridges in Baltimore |
county shall be under the control OF the County |
commissioners and whenever twenty or more |
taxable inhabitants of Baltimore county shall |
desire the building or rebuilding of any bridge, |
they NAV make application to the County Com |
missioners and the County Commissioners shall |
issue a commission to three disinterested tax |
payers of said county directing them to meet |
ON the premises named in said application, at |
a stated time, and examine and determine if |
the public convenience requires said bridge and |
the probable cost thereof and they shall report |
sioners, and if the County Commissioners shall |
be OF opinion that such application ought to be
granted, they shall advertise in one or more |
newspapers published in Baltimore county, |
setting forth the place where said bridge is to be
built, with full specifications, of the plan and
materials, and that sealed proposals for build
ing said bridge will be received until day
named in said advertisement; on the day
named in said advertisement, the proposals shall
be opened, and the contract awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder, who, in the opinion
of the County Commissioners, shall be qualified
to build said bridge. Contractors shall give
bond double the amount of the contract, for
the faithful performance of said contract and
when such bridge shall be completed to the sat.
isfaction of the County Commissioners, they
shall pay to the contractor the last installment
due thereon, and shall accept the bridge for the
use of the public.
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted, That at
least three fourths of all sums of money to be
expended in each district of said county in the
repairs of roads in any of said districts shall
be expended between the first day of April and
the first day of 0ctobe in each and every year.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the Road
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