The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-02-27
Bill To Require Construction OF
Authorized Road Route
Through Cecil.

| H1Ouyu O6CI.
The avowed intention o. the. State
Roads Commission to abandon the build
! ing of the authorized State road through
upper Cecil county, leading to the Con-
owingo bridge, in favor of the Perryville
automobile road, despite the protest of an
overwhelming majority of the citizens of
our county, has led to the introduction in
the House by Delegate LETTER of the fol-
lowing -hill which was referred TO he
Ways and Means Committee
A bill entitled an Act to authorize and direct
| the State Roads Commission to construct GER
tain public highways or roads in Cecil county
Section 1-Be it enacted BY the General
Assembly of Maryland, that the State Roads
Commission of Maryland, be and it is hereby
authorized and directed, out of the first money
available for that purpose coming into its
hands, to build or construct public road or
highway from Conowngo in said county to
Fredericktown, via lakewood, Rising Sun,
Calvert, Fair Hill, Elkton, Chesapeake City
and Cecilton.
Section 2-Be it further enacted that the
said Roads Commission is hereby directed to
bnildine, fro,,, Co., ,,,s~..a. ~ loae
use ~. 60 tl,lse
in bnild;ra tha at,o,,a a.as --sse-s
that ,,,,,sas, - anu
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sesraus.s -. ~ go '0,on un'i 'iie
| sec+;or, O. % - $500. s.,
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aso"'t Ian 70 passeu uy ene pres
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- ~ ~ s'S.' anu praceicaiy says
on@. 'ne maj roule 'anu wnicn Is tne only
,',,s, 'no inlSson = a4snorizeu Dy law 10
,roni oonowihso 70 rising sun, CALVERT,
-. a IL anu .nen.e 70 Ilkton' VIII not De
oS ~ o.n0. wores .he route through cecil
"su -. sioAo liaJorioy Oh tne PEG
- "sA ~ "ntoa "ouiu 10 "os1 penenclal
sISs e,s'NeD' - Seon county VIII 90
%a
- u1eS.ion arises can Ine COMMISSION De
1--pe1 " en"nso cneir a.tituoe we tnlnK
a.. ny r oan' anu mo maker OF 1ne resoiution In
,,.st,,.,ss - sa'ee WIN ieave no stone
-, - s.,'' SNo peopio .. oech county
aa1,.S ~ anu Oh Jun VIII %
iol * ., u ene Ao1 crea.ing the state
..nyt Ii 1,DN oA.SAo JUG ioilo"ing'
/ $50 A9e,oA snaii leacn iCs cohcIu-
s.ons " ene seieceion OF tne roads to be
ploseu oh Of pelore May l. lSOS' ana shall
on ~ oeiore Ohae oa.e ME with the County
ooni'uissioners ol eacn county 1or public In
opoce.oh cer.ineu copy OF a map OF the State
pi9lhiy Cnereoh the adopted system
u man roads TO De improved under this Act,
WINCH map shail pear the written approval of
'n %s saiu commission.
n,S was eonpleu Win, ana we again ask
" VIVA. au.hority the commission has chang
gu Une oecil county routef
Ano" VI no lawful authority invested
80 .ui0 SolnniSsion' Inc only authority
sven Tug COMMISSION TO cnange route is to
70 1ounu IN Section oSA, winch was an amend
. nlen. enacted m lSio. At reads as follows; 1T
snan 10 iawiui Ior the state Roads Commits
sion 70 liake' from Time to time, such changes
as - may deem desirable In the projected
iocatlons OF any road authorized to be con-
s'ruc1eu hereunder.
rms certainty does not apply to the route in
Uecii county, ana the commission in making
tne proposed change is acting. we believe,
Without any legal authority. We say this
aiter making pretty thorough investigation.
In the first place the road from North East