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BALTIMORE CITY.
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in each and every year, to the register of the city of Baltimore,
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of. the number of informations laid before them for violations of
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the city ordinances, the names of informers, persons informed
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against, the number of judgments rendered in favour of the cor-
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poration, for what amounts, and whether such judgments have
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been appealed from, superseded or satisfied.
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Property
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SEC, 4. And be it enacted, That no person shall hereafter be
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qualifica-
tion re-
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eligible as a member of the first branch of the city council of
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quired.
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Baltimore, or as an elector of mayor of said city, unless he shall
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at the time of his election, be the owner and possessor of pro-
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perty within said city, assessed to the amount of three hundred
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dollars ; nor shall any person be eligible as a member of the
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second branch of the said city council, or as a mayor of the
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said city, unless he shall at the time of his election, be the
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owner and possessor of property within said city, assessed to
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the amount of five hundred dollars, and to render any such per-
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son eligible, it shall not be necessary for his name to appear on
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the assessors' books.
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General
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That the mayor and city council
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power of
taxation.
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of Baltimore, shall have full power, and they are hereby autho-
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rized to tax all such matters, things and objects as are not now
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exempt from taxation, by any law of this state, and to provide
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for collecting and appropriating the same for the necessary ex-
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penses of said city.
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Funds of
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the income of the property
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house of
industry to
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now vested in the mayor and city council of Baltimore, for the
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go to public
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purpose of a house of industry, or the proceeds thereof when
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schools.
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sold, after payment of the debt due thereon, may be applied
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under the direction of the said mayor and city council, to the
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erection and support of public schools.
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Authority
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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That whenever any nuisance dan-
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to pave; to
remove ne-
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gerous to the health of the city of Baltimore shall exist, or be
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cessaries;
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found in any street, lane or alley, of the said city, and it shall
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levy ex-
penses
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be found necessary in order to the removal of the same, to pave
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thereof;
lien, non-
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any such street, lane or alley, then the said mayor and city
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residents,
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council may order the same to be paved, and may recover the
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appeal, &c.
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amount expended in paving the same, and the expenses of col-
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lection, from the owner or owners of the property fronting on
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said street, lane or alley, in proportion to the amount expended
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in front of said property, by suit against said owner or owners,
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in which said action or actions the said owner or owners may
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defend him, her or themselves, against any such claim for the
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expenses of paving, and the collection thereof, either by proof
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that no such nuisance existed, or that the paving of said street,
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lane or alley, was not necessary to the removal or abatement of
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such nuisance ; or that such nuisance was caused by any act
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or ordinance of the said mayor and city council of Baltimore,
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