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BALTIMORE CITY.

AN ACT to vest certain Powers in the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

1831, ch. 252.

Authority

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,

to make
railways,

That the mayor and city council of Baltimore, shall have full

&c.

power and authority, and they are hereby directed, on the ap-

plication, or assent in writing of the owners of the major part in

extent of front feet, of the lots fronting on each side of any

street, or part of a street in the said city, to pass all such ordi-

nances as shall be necessary for the construction of any track or

tracks of railway, on and along any such street or part of a

street; and to permit and cause such alteration in the grade of

such street as may be necessary for the more convenient and

useful construction of such railway, and to levy and assess on

all the lots fronting on the street or part of a street through, or

on which such railway shall be constructed, or on the owners of

such lots, their just proportion of the expense of such construc-

tion, and enforce the payment thereof; and the proprietor of any

lot in front of which any railway shall be so constructed, and

the just proportion of the expense of constructing which shall

be paid by the owner of such lot shall be entitled at his or her

expense, to have a convenient sideling or turnout made, to

enable the occupiers of such lot to have the beneficial use of the

said railway connected therewith.

Authority

SEC. 2. And belt enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any

in relation
to chemical

person to erect, or assist in erecting any chemical laboratory

works.

within the limits of the city of Baltimore, without the consent

of the mayor and city council of Baltimore first had and ob-

tained, and the said mayor and city council are hereby empow-

ered to provide by ordinance for preventing the erection of any

such laboratory, and for removing or preventing the use of any

that shall be erected, after the passage of this act, and the

publication thereof in at least two newspapers in the city of

Baltimore.

AN ACT relating to private Wharves, Docks, and the like, in the City of

Baltimore.— 1832, ch. 57.

Corpora-

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That

tion au-

the mayor and city council of Baltimore be, and they are

thorized on
application.

hereby authorized, in their discretion, at any time, upon the ap-

plication of the proprietors of a majority of the feet, in front or

length, of any private wharf, dock, street, lane, or alley, in the

To pave,

said city, to cause the same to be paved, cleaned out, mended,

clean out,
&c.

or otherwise repaired, or kept in good condition and repair; and

to impose upon and collect from all the proprietors of the pro-

perty so to be cleansed out and repaired, a tax sufficient, in

amount, to defray the expense thereof, which tax shall be as-