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BALTIMORE CITY.

Expenses

manner following, viz : — the mayor and city council of Balti-

apportioned

more shall pay the whole expense of repaying any street, lane

or alley, crossing the street, lane or alley to be repaved, and

one-third of the expense of the street, lane or alley repaved, also

one-third of the expense of the renewal of curb stones ; and the

remaining two-thirds of the expense shall be paid by the owners

of property, in proportion to the number of front feet which they

respectively own on such street, lane or alley, or on such part

thereof as shall be repaved, and the curb stones shall be of such

description as may be specified in such application.

Authority

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever application shall

to assess on

holders of
lota.

be made under the provisions of this act, to repave and renew
the curb stones of any street, lane or alley, or any part of any

street, lane or alley, the mayor and city council of Baltimore,

shall have full power and authority to assess upon the owners

of property on the street, lane or alley, or part thereof to be

repaved as aforesaid, their proportional part of the expense of

such repaving and renewal of curb stones ; and to collect the

same in like manner as other taxes or assessments are or may

be collected.

Lease-

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That a tenant for ninety-nine

holder, &c.
as owner.

years, or for ninety-nine years renewable for ever, and the

executor or administrator of such tenant, shall be deemed and

taken as an owner, within the meaning of this act.

Mortgagee

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That a mortgagee in possession

as owner.

shall be deemed and taken as an owner, within the meaning of

this act.

Guardian

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the guardian of an infant

as owner.

owner, shall have full power and authority, on behalf of his

ward, to make application for repaving under the provisions of

this act.

Authority

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That the mayor and city council

to pass
ordinances.

of Baltimore, shall have full power and authority, to pass any

ordinance or ordinances, necessary and proper to carry into

effect the object of this act.

A further additional SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act to erect
Baltimore Town, in Baltimore County, into a City, and to incorporate
the Inhabitants thereof. — 1833, ch. 143.

New as-
sessments
authorized.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the mayor and city council of Baltimore! shall have full
power and authority whenever they may deem it expedient to
make a new assessment of all the properly, real and personal,
within said city ; and that the taxes of said city shall be so laid

Discretion-
al power.

and imposed upon the assessment so made by the mayor and
city council in such manner as to them may seem proper, any
thing in any former assessment law of the state to the contrary
notwithstanding.