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any loan or loans which may have heretofore been obtained, or

which may hereafter be obtained, by the said mayor and city

council of Baltimore, for the purpose of prosecuting and com-

pleting the works of internal improvement now authorized by

law ; Provided however, that nothing herein contained, shall be

Provisos.

construed to extend the limits of direct taxation, except for the

special object of raising the sums aforesaid ; And provided fur-

ther, that property beyond the present limits of direct taxation,

shall be charged for the purposes aforesaid only rateably and

proportionably according to assessment, with property within

the said limits for the same purposes.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to levy

hereafter upon the Assessable Property within the City of Baltimore, a

Direct Tax, not exceeding the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand

dollars annually, with full power and authority, by ordinances, to collect

the same.— 1838, ch. 208.

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

Authority

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

granted.

hereby authorized to levy, hereafter, upon the assessable pro-

perty within the city of Baltimore, by direct tax, a sum not

exceeding three hundred and fifty thousand dollars annually,

with full power and authority, by ordinances, to collect the

same, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the corpora-

tion, over and exclusive of all expenses, charges and sums of

money, which they are, or shall be required by law, to levy

and collect for other purposes.

AN ACT to vest certain powers in the Corporation of the City of Baltimore,

in relation to Streets. — 1838, ch. 226.

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

Authority

That the mayor and city council of Baltimore shall have full

conferred
to proceed

power and authority to provide for laying out, opening, extend-

to lay out,

ing, widening, straightening, or closing up, in whole, or in part,

open, &c.

any street, square, laue or alley, within the bounds of said city,

which, in their opinion, the public welfare or convenience may

require ; to provide for ascertaining whether any, and what

For ascer-

amount in value, of damage will be caused thereby, and what

taining
damages.

amount of benefit will thereby accrue to the owner or possessor,

and benefits

of any ground or improvements within, or adjacent to said city,

for which such owner or possessor, ought to be compensated, or

ought to pay a compensation, and to provide for assessing and

For assess-

levying either generally, oh the whole assessable property within

tng and
levying

said city, or specially on the property of persons benefitted, the

amount.

whole, or any part of the amount of damages and expenses

which they shall ascertain will be incurred in locating, opening,

extending, widening, straightening, or closing up the whole, or

any part of any street, square, lane or alley in said city ; to