ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 1

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved January 28, 1870.	In force.
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AN ACT entitled a supplement to an Act passed by the General Assembly of Maryland at Janu- ary Session, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, chapter four hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An Act to incorporate the town of Berlin, Worcester County."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Commissioners of Berlin, or a majority of them, may open, close, straighten, or widen streets across or through any yard, or- chard or garden, within the corporate limits of the town of Berlin, Worcester County.		Power of commissioners
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Com- missioners, or a majority of them, before they pro- ceed to open, widen, or straighten any street, shall appoint three disinterested citizens of said town of Berlin, owners of real estate therein, to be examiners, who shall give notice of the time, place and purpose of their appointment, by setting up a notice thereof, at three public places in said town, at least ten days before the time of their meeting, and that said examiners shall lay off said street according to instructions given them by the said Commissioners of Berlin, and shall value the damages done to each owner of property injured by the opening, straightening, or widening said street, and shall make to the said Commissioners of Berlin a return in writing of their assessment of damages, and shall make out and return a plat of the street as laid out by them.		Authorized to condemn.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the Commission- ers of Berlin, or a majority of them, may ratify or reject the report of the examiners making a re- turn of the damages assessed by them.		To ratify.