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Baltimore, shall he necessary to be done and exer- cised for the accomplishment of any plan or plans for the improvement of Jones' Falls, which have been, or may be, adopted by the said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall have the power at any time to acquire all property of every kind and description which it may be necessary, or advisable, in the judgment of the said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to acquire for the accom- plishment of the purposes mentioned in the first Section of this Act, and shall moreover have full power to provide for the ascertainment of the value of all property and rights of property, which it is thus authorized, to acquire; and also to ascertain whether any, and what amount, in value, of dam- ages will be caused by the construction of the aforesaid works of improvement in connection with Jones' Falls, or any of them, to the owner or possessor of any property, or rights of property, within the said city, for which said owner or pos-	Acquire pro- perty.
sessor ought to be compensated; and also to ascer- tain what amount of benefits will be caused by the construction of the aforesaid works of improve- ment or any of them, to the owner, or possessor, of any property or rights of property, within the said city, for which such owner or possessor ought to pay a compensation; and to provide for assessing and levying either generally on the whole assessa- ble property of said city, or specially on the pro- perty of persons benefitted, the whole or any part of the amount of damages and expenses which shall be ascertained, will be incurred in construct- ing such works in connection with the improve- ment of Jones' Falls as the said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore have determined, or shall	Compensation and benefits.
determine, to make; to provide for granting ap- peals to the Baltimore City Court from the deci- sions of any Commissioners or other persons, appointed in virtue of any ordinance, to ascertain the value of the property which the city may wish to acquire for the purposes aforesaid, or the dam- ages which will be caused, or the benefits which will accrue by the construction of the aforesaid works of improvement; and to secure to every owner, or possessor, of any property, or right to	Appeals.