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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Right of pro-
perty.

property, which the said Mayor and City Council
thus proposes to acquire, or which may be thus
decided to be damaged or benefitted, the right, on
application within a time to he prescribed by any
ordinance of said Mayor and City Council, to have
decided by a jury trial, the true value of the pro-
perty proposed to be acquired for the purposes
aforesaid, and whether any, and what, damage
will be caused, or any, and what benefit will
accrue, to the owner or possessor of the property
so assessed for damages and benefits, respectively;
and further to provide for collecting, and paying
over, the amount of compensation adjudged to
each person entitled, or investing it in stock of the
said corporation, bearing not less than five per
cent, interest for the use of the person so adjudged
to be entitled to the same; and to provide for the

Sale of pro-
perty.

collection by sale of the property assessed, or
otherwise, of all sums assessed as benefits as afore-
said; and generally to enact and pass all ordi-
nances, from time to time, which shall be deemed
necessary and proper to exercise the powers, and
effect the objects, for the exercise and accomplish-
ment of which this Act is passed.

Limits.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore is hereby author-
ized and empowered to define and locate the limits
of Jones' Falls within the city of Baltimore, and to
acquire by purchase or condemnation, under pro-
ceedings for which provision is made in the second
section of this Act, the absolute and exclusive
right and title to all the land and rights of pro-

Streets and
Avenues.

perty embraced within the said limits; and in the
ground covered by all streets or avenues which the
said Mayor and City Council shall lay out and
condemn on the sides of said stream, the said
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall have
an estate in fee simple; and the said Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore shall have power, and
it is hereby authorized, to construct wharves or
quays along the margin of said stream, or use the
said streets and avenues for wharf or quay pur-
poses, and collect tolls and wharfage from all ves-
sels or boats using the same.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore is hereby author-
ized and empowered to make such changes in the