1870.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 523.

ed 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 damages 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 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 be prescribed by any ordinance of said
Mayor and City Council, to have decided by a jury trial,
the true value of the property 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 as-
sessed for damages and benefits, respectively , and further to
provide for collecting and paying over the amount of compen-
sation adjudged to each person entitled, or investing it in-
stock of the said Corporation, leaving not less than five per
cent interest for the use of the person so adjudged, to be en-
titled to the same; and to provide for the collection by the-
sale of the property assessed or otherwise, of all sums assessed
as benefits as aforesaid ; and generally to enact and pass all
ordinances, irom time to time, which shall be deemed neces-
sary and proper to exercise the powers, and effect the objects,
for the exercise and accomplishment of which this Act is
passed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore is hereby authorized and empowered to
define and locate the limits of Jones' Falls within the City
of Baltimore, and to acquire by purchase or condemnation un-
der proceedings tor 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 property 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 purposes, and collect
tolls and wharfage from all vessels or boats using the same.

NEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore is hereby authorized and em-
powered to make such changes in the grades of the streets-
ir, the city as shall, in the judgment of the said Mayor and
City Council, be necessary and requisite for the proper con-
struftion of the works connected with the improvement of
Jones' Falls which said Mayor and City Council may deter-