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BENJAMIN OGLE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
CHAP. LXXVII.
An Act to enable the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to introduce
Water into the said City. Lib. JG. No. 3, fol. 475. |
1800.
CHAP. 77.
Passed Dec. 19. |
WHEREAS the conveying of water into the city of
Baltimore,
from the neighbouring springs or streams, will greatly contribute
to the security of the said city from fire, and to the health and convenience
of the inhabitants thereof; |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the mayor and city council of Baltimore may, from time to time,
and at all times hereafter, contract for, purchase, lease and hold,
to them and their successors, in fee-simple, or for term of years, any
land, real estate, spring, brook, water and water-course, and also
the right to use and occupy for ever, or for term of years, any land,
real estate, spring, brook, water and water-course, which they may
conceive expedient and necessary for the purpose of conveying water
into the said city, for the use of the said city, and the health and
convenience of the inhabitants thereof, and also the right to enter
and pass through, from time to time, as occasion may require, to
dig canals in, lay pipes, and cleanse and repair the same, and to
use and occupy the lands or grounds through which they may deem
it necessary to convey the said water into the said city. |
Mayor and city
council may hold
real estate, &c. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That upon the application
of the mayor
of the said city, (he being duly authorised by the city council of
said city to make applications of such nature,) it shall and may be
lawful for any justice of the peace for the county of Baltimore, from
time to time, to issue his warrant to any surveyor of said county,
to survey and plot any such land or parcel of ground, and any
such spring, brook, water or water course, and every such tract or
way through any lands or grounds for the conveying of any stream,
or streams of water into the said city, as shall be shewn to him by
the said mayor, and it shall be thereupon the duty of said surveyor
to proceed to make a correct survey and plot thereof, and the same,
when finished, to deliver to the mayor of the said city, with a certificate
and explanation thereof. |
Land to be surveyed
on application
of mayor. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if the mayor and
city council
of Baltimore shall make any agreement, bargain or contract, with
the owner or owners of, (as the case may be,) or the person or
persons solely or jointly interested, in possession, remainder or reversion,
in any such land, real estate, spring, brook, water or water
course, which they may conceive expedient or necessary to purchase
and hold for the purpose of introducing water into the said city, or
with the owner or owners, (as the case may be,) or the person or
persons solely or jointly interested in possession, reversion or remainder,
in any such grounds through which they may be desirous
of conveying the said water into the said city, and for any right to
enter and pass through the same, dig canals in, and lay or repair
pipes therein, touching or concerning the purchase money to be paid,
or recompence to be made to him, them, or any of them, respectively,
then and in such case, such agreement, bargain or contract,
shall be reduced to writing, specifying and declaring that the said
land or real estate, and the said spring, brook, water or water-course,
thus purchases as aforesaid by the said mayor and city council, for
the purpose of introducing water into the said city, and the said
grounds through which a right as aforesaid shall by said mayor and |
Agreement with
owners to be in
writing. |
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