| 1816.
CHAP. 170. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
recoverable by law in the state of Maryland, and applied to the
use of the said town. |
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Passed Feb. 1, 1817. |
CHAP. CLXXI.
An Act authorising the connecting of Water-Street with King George
Street, at Jones's Falls, in the City of Baltimore.
Lib. TH. No.
5, fol. 312. |
City commissioners
to extend
streets. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the city commissioners of Baltimore be and they are hereby authorised
and required, to alter and extend the lines of Water
street, from Warden-street to Jones's Falls, in such manner as
shall be found the most suitable for erecting a bridge over said
Falls, thereby affording a convenient passage from one of those
streets into the other, and to make and return a plot of such alterations
and extension to the register of the city, to be filed and
kept in his office as other public records. |
| Assessors to be appointed. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the mayor of the
city of Baltimore
be, and he is hereby authorised and required, to appoint five
suitable persons as assessors, to value and assess the damages
which may be sustained by any person or persons by the altering
and extending the said streets as authorised by this act, and to apportion
the ground at present included within the lines of said
streets, which may be excluded by said alterations, amongst the
owners of lots adjoining the grounds so excluded, and to apportion
such damages to and amongst the owners of property, who in their
judgment shall be benefitted thereby, and also all expenses incurred
in collecting and making the assessment and apportionment;
and the persons so appointed shall, before they proceed to act, take
an oath or affirmation, that they are not interested in any property
injured or benefitted by altering and extending said streets, and
that they will, without prejudice or partiality, value the damages,
and apportion the same as directed by this act, according to the
best of their skill and judgement; which valuation and apportionment
shall be by them returned to the register of the city, to be
filed in his office, and kept as other public records; and each of
the assessors aforesaid, shall be entitled to, and receive, two dollars
per day for each and every day they may be engaged in the
duties assigned them by this act. |
| Collection of damages. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the city collector
of the city
aforesaid be and he is hereby authorised and required, to collect
the damages to be apportioned as aforesaid from the several persons
chargeable therewith, in the like manner as public taxes of
the city, or by sale of the property, or so much thereof as may be
necessary therefor, on which such damages may be assessed, if
the owner or owners shall neglect or refuse to discharge the same,
first giving at least thirty days notice in two or more news-papers
published in the city of Baltimore, of the time and place of such
sale; and the damages so collected shall be paid over to the several
persons entitled thereto by the valuation to be made and returned
as aforesaid; and said collector shall be entitled to receive a commission
of six per centum upon all monies collected by him in pursuance
of this act. |
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