| 1816.
CHAP. 218.
—To contract
for parcels of
ground to be laid
out for public purposes. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
(a) be and
they are empowered to contract for and lay out such and so many
parcels of ground within said limits as they shall judge convenient
and necessary to be used for any public purpose, provided the
same can be had at such price as the said commissioners shall
think just and reasonable; and the price of such parcels of ground
shall be assessed by the levy court of said county, upon the western
precincts, if situated therein, and on the eastern precincts if therein,
and on the city by the mayor and city council, if within its limits,
and collected and paid as other public assessments, and when paid
for, the said parcels of ground shall be vested in the mayor and
city council of Baltimore, if within the city, and if in the precincts
they shall be vested in the commissioners of the precincts in which
they may be, and be held for public purposes.
(a) By 1817, ch. 148, other commissioners
are vested with the powers to be
exercised by those herein named, and different regulations prescribed. |
Vacancies. Expenses,
how to be
paid. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in case of the
death, refusal to
act, removal out of the county, or resignation, of any of said commissioners,
or surveyor, those remaining, or a majority of them,
shall by appointment fill the vacancy so occasioned; and a majority
of the whole number shall be competent to exercise the powers of
the board; and the amount of the expenses which shall be incurred
by said commissioners in the execution of this act, shall be by
them divided between the city and both the precincts, in such proportions
as shall be thought fair and reasonable, and in those proportions
shall be assessed and levied, the city's proportion by the
corporation, and the residue by the levy court of the county on
the assessable property within said precincts respectively, and shall
be collected as other public assessments, and paid to the said commissioners
or their order. |
On petition of
owners of lots
street may be
opened and paved. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That on application
to the mayor and
city council of Baltimore, or to the commissioners of the eastern
or western precincts, as the case may require, by petition in writing,
signed by the owners of a majority of the lots of ground
binding on any of the streets, squares, lanes or alleys, which shall
be laid out as aforesaid, praying that such street, square, lane or
alley, or extended part of a street, lane or alley, may be opened
and graded, or opened, graded and paved, it shall be the duty of
the said mayor and city council, and of the commissioners of the
eastern and western precincts respectively, to proceed to open and
grade, or to open, grade and pave, such street, square, lane or
alley, or extend part of a street, lane or alley, agreeably to the
prayer of such petition; and it shall not be lawful to proceed to open,
grade or pave, any street, square, lane or alley, or extend part of
a
street, square, lane or alley, without such application shall be
made as aforesaid; and the several proprietors of the ground over
and through which any public streets, squares, lanes or alleys,
may run or be extended, shall not be entitled to any damages for
improvements thereon, unless such improvements shall have been
made before the laying out, extending or locating, by said commissioners,
of such streets, lanes or alleys.
See 1817, ch. 148. |
Damages to be
valued in city. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before the said
mayor and city
council shall proceed to open any public square, street, lane or |
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