| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
alley, or any part thereof, within the said city, in pursuance of this
act, they shall appoint five assessors, who, or a majority of whom,
shall, on oath or affirmation, value and determine the damages
which any proprietor or proprietors over whose ground the same
may pass will sustain thereby, taking into consideration all advantages
and disadvantages; and said assessors shall apportion the
amount of such damages to and amongst the several proprietors of
property according to the benefits which, in the judgment of said
assessors, they will respectively receive by the opening of such
public street, lane or alley, or part thereof.
See 1817, ch. 148. |
1816.
CHAP. 218. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before the said
commissioners of
the western precincts (a) shall proceed to open any public squares
street, lane or alley, or any part thereof, within the said precincts,
in pursuance of this act, they shall appoint five assessors, who, or
a majority of them, shall, on oath or affirmation, value and determine
the damages which any proprietor or proprietors, over whose
ground the same may pass will sustain thereby, taking into consideration
all advantages and disadvantages; and said assessors shall
apportion such damages to and amongst the several proprietors of
property, according to the benefits which in the judgment of said
assessors they will respectively receive by the opening of such
street, lane or alley, or part thereof.
(a) By 1817, ch. 148, the powers,
&c. vested in the commissioners of the
western and eastern precincts, are vested in the mayor and city council |
—In western
precincts. |
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before the said
commissioners of
the eastern precincts (b) shall proceed to open any public square,
street, lane or alley, or any part thereof, within the said precincts,
in
pursuance of this act, they shall appoint five assessors, who, or a majority
of them, shall, on oath or affirmation, value and determine
the damages which any proprietor or proprietors over whose
ground the same may pass, will sustain thereby, taking into consideration
advantages and disadvantages; and the said assessors shall
apportion the amount of such damages to and amongst the several
proprietors of property, according to the benefits which in the
judgment of the assessors they will respectively receive by the
opening of such street, lane or alley, or part thereof.
(b) See note to section 6. |
—In eastern
precincts. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said mayor
and city council,
and commissioners of the western and eastern precincts, respectively,
shall cause to be collected the several damages awarded as
aforesaid, in the same manner (and with an equal allowance of
commission for collection) as the tax of the city of Baltimore is
collected, and cause the same to be paid to the persons entitled
thereto, but no ground shall be used, nor improvements removed,
for the purposes aforesaid, until the damages assessed on account
of such ground or improvements shall be paid or tendered to the
proprietor thereof, or unless such proprietor shall give the assent
thereto in writing; Provided, that the assent of guardians, on behalf
of minors, shall be a sufficient authority for the purposes
aforesaid, and for all other purposes in which their assent is required
by this act. |
—To be collected
and paid.
Proviso. |
9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the mayor and city
council of
Baltimore, and the commissioners of the western and eastern precincts |
Mayor, &c. authorised
to borrow
money. |
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