| 1817.
CHAP. 71.
Proviso. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
either of them, being otherwise disposed of than as public streets,
the
same shall be for the benefit of the said city, unless the said commissioners
shall in their report have appropriated any part thereof
to individuals with a view to lessen any claims for compensation;
Provided, that there be allowed to the people of Maryland an extent
of one hundred and fifty feet thereof, to be designated and laid
off at or near the centre of that part of said street fronting on the
Basin, which shall be free of wharfage, and kept in repair by the
said corporation. |
Corporation to pay
in 75 days. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the sum to be paid
by the corporation
of the city of Baltimore for the opening and extension of the
said street, shall be payable at the city treasury of the city of Baltimore
at the expiration of seventy-five days after the report aforesaid
shall have been finally decided on by the said court. |
Sums assessed upon
property benefitted
to be a lien
upon the same. |
9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the sums assessed
upon the property
benefitted, shall be a lien upon the same, and shall be collected
by the city collector, who shall be allowed therefor such commission
as the commissioners aforesaid shall judge reasonable, and
shall be paid over by him to the mayor and city council of Baltimore,
and by them to the persons entitled to receive the same; the
said collector shall give at least twenty-five days notice of the time
of payment, in all the newspapers printed in the said city, which
time shall be in thirty days after the said report shall be finally
passed; and should any sums assessed as aforesaid not be paid within
that time, the collector shall be authorised to sell the property, or
any part thereof, on which such assessment has been laid, for cash,
giving not less than thirty days notice of such intended sale, in all
the said newspapers; and the collector on receiving the purchase
money on such sale, shall execute a deed of conveyance therefor,
in favour of the purchaser, which deed shall convey all the estate
and interest of the person or persons assessed and neglecting to
pay as aforesaid, and after deducting the costs of sale, advertising,
&c. the collector shall pay over the balance to the said mayor and
city council, who, first retaining the sum assessed on said property,
shall pay over the further balance to the persons entitled thereto, on
demand, without interest. |
Persons entitled
may demand sum
awarded from
mayor, &c. |
10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That any person entitled
to compensation
for damages sustained by the opening and extension of the
said street, shall have a right to demand and receive the sum
awarded in his or her favour, from the mayor and city council of
Baltimore, in seventy-five days after the report aforesaid has been
finally passed by Baltimore county court, whether the collector has
completed his collections or not; and in case any person shall apply
for the payment of their portion of the assessed damages, and
the same shall be refused, or neglected to be paid within five days,
then all the power and authority invested in the said city commissioners
and port wardens, to open and extend said street, shall be
abrogated and annulled, and all further proceedings under the said
act shall cease, until such payment be made or tendered: and if the
said sum should be claimed by any other person, such claim shall
not impede the execution of this act in opening said street. |
Commissioners for
laying out street—
Vacancies, how to
be supplied. |
11. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
for the laying
out and surveying the said street shall be appointed, and all
vacancies happening therein from time to time be supplied, by a |
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