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CHAP. 114. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
as herein provided, and contrary to the true intent and meaning
of this act, he, she or they, shall for every offence forfeit and pay
the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered by indictment in the name
of the state, one half for the benefit of the informer, the other half
to be for the use of the state. |
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Passed Feb. 3, 1818. |
CHAP. CXV.
An Act for the extension of South-Street in the City of Baltimore.
Lib. TH. No. 6, fol. 13. |
Commissioners to
lay out street. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Robert G. Harper, Henry Payson, James Hindman, Robert Mills
and Alexander Brown, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby
appointed a board of commissioners to lay out and extend South-street,
in the city of Baltimore, in the manner herein after provided;
and whenever a vacancy in the said board may occur, by the
resignation, death, refusal to act, or other inability of any of the
said commissioners, the said board, or so many of them as may
consent to act, shall supply such vacancy by a new appointment;
and a majority of said commissioners shall be competent to perform
the duties of said board. |
Street to be laid
out and extended. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
be and
they are hereby authorised and empowered, to lay out and extend
South-street in the city of Baltimore as follows: Beginning for the
east side of said extension at the southwest corner of the Franklin
Bank, and running thence along the east side of North Lane to
East street, thence northerly in a straight line, to Madison street,
thence running northerly until it intersects the York turnpike road,
in such direction as the commissioners may judge most conducive
to the public convenience; and the said street shall be laid out
sixty feet wide from Baltimore-street to Madison-street, and from
Madison-street to the York turnpike road sixty feet wide, or as near
sixty feet as the nature of the ground over which it passes will in
the opinion of the commissioners admit: and the said commissioners
shall cause a plot of the said street to be made, and shall return
the same, under their hands and seals, to be lodged in the office
of the register of the city of Baltimore, there to remain as
part of said city. |
| Damages to be ascertained. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners,
after having
surveyed the ground and designated the street as aforesaid,
shall, after having given ten days notice in two of the newspapers
printed in the city of Baltimore, proceed to ascertain and determine
what damages will be sustained by the owners of property lying
within or adjacent to the said street, by reason of opening and
extension thereof, taking into consideration all advantages and disadvantages. |
One third of expense
to be levied
on city. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
after having
ascertained the damages as aforesaid, and added thereto the
commission allowed to the collector as herein after provided, and
an estimate of the probable expense of opening and extending
said street, shall first levy upon the city of Baltimore one third of
the whole damages to be sustained, and expenses to be incurred, by
the opening and extension of the said street, and they shall then
proceed to assess the residue of the said sum upon property benefitted
by the opening and extension of the said street, having regard
to all circumstances; and having completed the said estimate and |
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