| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
assessment, the said commissioners shall make a full and particular
return thereof, under their hands and seals, to the office of the register
of the city of Baltimore, designating precisely the property
assessed as benefitted, and the names of the proprietors of both
species of property, as fully as they can ascertain the same. |
1817.
CHAP. 115. |
5. 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 twenty days notice of the time of payment in
two of the newspapers printed in the city of Baltimore, which time
shall be in thirty days after the return of the said commissioners
shall be filed as aforesaid; 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, giving not less than thirty days notice of such intended
sale in two of the said newspapers, and the collector on
receiving the purchase money on such sales, 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, in or to such property, and
after deducting the costs of sale, advertising, &c. the collector shall
pay over the balance to the said mayor and city council, who shall
pay over the said balance, after deducting the amount assessed on
said property, to the persons entitled thereto, on demand, without
interest. |
Sums assessed on
property benefitted
to be a lien
thereon. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said street
shall not be extended
or opened over the ground of any person or persons entitled
to damages as aforesaid, until the consent in writing of such person
be obtained, or the sum assessed to be paid or tendered in payment. |
Damages to be
paid before street
is extended. |
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That each of the said
commissioners
shall on or before the first day of April next, take the following oath,
or affirmation: " I, A. B. do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I will
forthwith and to the best of my ability, execute the duties assigned
to me by the act, entitled, " An act for the extension of South-street
in the city of Baltimore," without favour or partiality;"
and if any of the said commissioners do not, on or before the first
day of April next, take said oath or affirmation, he shall be considered
as having resigned, and it shall be the duty, in such case,
of such of the said commissioners herein before mentioned as may
qualify, forthwith to appoint another commissioner. |
Oath of Commissioners. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if the obstructions
in the said
South-street so extended, or to be extended, be not removed within
thirty days after the payment or tender of payment of damages as
aforesaid, or the consent of the proprietor or proprietors be given
in writing, said commissioners shall have full power and authority
to cause all such obstructions to be removed at the expense of the
city, and to sell and dispose of the materials of such buildings or
obstructions, for the benefit of the said city. |
Obstructions. |
9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the mayor and city
council of
Baltimore shall cause to be built suitable and substantial bridges |
Bridges to be built
over Falls. |
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