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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shown by said report or additional or amended report or re-

ports, and map or maps accompanying; or which may be

required in the execution of the powers and the performance

of the duties vested or imposed on said commission by this

Act.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That when said Commission shall

Validity of
conveyance.

purchase or acquire, by gift or surrender, any land or prop-

erty for the purpose of executing the powers conferred on

it by Section 2 of this Act, it may, so soon as the title thereto

has been certified by the City Solicitor, have the same con-

veyed to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and no

ordinance shall be requisite to the validity of such convey-

ance; it being the intention of this Act that said Commission

shall have the full and absolute authority to agree with the

owner or owners upon all the terms of such gift, purchase or

other voluntary alienation, including the purchase price or con-

sideration in the case of such purchase or other voluntary alien-

ation ; and the owner or owners of any land or property, to

be acquired for any of the purposes aforesaid, who shall, in

writing, authorize said Commission, or the Mayor and City

Council of Baltimore, to enter on or possess said land or

property before just compensation has been assessed and paid,

or tendered, shall thereafter place no obstruction nor erect

any structures or building or improvements on said land or

property, except by the permission of said Commission ; but

such authority shall in no way be construed to deprive said

owner or owners of the right to receive just compensation

or damages for his. her or their lands or property aforesaid.

when such compensation or damages shall have been assessed,

as herein provided, and become payable. Tn case of any such

Benefits to be

gift, the said Commission, to the extent of the value which it

released.

may place on the land or property so given, shall release any

benefits assessed against any of the property belonging to

any owner who shall make such gift.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That the proceedings or course

Right of ap-
peal from de-

of proceedings in any case or cases, where resort is had to

cision of

condemnation or to assessing damages, and benefits in the lay-

Commission.

ing out, opening, widening, extending or straightening of any

street, lane or alley, or in opening any public square or mar-

ket space, or in fixing any building line or the width of any

sidewalk, or in making any addition or extension to the basin

or harbor or public wharves and docks of Baltimore City,

may be such as may be provided for the very purposes by

lawful ordinance or ordinances of said Mayor and City Coun-