EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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cil of Baltimore, which said 'ordinance or ordinances the Mayor

and City Council of Baltimore is hereby fully authorized to

adopt; provided, that provision is made therein for reason-

able notice to the person or persons in whose favor such dam-

ages are to be assessed, or against whom such benefits are to

be assessed ; and. provided, that provision be made for ap-

peals to the Baltimore City Court, including the right of appeal

to the Court of Appeals, by any person or persons interested,

including the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, from the

decision of said Commission in valuing or fixing said dam-

ages and benefits ; or such proceeding or course of procedure

may, at the option of said Commission, be that hereinafter

by this Act provided.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the proceedings or course

Course of pro-

of procedure of the said Burnt District Commission with re-

cedure in

gard to laying out, opening, extending, widening, or straight-

making im-
provements.

ening of any street, lane, alley or public square or market

space or in fixing any building line or width of any sidewalk,

or in making any additions to the basin or harbor, or to the

public wharves and docks, under the provisions of this Act,

shall be as follows: Whenever any plan or plans for the lay-

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

street, lane, alley or public square or market space, or for fix-

ing any building line or the width of any sidewalk, or for any

addition to the basin or harbor, or extension to any public

wharves or docks in the said burnt district, shall have been

approved by the joint body and the Mayor and City Council

of Baltimore, and appropriations made as hereinbefore pro-

vided, the said Commission, having given two weeks' notice.

by advertisement, inserted twice a week in two daily news-

papers published in the City of Baltimore, of the time and

place of the meeting of said Commission, and of the street or

streets, lane or lanes, alley or alleys, or square or squares, or

market space or market spaces which it is proposed to lay

out, open, extend, widen or straighten, and of the dimensions

or extent to which it is proposed to lay out, open, extend, widen

or straighten such and each of such streets, lanes, alleys or

squares or market spaces, and of the building lines and width

of sidewalks it proposes to fix or establish, or of any addi-

Extent of addi-

tions or extensions it proposes to make to the harbor or basin

tion.

of Baltimore, or to the public wharves or docks of Baltimore

City, and of the dimensions or extent of the addition or ex-

tension it is proposed to make, shall meet at the time and

place mentioned in said notice, and from time to time there-