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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

rights, interest, privileges or franchises not required to be

taken in such proceedings, by reason of the opening, widening.

extending, straightening or closing of any street, lane or

alley, or by reason of the broadening of any sidewalk, or the

opening of any public squares or market space in said burnt

district.

SEC. 27. And be if enacted, That in the widening- of Light

Providing for
filling up

street on the east side thereof, or of East Pratt street on the

basin.

south side thereof, should the said Commission so decide to

widen them or either of them, or in widening any public

wharf or dock, the said Commission shall lay down and fix

the breadth of said widening on the map or maps to be sent

with the report or reports, as herein provided, to the joint

body hereinbefore provided for, and on its approval, as herein-

before provided, by said joint body, the Mayor and City

Council of Baltimore are hereby authorized to provide by or-

dinance or ordinances for filling up the harbor or basin of

Baltimore to the extent necessary to make such widening of

both or either of said streets and of any such public dock.

SEC. 28. And be it enacted, That in closing any streets,

Commission-
ers' powers

lanes or alleys, situated in said burnt district, said Commis-

to assess all

damages.

sion shall have the powers to assess all the damages and

benefits arising from said closing now possessed by the Com-

mission for Opening Streets in the City of Baltimore, under

any law or ordinances relating to the closing of streets, lanes

or alleys in said city, and shall proceed in the manner pre-

scribed by said laws and ordinances, the person or persons

interested therein having all the rights, including the rights of

appeal, conferred on them by said laws and ordinances. And

in the proceeding for the closing of any street, lane or alley

or any part thereof, under the powers conferred on said Com-

mission by this Act, the procedure may, in any case or cases,

at the option of the said Commission be such as is provided

for in said laws and ordinances or such as may at any time

hereafter be provided for by law or laws of the State of Mary-

land, or by any lawful ordinance or ordinances of the Mayor

and City Council of Baltimore, adopted pursuant to the powers

conferred on it by Article 4, entitled "City of Baltimore," of

the Public Local Laws of Maryland, or such as may be pro-

vided for the very best purpose by lawful ordinance or ordi-

nances of the Mayor and City Council 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 reasonable notice to the owner