EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said commission

hereby created shall be the agent of the Mayor and City Coun-

Commission to
act as agent

cil of Baltimore to acquire by gift, purchase, lease, whatever

for munici-

the duration of the lease, or by other methods of acquisition,

pality.

or by condemnation, any private property whatsoever, includ-

ing streets, avenues, lanes and alleys, rights or interests, fran-

chises, privileges or easement, that may be required to open,

widen, extend, straighten, close, grade or pave any street, ave-

nue, lane or alley, or to broaden any sidewalk; and as soon

as the title to the property acquired as set forth herein has been

certified by the City Solicitor, said commission shall have the

same conveyed to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

and no ordinance shall be requisite to the validity of such con-

veyance; said streets, avenues, lanes and alleys so conveyed

shall become public highways, subject to all ordinances and res-

olutions relating to streets, avenues, lanes and alleys in the City

of Baltimore. That authority is hereby conferred upon the

: Authority

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to provide by ordinance

. conferred.

or ordinances the proceedings for condemnation of property

as herein set forth by the said cornmission.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That no money shall be expended

by said commission to pay for the improvement of sidewalks

Abutting prop-
erty owners

in the said Annex, but same shall be done at the expense of

liable.

the owner or owners of property along and upon the streets,

avenues or lanes said sidewalks are to be placed; authority

is hereby given said commission to assess said property for the

cost and expenses of said sidewalks, and to collect the same as

now prescribed by law or ordinances.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That said commission is hereby

authorized and empowered to contract with any person, per-

Authorized to
enter into

sons, company or corporation for the work of opening, grad-

contracts.

ing, curbing and paving the streets, avenues, lanes and alleys

of the Annex as intended by this Act, or to emplov the neces-

sary laborers, help and assistants, skilled and unskilled, and

perform the work under their own supervision. The costs anc

expenses of said work and all necessary expense of this com-

mission to be paid out of the loan as provided in Section I

of this Act, upon vouchers, approved by the said commissior

or its chairman, and presented to the Comptroller and City

Register of the City of Baltimore.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and City Council

of Baltimore shall prescribe by ordinance the methods and pro-

Sewerage and
drainage.

ceedings for the sewerage and drainage of said Annex and