JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

precisely the property assessed by them as benefited afore-
said, and the names of the proprietors thereof, as fully as

1833.

CHAP. 176.

they can ascertain the same; a copy of which return certi-
fied by said register under the seal of said city, shall be
prima facie evidence of the truth of the several matters
therein stated.

Recorderd

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That any person or persons,
or corporation who may be dissatisfied with the assess-
ment aforesaid, may within twenty days after the publica-
tion hereinafter mentioned of the return aforesaid, to the
office of the register aforesaid, appeal by petition in writ-
ing to the judges of Baltimore city court, praying for a re-
view of said assessment, and it shall be the duty of said

Appeal provided;

judges or a majority of them, wtihin thirty days after the
said twenty days, to hear such appeal, to examine into
said assessment, and to alter and correct the, same in all
or any of its parts, in such manner as they may be of opin-
ion is right and proper, but not to reject or set aside said
return altogether, for any error either of form or substance;
and the said judges are hereby authorised, if the appellant
or any party interested require it, to summon a jury to try
any and every disputed point involved in such appeal, and
they are also hereby empowered to summon all and every
witness, and to command them to bring with them any
paper or papers that they may be of opinion is requisite to
to the trial of said appeals; and the pleadings and decision
of said court on such appeal, shall be certified by their

Court instructed

clerk, under the court, to the office of the register aforesaid,
and shall be thereafter in all respects final and conclu-
sive.

Decision final

Sec. 6. And be. it enacted, That the sums assessed as :
aforesaid, shall be liens upon the property, upon which
they shall be respectively assessed, and shall be collected
and paid over in the same manner as is provided by the
original act, and the ordinance of the Mayor and city

Lien for damage

Council of Baltimore, heretofore passed in pursuance there-
of, both of which are to be valid in every respect, except so
far only as they are inconsistent with the provisions of
this act.

Ordinances confir-
med

Sec 7. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
aforesaid, shall give ten days notice in two of the daily
newspapers in the city aforesaid, of the time of the return
of their assessment aforesaid, to the office of the register
aforesaid, and in said return notify all interested, that they
are authorised to appeal from the same at any time within
twenty days from the end of said ten days notice.

Notice of assets
ment and for
appeals