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scribed in said general ordinance : and for the assess-	Assessment.
ment in any such case of the cost of such work, in
whole or in part, pro rata upon all the property bind-
ing upon such street, lane or alley, or part thereof,
and for the collection of such assessment as other
city taxes are collected.
4. Atenant for ninety-nine years, or for ninety-nine
years renewable forever, or the executor or admihis-	Deemed and taken as owner.
istrator of such tenant, or the guardian of an infant
owner, or a mortgagee in possession, shall be deemed
and taken as an owner for the purposes of any appli-
cation to the Mayor and City Council, authorized by
by this act, and the application of any such person
shall bind the property so represented for any assess-
ment or tax made under an ordinance passed in pur-
suance of the provisions of this act.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved, April 2d, 1874.

CHAPTER 219.
AN ACT to repeal section twenty-two, of an act
passed January session, eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, chapter one hundred and twenty-
eight, entitled an act to repeal section twenty-two,
of article forty-one, of the Code of Public General
Laws, entitled " Fish and Fisheries," sub-title
" Patuxent," regulating the right of fishing in the
Patuxent River and its tributaries, and re-enact
the same with sub-sections.
WHEREAS, Sundry persons unknown to the citizens
of Prince George's, Charles, St. Mary's and Calvert
counties, have heretofore frequented the waters of	Preamble.
the Patuxent River, and with immense and improper
seines, patent weirs and other traps and devices, have
been engaged in the catching and taking of fish in
said river, and