JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 503

property, or awarded by a jury summoned for the
purpose by the Sheriff of Carroll county, in the
mode and at the time to be prescribed by said Mayor
and Common Council.
SEC. 109. The Mayor and Common Council afore-	Grade and
said shall have the power to grade and pave streets	pave streets.
and alleys in said corporate limits, and to regulate
the width thereof; to lay flag stones across said streets
and alleys wherever necessary ; to provide of what
material the said streets, side-walks on said streets,
and alleys shall be paved and curbed, and how the
same shall be-done and kept in good repair; they
may require the owners of the lots of ground in front
of which said grading and paving or repairing of
side-walks are to be clone, to do the same at their
own expense ; and if any owner of a lot or lots shall
neglect to grade and pave or repair the pavement of	Neglect
the said side-walks in front of his or her lot or prem-
ises, for the space of two months after notice has been
given them by the Mayor or Street Commissioners,
hereinafter provided for, requiring the same to be
done, the Mayor and Common Council may direct
said Street Commissioners to cause the same to be
done at the expense of the owner or owners of said
lot or lots, which expense shall be a lien on said lot
or lots of ground till paid, and may be recovered from
said owners by said Mayor and Common Council as
other debts of like amounts are recoverable in this	Require
State by law; they may also require the owner or
owners of the lots of ground fronting on either side
of the street or streets graded and paved as aforesaid,
to pay two-thirds of the expense incurred in grading
and paving the same, to be apportioned among them
by the Mayor and Common Council, payable when-
ever said work shall be finished; and such apportion-
ment made to be in proportion to the front feet of
said lots owned by them respectively; and whenever
payment thereof is refused, the Mayor and Common
Council may recover the same by law, in the same
manner as other debts of like amount are recovera-
ble in this State; the remaining one-third of said
expense shall be paid by the said Mayor and Com-
mon Council out of the taxes levied upon the citizens
generally.