1831.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 257.

the returns made to him by said commissioners, or by a ma-

jority of them; and ail plots, documents, books, and papers,

connected with such returns; and the said judges, or a ma-

jority of them, shall be, and they are hereby authorised to

meet at the time appointed, and hear, and fully examine the

subject, and decide on such appeals; and may require the

attendance of such persons as they may deem necessary, and

may make such amendment, explanation, or addition to said

returns, or any of them, as the said judges, or a majority

of them, may deem requisite; and the said judges, or a ma-

jority of them, shall, at the request of any appellant, direct

the sheriff of Baltimore county to summon jurors, and shall

impannel any twelve disinterested men, so summoned, or at-

tending the court under the direction of said court, to try,

any question of fact, or to ascertain and decide on the a-

mount of damage or benefit, that may be at issue, in any of

said appeals; and the said judges shall not reject nor set

aside any return made by the said commissioners, or a ma-

jority of them, for any defect or omission, either in form or

substance; but the said judges, or a majority of them, may

amend all defects, and supply whatsoever, may have been

omitted; and reduce or increase the amount of damages, or

benefit, assessed; and alter, modify, and correct, the said

returns, in all or any of their parts, as to them shall seem

just and proper, and shall cause their proceedings and de-

cisions on said returns and appeals, certified by their clerk,

under the seal of their court, to be transmitted to said re-

gister, which shall be final and conclusive in every respect.

Costs of appeals.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the judges of Baltimore

city court, shall have full power in their discretion to add

the reasonable costs of any appeal, or any part thereof, to be

taxed by them, to the damages to be collected for the open-

ing and extension of said street; or to require such costs, or

any part of them, to be paid by all or either of the appel-

lants, as the circumstances of each appeal, shall, in their

opinion justify.

Direction respect-

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That if no appeal shall be

ing collection of
sums assessed.

prayed within ten days after the time herein before limited

for making appeals shall have elapsed; or if any appeal has

been made; then within ten days after the return to said re-

gister of the diseission on such appeals, it shall be the duty

of said register to give notice thereof in the daily newspa-

pers, published in said city, for at least thirty days; and if

any of the sums assessed as aforesaid, or any part of such

sum, shall not be paid within sixty days after the first publi-

cation of said notice, the collector of said city shall proceed

to sell the specific pieces or parcels of property, on which