1088 ARTICLE 4.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 377. 1894, ch. 423.

485. The said Engineer shall in his annual report to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore embody statements of the operations of, and the
receipts and disbursements for the said iceboat, and shall send copies of
the same to the Governor and Comptroller of the Treasury of the State.

HEALTH.

NUISANCES.

P. L. L. (i860), Art. 4, sec. 798. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 379. 1910, ch. 2SS.

1924, ch. 201.

486. Whenever any nuisance dangerous to the health of the city shall
exist in any street, lane or alley of the city, of not more than twenty feet
in width, either public or private, and it shall be found necessary in order
to remove the same to have such street, lane or alley paved, the said
city may order the same to be paved and may recover the amount expended
in paving the same, and the expenses of collection, from the owner or
owners of the property fronting thereon, in equal portions, by suit against
the owner; or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore may provide by
a general or special ordinance for the assessment of the cost of said paving
upon all property binding upon any such street, lane or alley, or part
thereof, and for the collection of the same in like manner as ordinary
taxes on real estate are collected, and all the provisions of existing laws
and ordinances, or any amendments thereto relating to the lien of, dis-
counts, interest and penalties or charges upon ordinary taxes on real
estate and the powers and duties of the City Collector relating thereto
shall apply to the collection of the costs herein provided for, except where
such provisions may be inconsistent; provided that any ordinance passed
in pursuance hereof shall contain a provision that before the cost of the
assessment in whole or in part shall be a lien on the property affected ten
(10) days' notice shall be given in at least two of the daily newspapers
in said city to all persons interested therein with an opportunity to appear
before the Appeal Tax Court at a time mentioned within said ten (10)
days as provided in said notice, and be heard in reference to the liability
of said property for said tax, and after the lien has become final, either
for failure to take an appeal or after the appeal has been determined, the
said lien shall relate back to the time of completing the work; said ordi-
nance shall also contain a provision for the right of appeal to the Balti-
more City Court and on the trial of any such appeal the procedure shall
conform as near as may be to the practice in the trial of street appeals in
said city including the right of appeal to the Court of Appeals; provided
that any ordinance heretofore enacted by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore containing similar provisions as required by this section is
hereby ratified and made effectual for the accomplishment of the purposes
herein contained, and any such ordinance shall be given a restrospective
as well as prospective construction.

City can assess against abutting owner for paving private alley to abate nuisance.
Owners Realty Co. v. M. & C. C., 112 Md. 477.