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vate property, and to enact and pass all ordinances from time to time
which shall be deemed necessary and proper to exercise the power and
effect the objects herein specified.

1868. ch. 181. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 795.

819. The amount of benefits assessed on any property for constructing,
opening, enlarging or straightening any sewer in any street, lane or alley,
or through any private property, constructed, opened, enlarged or straight-
ened by virtue of any ordinance passed by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, shall be a lien on the property and recoverable as city taxes are.

820. No private sewer or drain shall be constructed, altered, or re-
paired without a permit from the City Engineer.

Section 820 is modified by Act 1906, ch. 144. See ante Sec. 6, sub-division
"Sewers."

1868, ch. 181. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 796. 1906, ch. 103.

821. Before the flavor and City Council of Baltimore shall pass any
ordinance under this Article relating to the constructing, opening, en-
larging or straightening any sewer through any private street, lane or
alley, or through any private property, notice shall be given of an applica-
tion for the passage of such an ordinance in at least two of the daily news-
papers of said city twice a week for thirty days.

1868, ch. 181. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 797.

822. Before any Commissioners appointed by any ordinance of said
corporation under the preceding sections hereof shall proceed to the per-
formance of their duty, they shall give daily notice, in at least two news-
papers in the City of Baltimore, of the object of the ordinance under
which they propose to act, at least thirty days before the time of the first
meeting to execute the same.

1868, ch. 181. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 798.

823. Should the Commissioners appointed by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore assess any part of the expense and damage incurred
in the construction, opening, enlarging or straightening any sewer in the
city, upon the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the said Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore may levy a tax on the assessable property of
the city for the amount of such assessment, or they may raise the neces-
sary amount by a loan, for the payment of which they may create a sinking
fund to meet the liabilities incurred; and may also levy on the assessable
property of the City of Baltimore from time to time such sums as may
be necessary to provide therefor, and for the principal and interest of the
liabilities incurred, and may pass all ordinances necessary to carry out
the provisions of the same.

1882, ch. 406. 1888, ch. 131. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 709.

824. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are authorized to
issue the stock of the City of Baltimore for the amount of five millions