1290 ARTICLE 4.

BRIDGES AND HIGHWAYS.

1888, ch. 98, sec. 27. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 824.

839. The bridges which the County Commissioners of Baltimore
County have heretofore agreed to build within the limits of the territory
which has become annexed to Baltimore City under the Act of 1888,
Chapter 98, shall be completed by the City of Baltimore; and all bridges
within the limits of said territory shall be maintained and kept in repair
for public travel at the expense of Baltimore City; all bridges crossing"
the Patapsco River from said city, including the bridge known as the
"Long" or Light Street Bridge shall be maintained and kept in repair for
public travel at the sole expense of the said City of Baltimore.
Pumphrey v. Mayor. 47 Md. 146.

As to liability of municipality for defective construction or condition of bridges,
see Co. Commissioners of Harf. Co. v. Wise, 71 Md. 43.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 824 1/2,. 1894, ch. 576. 1902, ch. 453. 1904, ch. 433

1906, ch. 158.

840. No avenues, streets or alleys within the territory annexed to the
City of Baltimore by the Act of 1888, Chapter 98, shall hereafter be
opened, established or condemned, nor shall the dedication of any avenue,
street or alley in said territory be hereafter accepted by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore unless the same shall be approved in writing
by the Topographical Survey Commission,* consisting of the Mayor,
Comptroller and Register of the City of Baltimore, or unless the said
avenues, streets or alleys be so opened, established, condemned or dedi-
cated that the lines and grades thereof shall conform to the general plan;
of streets for the annex as adopted under Ordinance No. 129, approved
December 3rd, 1898, or as said plan shall be amended in accordance with
the provisions of this section, that is to say; with the approval of the
aforesaid Topographical Survey Commission, the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore may by ordinance, from time to time and in any manner,
alter or amend the said general plan of streets, and the said Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore may thereafter by ordinance open, establish
or condemn, or the Mayor of Baltimore City may receive a deed for any
avenue, street or alley laid down on the said general plan of streets as
amended, or if any such avenue, street or alley shall be dedicated the same
may thereafter be accepted; said Topographical Survey Commission is
hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations regarding surveys,
plats or plans relating to the location of avenues, streets or alleys as they
may deem proper from time to time.

Sindall v. Baltimore City. 93 Md. 529.

As to dedication of streets, see M. & C. C. of Baltimore v. N. C Ry. Co., 88 Md.
427.

1908, ch. 582. 1912, ch. 659, sec. 1.

840A. That every private street, lane, alley or way in the City of
Baltimore which shall be hereafter laid out and opened, and which for a

*Now the Bureau of Plans and Surveys. See sec. 85A. sub-sec. 8 hereof.