1294 ARTICLE 4.

or parts thereof, showing the streets, avenues, lanes and alleys and the
number of houses situated in and the area of each block of ground in
said Annex, and such other information as may be desired. The said
commission is hereby authorized" to direct any municipal officer, agent,
employe or board of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to fur-
nish such maps and information and to give such other assistance, infor-
mation and advice as may be requisite to enable said commission to have
prepared such map or maps and put such proposed changes, additions or
improvements on them, and to give such other assistance, advice and
information as said commission may require to carry into effect its work
under this Act.

1904, ch. 274, sec. 5.

841E. The said commission hereby created shall be the agent of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to acquire by gift, purchase, lease,
whatever the duration of the lease, or by other methods of acquisition or
by condemnation, any private property whatsoever, including streets, ave-
nues, lanes and alleys, rights or interests, franchises, privileges or ease-
ments, that may be required to open, widen, extend, straighten, close,
grade or pave any street, avenue, lane or alley, or to broaden any side-
walk; and as soon as the title to the property acquired as set forth herein
has been certified by the City Solicitor, said commission, shall have the
same conveyed to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and no ordi-
nance shall be requisite to the validity of such conveyance; said streets,
avenues, lanes and alleys so conveyed shall become public highways, sub-
ject to all ordinances and resolutions relating to streets, avenues, lanes
and alleys in the City of Baltimore. Authority is hereby conferred upon
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to'provide by ordinance or ordi-
nances the proceedings for condemnation of property as herein set forth
by the said commission.

Flack v. Mayor, &c., Baltimore, 104 Md. 107.

1904, ch. 274, sec. 6.

841F. No money shall be expended by said commission to pay for
the improvement of sidewalks in the said Annex, but same shall be done
at the expense of the owner or owners of property along and upon the
streets, avenues or lanes on which the said sidewalks are to be placed;
authority is given said commission to assess said property for the cost and
expenses of said sidewalks, and to collect the same as now prescribed by
law or ordinances.

1904, ch. 274, sec. 7. 1908. ch. 169.

841G. The said commission is hereby authorized and empowered to
contract, subject to the provisions of Sections 14 and 15 of the Baltimore
City Charter, with any person, persons, company or corporation for the
work of opening, grading, curbing and paving the streets, avenues, lanes
and alleys of the Annex, as intended "by this Act, or to employ the neces-