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grant by ordinance any further powers and duties it shall deem necessary
for the proper execution of the improvements intended to be made by
this Act.

1910, ch. 736, sec. 4.

841N. That all work done or supplies or materials purchased in carry-
ing out the purposes of this Act, when involving an expenditure of five
hundred dollars ($500.00) or more, shall be by contract awarded by the
Board of Awards to the lowest responsible bidder, in accordance Avith the
provisions of Sections 14 and 15 of Article 4, entitled "City of Baltimore,"
of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, including the powers conferred
by said Section 15 upon the Board of Awards to select the particular thing
to be adopted in the case of alternative bids; provided, however, that the
Mayor and City Council shall have the power to prescribe by ordinance
as to any particular street or streets that the contract for paving or curbing,
repaving or recurbing the same shall be awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder complying with the call for bids, whether bids are asked for, for
one or more than one kind of pavement, reserving to the Board of Awards
the right to reject all bids and to call for new bids.

1910, ch. 736, sec. 5.

841-0. That 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 other methods of acquisition,
or by condemnation, any private property whatsoever, including streets,
avenues, 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 sidewalk,
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 ordinance
shall be requisite to the validity of such conveyance; said streets, avenues,
lanes and alleys so conveyed shall become public highways, subject to all
ordinances and resolutions relating to streets, avenues, lanes and alleys
in the City of Baltimore; that authority is hereby conferred upon the
Mayor and Ci'ty Council of Baltimore to provide by ordinance or ordi-
nances the proceedings for condemnation of property as herein set forth
by the said Commission.

Wrong advertisement. Party must appeal to City Court. Court of Equity no
jurisdiction.

John Wannenwetsch et al. v. M. & C. C.. 111 Md. 32.

Under Act of 1904. chapter 274, Annex Improvement Commission have power to
close, as well as open and widen streets. The fact that a street closing is of special
benefit to certain property is not conclusive that It is not also for a public purpose.
Baltimore v. Brengle. 116 Md. 343.

1910, ch. 736, sec. 6.

841P. That no expenditure shall be made by said Commission for the
grading, paving or improvement of said sidewalks in the annex portion