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ART. 4.] CITY OF BALTIMORE. , 469
by them and binding on Jones' Falls, within the city
limits; and should any individuals, companies or
bodies politic neglect or refuse to wall up Jones'
falls, rebuild or repair any such wall within the
limits of the city of Baltimore, when required so to
do by the mayor and city council, the said mayor
and city council may cause the same to be done;
and they are hereby authorized and empowered to
recover the costs of such wall, rebuilding or repair-
ing, by suit at law, from the party or parties who
may have refused or neglected to build, rebuild or
repair such wall, and the cost of such wall shall be a
lien on the property so walled up or repaired.
In force from February 18, 1864.
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TAXES AND LOANS.
1861, c. 75 repeals section 871 and enacts the following :
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871. The mayor and city council of Baltimore, are
hereby authorized and empowered to increase, in
case they shall deem it necessary so to do, the
public debt of said city, to the extent of not more
than one million five hundred thousand dollars be-
yond the amount now authorized by law ; and to
issue for said increased debt the bonds or notes or
other evidences of debt of said city. The mayor
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1861, c. 15
Corporation
may increase
public debt,
issue bonds,
&C.
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and city council of Baltimore shall create a sinking
fund to meet the liabilities to be incurred under this
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May create
sinking fund.
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law, and may also levy upon the assessable property
of the city of Baltimore from time to time such sum
or sums as may be necessary to provide therefor, and
for the payment of the principal and interest of the
liabilities to be incurred under this act, and may pass
all ordinances necessary to carry out the purposes of
the same.
In force from June 24, 1861.
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May levy.
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NOTE.—1861, c 1, authorizes the Mayor and City Council to raise and appropriate at their
discretion and in the modes and at the times winch they may judge beet, all moneys what-
soever, which they may deem necessary and proper for the defence and protection of the
city, and provide for the payment of the same by taxation or otherwise, as they may deem
most advisable. See 1864, c 132 under Public General Laws, Art XXXIV, Debt, Public.
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