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ART. 2. ] ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.
who is hereby empowered, upon an affidavit of facts,
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to summon a jury of twelve citizens, whose duty it
shall be to examine the premises and assess the dam-
ages sustained by the complainant; the full value of
such assessment shall be paid or tendered to the com-
plainant, as hereinbefore provided, before the final exe-
cution of such ordinance; and any justice of the peace
shall have the same power to summon a jury for the
assessment of benefits.
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Jury.
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49. The mayor may take the acknowledgment of
any deed or instrument of writing required to be ac-
knowledged, and receive therefor the sum of fifty cents;
all by-laws and ordinances of the said corporation shall
be signed by the mayor; the mayor shall, during the
first ten days in the month of January, of each and
every year, cause to be prepared and printed, for the
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Mayor may
take acknow-
ledgment of
deeds, &c.
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information of the citizens, a statement of the finances
of the said corporation; he may call upon any officer
of the city, entrusted with the receipt and expenditure
of public money, for a statement of his accounts as
often as he may deem it necessary; he shall see that
the ordinances are duly and faithfully executed.
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Statement of
finances.
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1870, c. 202 further repeals section 2 of the act of 1867 (c. 240) entitled an act to
amend and alter the charter of the city of Annapolis and substitutes the following
in its place:
That all acts, contracts, deeds or ordinances of the mayor, counsellor and alder-
men of said city, heretofore made, done, executed or passed in reference to the clos-
ing, discontinuance and paving of any street, lane or alley in said city, are hereby
declared and made operative and valid in the same manner as if the said mayor,
counsellor and aldermen had full power and authority to do the same at the respec-
tive times when the same were severally done.
Approved and in force April 4, 1870.
BRIDGES.
1870, c. 122 enacts:
1. That the Mutual Building Association of Annapolis is authorized and em-
powered to build a bridge from the city of Annapolis over Spa creek, to any part
of the Horn Point property lately purchased by the said association from William
P. Pentz
2. That the property of the said bridge, when built, shall be vested in the said
Mutual Building Association, its successors and assigns, who shall have power to
demand and receive tolls for the passage of said bridge not exceeding the fol-
lowing rates, viz: for every foot passenger, five cents; for every horse and rider, ten
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