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ART. 4. ] CITY OP BALTIMORE.
the damages which will be caused, or the benefits which
will accrue by the construction of the aforesaid works
of improvement; and to secure to every owner or pos-
sessor of any property, or right to property, which the
said mayor and city council thus proposes to acquire,
or which may be thus decided to be damaged or bene-
fitted, the right, on application within a time to be
prescribed by any ordinance of said mayor and city
council, to have decided by a jury trial, the true value
of the property proposed to be acquired for the pur-
poses aforesaid, and whether any and what damage
will be caused, or any. and what benefit will accrue to
the owner or possessor of the property so assessed for
damages and benefits respectively; and further to pro-
vide for collecting and paying over the amount of
compensation adjudged to each person entitled or in-
vesting it in stock of the said corporation, bearing not
less than five per cent, interest for the use of the per-
son so adjudged to be entitled to the same; and to
provide for the collection by sale of the property as-
sessed, or otherwise, of all sums assessed as benefits as
aforesaid; and generally to enact and pass all ordi-
nances, from time to time, which shall be deemed
necessary and proper to exercise the powers, and effect
the objects, for the exercise and accomplishment of
which this act is passed.
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970. The mayor and city council of Baltimore is
authorized and empowered to define and locate the
limits of Jones' Falls within the city of Baltimore,
and to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, under
proceedings for which provision is made in the second
section of this act, the absolute and exclusive right
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Ibid. s. 3.
May define
limits of Jones'
Falls.
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