WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 645

	SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That the mayor and
	common council shall have power and authority,
	and are hereby empowered to pave the sidewalks of
	the streets in the said town of Union Bridge, and to
	renew and repair and keep clean the said sidewalks
	whenever, in their judgment, as the same may be
	necessary,' and may assess and levy the cost thereof
	as a tax upon the land fronting on the sidewalk
	which shall be paved, renewed, repaired or cleaned,	Pave side-
	so that each lot of land may be charged with the	walks, &c.
	payment of the expense of paving the sidewalk or
	renewing, repairing or cleaning the same immedia-
	tely in front thereof, and upon the same side of the
	street on which the said lot of land is situated, and
	the said mayor and common council are hereby au-
	thorized to collect the said expenses aforesaid, and
	if the same is not paid within thirty days after the
	work is completed, they may distrain therefor in the
	same manner that county taxes are distrained for in
	Carroll county.
	SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That the mayor and
	common council of the town of Union Bridge are	Open and es- tablish streets
	hereby authorized and empowered to open and es-
	tablish new streets, lanes and alleys, and to straight-
	en, widen and extend and close old streets, lanes and
	alleys, and all damages done, suffered or incurred by
	the opening, closing, straightening, widening, ox-
	tending or improving of said streets, lanes or alleys,
	if not agreed upon by said mayor and common
	council and the persons interested therein, shall be
	determined and assessed by three disinterested per-
	sons, residents of said town, to be appointed by said
	mayor and common council, and who shall, within
	twenty days after notification of their appointment,
	take an oath before a justice of the peace of Carroll
	county, that they will faithfully, fairly and with- out partiality or prejudice, value and assess the loss	Fairly and impartially value.
	or damage to be suffered or incurred by any person
	or persons interested in the property over and
	through which the said street, lane or alley is to be
	opened, closed, extended, widened or improved, and
	also to estimate the benefits that may accrue there-
	from to any adjacent property, and that they shall, within ten days after such valuation or assessment,
	return the same, in writing, under their hands and