ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 292.

AN ACT to repeal the two hundred and twenty-eighth, two hun-

dred and thirty-sixth and two hundred fifty-third sections of

article seven, of the Code of Public Local Laws of the State of

Maryland, relating to the city of Westminster, in Carroll county.

and to re-enact the same in an amended or different form, and

to add an additional section to said article seven, to follow sec-

tion two hundred and thirty-six, and to be numbered two hun-

dred and thirty-six A.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That the two hundred and twenty-eighth, two hundred and thirty-

sixth and two hundred and fifty-third sections of article seven,

of the Code of Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland, re-

Re -en-
acted.

lating to the city of Westminster, in Carroll county, be and the

same are hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows,

and to add an additional section to said article seven, to follow

section two hundred and thirty-six, and be numbered two hun-

dred and thirty-six A.

228. The mayor and common council of Westminster shall

have the power to grade and pave streets and alleys in the cor-

porate limits of said city of Westminster, and to regulate the

width thereof; to lay flagstones across said streets and alleys

wherever necessary; to provide of what material the said streets,

side-walks and gutters on said streets and alleys shall be paved

and curbed, and how the same shall he done, and kept in good

repair; they may require the owners of the lots of ground in

front of which said grading and paving or repairing of side- walks

and gutters are to be done, to do the same at their own expense ;

and if any owner of a lot shall neglect to grade and pave or re-

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pair the pavement of the said side-walks or gutters in front of

his lot or premises for the space of thirty days after notice has

been given them by the mayor or street commissioners, herein-

after provided for, requiring the same to be done, the mayor and

common council may direct the street commissioner to cause the

same to be done at the expense of the owner of said lot, which

expense shall be a lien on said lot of ground till paid, and may

be recovered from said owner by said mayor and common council

as other debts of like amounts are recoverable in this State by

law; they may also require the owner of the lots of ground front-

ing on either side of the street graded and paved as aforesaid, to

pay two-thirds of the expense incurred in grading and paving

the same, to be apportioned among them by the mayor and com-

mon council, payable whenever said work shall be finished; such

apportionment to be in proportion to the front feet of said lots

owned by them, respectively, and the sum so apportioned shall