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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the moving of rafts, arks and boats and floats an-

chored in front of said city, to the obstruction of

navigation or the health of the citizens.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That|the Mayor and

City Council shall have power to lease or rent for a

May lease or
rent.

term of years not exceeding ten years, the bed or

beds of any street or streets, or parts of streets, in

the unimproved portion of the said city of Havre-

de-Grace, to the owners of property lying adjacent

to the said bed or beds of said streets ; provided that

no lease shall be granted to the bed of any of said

streets whereby the rights are interfered with of any

person owning property on any of said streets ; nor

shall the bed of any of the said streets be leased by

which convenient access with carriages or other ve-

Assent to be
obtained.

hicles, to or from any cemetery, may be interfered

with, unless the authorities of the church to which

said cemetery belongs shall first assent to the leasing

of the same ; nor shall the bed or beds of any o± said

streets leading to any wharf be leased, unless the

owner or renter of said wharf shall first assent to

the leasing of the same.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That whenever the

Mayor and City Council shall levy any tax, they

Make alpha-

shall cause to be made out an alphabetical list of the

betical list.

persons chargeable therewith, and shall affix oppo-

site their names the respective sums to be collected

from each person, and shall specify the amount lev-

ied and annex to the said list a warrant to the bailiff

to collect the same, and the said bailiff shall, within

sixty days after the receipt of such warrant and list,

render to each person named therein an account of

his, her or their tax, and may, unless the same be

paid within thirty days after the delivery of such

account, collect the same by distress and sale of the

Collect by
distress.

goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the

delinquents, and said bailiff shall account for the

amount of such assessment to the Mayor and City

Council, and shall make monthly returns and pay-

ments in the manner directed by said Council of all

taxes collected by him under penalty of double the

amount thereof.

Lay out and
continue

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and

streets.

City Council may lay out and continue to the Sus-