632 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 325

of Joppa road; thence northeasterly along Joppa road to
the west side of an alley situated about 140 feet east of Vir-
ginia avenue; thence southerly along said alley and binding on
the east line of lots fronting on Virginia avenue to a point 100
feet south of Pennsylvania avenue; thence westerly along a
line parallel to Pennsylvania avenue, being the southern out-
line of the lots fronting on Pennsylvania avenue, to the west
side of an alley twenty feet wide; thence southerly along said
alley and continuing the same course to the northwest corner
of Aigburth Park property; thence southerly along the west-
ern outline of said property to the north side of Burke avenue;
thence westerly along said Burke avenue to the west side of
the York road; thence southerly along the York road to the
southeast corner of the property now belonging to the heirs
of the late Thomas J. Hunter; thence westerly along the south
outline of said Hunter's property to the southwest corner of
said property; thence northerly along the western outline of
said property and continuing the same course in all to the di-
vision line between the land now owned by Hans Anderson and
the heirs of the late William M. Isaac; thence southwesterly
along said outline and continuing the same course to the west
side of Bosley avenue; thence northerly along the west side of
said avenue to the north side of Susquehanna avenue; thence
westerly along said avenue and continuing the same course to
intersect the outline of the lands now belonging to Thomas
W. Offutt and Samuel Harden; and thence bounding northerly
on said outline to place of beginning.

And that the said special taxes when so collected are to be
paid over to the Treasurer and Collector of Baltimore County
to be used exclusively to pay for the construction, installation
maintenance and/or repair of sidewalks, curbs, gutters,
sewers and other improvements in said village of Towson;
that the total cost of all such improvements undertaken for
any one year is not to exceed the amount of special annual
levy; that all such improvements are to be made on the
written recommendation of the Roads Engineer of Balti-
more County to the Board of County Commissioners
of Baltimore County, and not otherwise; that all con-
tracts amounting to over fifty dollars are to be let on a com-
petitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder and executed ac-
cording to the grades and specifications and under the super-
vision of the Baltimore County Roads Engineer, provided that
no change of more than six inches in the grade of sidewalks
shall be made without the consent in writing of the adjacent
landowner; and provided also, that no change in the grade of
sidewalks or other improvements shall be made which may
destroy or injure shade trees unless with the consent in writ-
ing of the adjacent landowner; and that the levy herein pro-