ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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file his application with said commissioners, in which

he shall specifically and minutely describe his proposed

improvement, and upon the expiration of such notice

the said commissioners shall take up such application,

and hear and determine the reasons for or against

granting the building permit asked for, and have full

power and authority to grant the same in whole or in

Power to grant

part, or totally reject the same, as to them may seem

just and right, having regard to the public interests

to be affected, as well as the interest of the particular

applicant; and all the expenses connected with such

application shall be defrayed by the party desiring the

permit, and in no case shall devolve upon the said

corporation.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved A.pril 8, 1884.

Chapter 393.

AN ACT to authorize the county commissioners of

Charles county to pay to Henry Gardiner a sum of

money erroneously paid by him for taxes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the county commissioners of

Charles county be and they are hereby authorized to

pay to Henry Gardiner the sum of one hundred and

ninety-five dollars and forty-eight cents, if in their

Pay sum erro-

judgment said amount has been erroneously paid by

neously paid.

him for taxes for the years eighteen hundred and

seventy-nine, eighteen hundred and eighty, eighteen

hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and

eighty-two.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1884.