HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the said
Commissioners shall have power to provide
for the payment of the damages and expense?
of opening, widening and laying out, grading,
improving and keeping in good condition the
streets, lanes and alleys in said town, and for
such an amount as may from time to time be
deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes
set forth in this act, by levying and assessing
the same generally upon the whole of the
assessable property of said town; provided,
that the taxes for all purposes shall not
exceed one hundred cents on every one hun-

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dred dollars worth of taxable property in
any one year, which taxes shall be collected
and paid to said Commissioners by such
person or persons as the said Commission-
ers, or a majority of them, may see fit to
appoint, who may enforce the payment of
said town taxes in the same manner and with
like effect as Collectors of State and county
taxes may enforce the payment of State and
county taxes; and the said Commissioners
•shall fix the term of office, amount of bond
and compensation of such Collector or Collec-
tors.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That if on open-
ing or laying out of any new street, lane or
alley, the said Commissioners cannot agree
with the owner or owners of any land or prop-
erty wanted for the purpose, for the purchase,
use or occupation of the same, or if the owner

Pay damages.

be a feme covert, under age, non compos men-
tis, or out of Calvert county, application may
be made to any Justice of the Peace for said
county, who shall thereupon issue his warrant
under his hand and seal, directed to the Sheriff
of said county, requiring him to summon a
Jury of twenty inhabitants of said county,
(males, twenty-five years of age and upwards,)
not related to the parties or in anywise inter-
ested, to meet on the land, or near to the prop-
erty to be valued, on a day to be named in the
warrant, not less than ten or more than twenty
days after issuing of the same.
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Jury of con-
demnation.