1826.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 91.

Passed Feb 15 1827
Commisssioners
appointed to open
street

XCI.
An Act for the opening of Monument Street in the City of Baltimore.

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Henry Stouffer, George Decker, James Mosher, Robert
Carey Long and Rossiter Scott, or a majority of them, be
and they are hereby appointed a board of commissioners to
open Monument-street in the city of Baltimore, from its inter-
section with the east side of North-street to the eastern line of
said city, in conformity with the plat of said street, as survey-
ed and laid off by the commissioners appointed for that pur-
pose, by an act of assembly passed at December session eigh-
teen hundred and seventeen, chapter one hundred and forty-
eight, and section twelve, which plat is now recorded in the
office of the register of said city; and whenever a vacancy in
the said board may occur by the refusal to act, resignation,
death, or other inability of any of the said commissioners, the
remainder of said commissioners, or so many of them as may
consent to act, shall supply such vacancy by a new appointment
or appointments; and a majority of said commissioners shall be
competent to perform the duties of said board.

Te ascertain da-
mages

2. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners, after
giving ten days notice in two of the newspapers printed in the
city of Baltimore, shall proceed to ascertain and determine
what damages will be sustained by the owners of property ly-
ing within or adjacent to the said street, by reason of the open-
ing thereof, taking into consideration all advantages and disad-
vantages.

Damages to be
assessed on pro-
perty benefited

3. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners, after
having ascertained the damages as aforesaid, and after having
added thereto the commission to be allowed to the collector, as
herein after provided, as also an estimate of the probable ex-
penses of opening said street, shall proceed to assess the whole
damages to be sustained, and expenses to be incurred, by the
opening of the said street, upon all the property benefited by
the opening thereof, having regard to all circumstances; and
having completed the said estimate and assessment, the said
commissioners shall make a lull and particular return thereof,
under their hands and seals, to the office of the register of the
city of Baltimore, designating precisely the property which
they have assessed as being benefited, as also the names of the
proprietors of both species of property, as fully as they can as-
certain the same; a copy of which return, certified by the said
register, under the seal of the city of Baltimore, shall be evi-
dence of the truth of the several matters therein stated," in vir-
tue of this act.

After notice no
etatw for damages

allowed

4. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners, before
making the return as required by the third section of this act,
shall give ten days notice thereof in two of the newspapers of
the city of Baltimore, after which time no claim for damages
shall be allowed, and the said return shall then be final and con-
clusive.

Sums assesed
on property bene-
fited to be a lien
thereon

5. And be it enacted, That the sums assessed upon the pro-
perty benefited, shall be a lien thereon, and shall be collected