JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1827

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That within ten days after the
time herein before limited for making appeals shall have elapa-
sed, if no apppeal shall have been prayed, or after the return of
the decision on any appeal or appeals to the register of the
sail city as aforesaid directed, it shall be the duty of the said
commissioners to appoint and limit a time for thr payment of
the sums assessed on the property benefited, to the said regis-
ter, and give at least thirty days notice by advertisement in two
of the daily newspapers published in the city of Baltimore, of
the time limited for such payment, and also of the rate of deduc-
tion to which each person shall be entitled on making payment
within the time so limited, and if any sum assessed as afore-
said, or any part of any sum shall not be paid to the said re-
gister within the time so" limited, the collector oi the said city
shall proceed to sell the specific pieces or parcels of property
on which such unpaid sum or sums shall have been assessed,
in the manner and after giving the notice directed by the act
to which this is a supplement, and after making any such sale
and receiving the purchase money, the said collector shall by
a deed under his hand and seal, to be acknowledged and re-
corded as other deeds for lands are required to be, convev the
lot or property so sold and paid for, to the purchaser his heirs
and assigns, and such deed shall vest in such purchaser a good
and sufficient estate in fer simple in the property or lot there-
in described.

CHAP. 26,

Benefits assessed,
how to be collect-
ed.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That any person or persons, not
claiming title to any lot or piece of property upon which any
sum shall be assessed as aforesaid, may pay the amount of the
sum so assessed, within the time-limited to the register of the
city of Baltimore, and obtain his certificate of having paid
such sum, without claiming title to the property, and such
payment shall vest in the person or persons paying, and his
or their heirs and assigns, the lien on such lot or property
mentioned in the fifth section of the act to which this is, a
supplement.

Lien granted up
on payments

SEC. 6, And be it enacted, That it shall he the duty of the
Register of the city of Baltimore, within five days after the
damages and expenses so assessed shall be paid to him, to
give notice thereof in two of the daily newspapers of the city
of Baltimore, and that he is ready to pay the same on demand
to each person entitled and the commissioners appointed by
or in virtue of this act, shall have full power, and it shall be
their duty after the expiration of ten days next after the first
publication of such notice, and after pa) ing or tendering in
payment the damages and expenses so as aforesaid assessed, to
all who are entitled and may apply for the same within the
said period of ten days, to proceed to open Ensor street, and
remove all obstructions from and out of the same in the man-
ner provided by the act to which this is a supplement.

Payment of dama-
ges—street opened

SEC, 7 And be it enacted, That the ninth section of the art
to which this is a supplement, and such other parts of the said
act as are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this- sup-
plement, are hereby repealed.

Repeal,