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	612	LAWS OF MARYLAND. and Highways," be and the same is hereby repealed and re- enacted with amendments, so as to read as follows : 807. Before they shall pass any ordinance under section 806- of this Article, notice shall be givon by advertisement pub- lished once a week for six consecutive weeks in two of the
	Notice to be given.	daily newspapers in the said city, that application shall be made for the passage of such ordinance, which notice shall set forth clearly, in the case of laying out, opening or extending any street, square, lane or alley, the length or width of sucn> street, square, lane or alley, or part thereof to be laid out, opened or extended, and in the case of widening or straighten- ing shall set forth clearly both the present and the intended width, and also the length of any street, lane or alley, or part thereof intended to be widened or straightened, and in case of closing shall set forth clearly the length and width of the street, lane or alley, or any part thereof, intended to be closed; and notice shall also be given by riling in the office of the commis- sioners for opening streets on or before the first day of such
	Map to be prepares.	publication, a map on the scale, not smaller than fifty feet to the inch, prepared by some competent surveyor, whose name shall be signed to the same, which, in case of laying out, open- ing, extending, widening or straightening shall show the course and the lines of the projected improvement, and also the lots and building thereon which shall be taken or destroyed, in whole or in part, and which, in the case of closing, shall show the street, lane or alley, or part thereof, intended to be closed, and also the abutting lots and the improvements thereon. It shall be the duty of the commissioners to endorse on said map their names, with the date of its being filed in their office, and to keep the said map where the public may have access to it, whenever the said map may be needed for the purpose of being shown at any meeting of the City Council or of any committee thereof, they may, on the. written order or request of the president of either branch of the City Council or of the chairman of such committee, and on obtaining his receipt therefor, allow the said map to be taken from their office for that purpose, to be returned on the following day.
	Effective.	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 4th, 1896.