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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 798

Notice to be
published in
two
newspapers.

or re-paving is proceeded with, shall cause a notice to be
inserted in two daily newspapers published in the city of Bal-
timore, once a week for four successive weeks, notifying all
persons and corporations that, upon the expiration of a day
to be named in said notice, said day not to be less than six
weeks from the date of the first insertion of said notice, he
will proceed with said paving or re-paving, and warning
said persons and corporations to obtain permits for and to
complete all work that might in any way necessitate the
digging or tearing up of the said street, lane or alley, or any
part thereof, when so paved or re-paved, before said day ;
and written or printed notices of like tenor and effect shall
likewise, at least four weeks before the expiration of said
day, be served by the city engineer, or on his behalf, upon

Proviso.

all persons or corporations that he may suppose to be inter-
ested in receiving such notices; provided, however, that the
service of such last-mentioned notices shall not be so con-
strued as to be one of the pre-requisites to the validity of the
proceedings by the city under this and the succeeding sec-
tion of this article.
86 C. The said pavement or re-pavement when thereafter

Pavement to
be dug up
only in
special
emergency.

laid shall in no event be dug or torn up, in whole or in part,
at the instance of or by any person or corporation, unless
in the case of some special emergency that could not under
the circumstances be reasonably expected to have been fore-
seen by said person or corporation, except upon a permit
obtained therefor, signed and issued by the Mayor and city
engineer jointly, which said permit said Mayor and city
engineer are expressly empowered, in their absolute discre-
tion, to issue or withhold, as the circumstances may appear
to them to warrant. In case the said Mayor and city engi-
neer determine to issue said permit they may attach such
conditions and terms thereto as they may deem right and
proper.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1906.