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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 227

with interest charges and costs of sale, and for this purpose
the said collector is hereby clothed with all -the powers pos-
sessed by collectors of taxes under the Code of Public
General Laws.
SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the said commis-

Lamps to be
erected.

sioners may erect lamps in any of the streets, lanes or alleys
of said town, and cause the same to be lighted at the public
expense.
SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners
shall have the power to establish the limit and width of the

Streets to be
laid out, etc

streets of said town and to improve the same, and remove
obstructions therefrom, and may open new streets, lanes and
alleys; that the said commissioners shall have the power to
provide for the payment of damages and expenses of open-
ing, widening and laying out, grading, improving and keep-
ing in good condition, the streets, lanes, alleys and sidewalks
in said town, and for the purpose may levy and assess the
property adjoining such improvements to the extent the same
may be benefited thereby; provided, that the property
owners may appeal from their decision in like manner as
other similar appeals are taken to the Circuit Court of Kent
County.
SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That if, in opening or laying
out any new street or alley, the said commissioners cannot

Jury of inquest
appointed.

agree with the owner or owners of any land or property
wanted for the purpose, for the purchase, use or occupation
of the same, or if the owner is a feme covert, under age, or
non compos mentis, or out of Kent 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 sum-
mon a jury of twenty inhabitants of said county, of legal age,
not related to the parties, or in any wise interested, and from
such panel of twenty jurors, each party or his agent, or if
either be not present in person or by agent, the sheriff for
him, may strike off four jurors, and the remaining twelve
shall act as a jury of inquest of damages, to meet on the
land or near the property to be valued, on a day to be named
in the warrant, not less than ten or more than twenty days
after the issuing of the same; that the sheriff shall, before

Oath to be
taken.

the jury shall proceed to act, administer an oath to each that
he will justly and impartially value the damages the owners