EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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shall be required by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more to be given, and shall be given by said commission to
all persons interested before the final ascertainment of the
amount of assessment to be paid by any such property ;
and provided, however, further, that provision shall be made
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for the right
of appeal to the Baltimore City Court, including the right
of appeal to the Court of Appeals by any person or persons
interested, including the city itself, from the decision of said

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commission in determining the amount of assessment to be
paid by any such property. The Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore is hereby empowered to pass any and all such
ordinances not repugnant to the provisions of this section
of this Act as may be necessary or proper in its judgment
to fully effectuate the objects of this section of this Act, or
any of them. All money derived from said assessments,
and all interest thereon, when collected, shall be held, used
and applied in such manner as the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore shall prescribe for the payment, so far as said
money will go, of the amounts of stock of the said corpo-
ration issued as hereinbefore mentioned, and of the interest
to accrue thereon.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and

May pass
certain
ordinances.

City Council of Baltimore be and it is hereby likewise
authorized to impose upon all street railway companies
occupying with their tracks parts of the beda of streets,
avenues or other highways in the city of Baltimore upon
which work shall be done under this Act, of the obligation
to pay for said work so far as the same shall be done between
the rails of their said tracks, and for a space of two feet on
either side thereof, and the Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore is further authorized to enforce said obligation
by all such appropriate agencies, means, processes, pro-
ceedings and remedies as it may ordain for the purpose ;
but nothing in this Act shall be taken as in anywise relieving
any such company or any other corporation or person from
any obligations in its or his relations to the public highways
of the city of Baltimore now cast upon it or him by law.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That while the work
authorized by this Act is being done by said commission the
respective duties and powers of the city engineer and com-
missioner of street cleaning and other city officials in their

Impose tax on
all street
railway com-
panies.