252 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

necessary, in order to make such changes in the grades of
streets, to obtain the consent of any of the proprietors of the
ground fronting on said streets, or affected by such changes.
To make such provisions as it shall deem best for defraying the
cost of grading and paving of any streets or avenues which it
may lay out and condemn along the margin or side of Jones's
Falls. To issue bonds to an amount not exceeding two mil-
lions five hundred thousand dollars, from time to time, as the
same may be required in the course of the construction of the
works connected with the improvement of Jones's Falls, for
the construction of which provision is made by the ordinance
of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, entitled, "An ordi-
nance to provide for the improvement of Jones's Falls within
the limits of the City of Baltimore, and to open avenues and
construct sewers on the borders thereof," the said bonds to be
issued in sums of not less than one hundred dollars each, re-
deemable in thirty years, and bearing interest at 6 per cent, per
annum, payable quarterly, transferable as other City bonds, as
provided in sections one and two of an ordinance of the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, entitled, "An ordinance to au-
thorize the issuing of bonds of the City of Baltimore, for the
purpose of providing means for the improvement of Jones's
Falls," approved January 31, 1870; provided, that said bonds
shall not be issued unless the last mentioned ordinance shall be
approved by the votes of a majority of the legal voters of the
said City, cast at the time and places provided for in the last
mentioned ordinance. To compel any individuals, companies
or bodies politic, owning property binding on Jones's Falls,
within the limits of the City, to wall up such property, so far
as the same may bind on the falls, with a good and sufficient
stone wall, to such height as in its judgment the public good
may require, and to have the same backed up or filled in with
earth, so as to secure the same and the adjacent property from
danger of being inundated with water; and whenever it may
deem necessary, to compel individuals, companies or bodies
politic, to rebuild or repair, in a good and sufficient manner,
any stone wall owned by them and binding on Jones's Falls
within the limits of the City of Baltimore; and should any indi-
viduals, companies or bodies politic neglect or refuse to wall up
Jones's Falls, rebuild or repair any such wall within the limits of