340 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

at the end of the first and second years. The said Commis-
sioners shall receive a salary of one thousand eight hundred
dollars each per annum, payable monthly. The said Commis-
sioners shall be charged with the duty of opening, extending,
widening, straightening or closing any street, lane, alley or part
thereof situated in Baltimore City whenever the same shall
have been directed by ordinance to be done, and shall perform
such other duties as the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
may by ordinance prescribe. The said Commissioners shall
appoint a Clerk, who shall be paid a salary of one thousand five
hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, and shall per-
form such duties as the Commissioners may prescribe. The
said Commissioners may also appoint such other employees
as the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by ordinance may
direct, and fix their compensation, not to exceed in the aggre-
gate the amount appropriated by ordinance.

173. The Clerk of said Commissioners shall keep a record
of their proceedings in a book provided for the purpose, and in
such form as the City Solicitor may prescribe; and the said
Clerk shall record in said book all orders made by the Commis-
sioners in regard to the performance of their duties, and make
true copies of all notices by them directed to be published, and
of the certificate of the publication thereof, and shall perform
such other clerical duties as the said Commissioners shall
require.

174. When the said Commissioners shall assess a sum of
money to be paid by any person or persons, for benefits derived
by such person or persons from opening, extending, widening,
straightening or closing any street, lane or alley, or part there-
of, and shall assess a sum of money to be paid to the same
person or persons for damages sustained by said opening,
extending, widening, straightening or closing, it shall and may
be lawful, upon a certificate of title from the City Solicitor, for
the City Register or City Collector to receive from such person
or persons an assignment for the sum or sums so assessed as
damages aforesaid.

175. Whenever the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
shall hereafter by ordinance direct the Commissioners for