342 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

proposed object; and the whole amount of such valuation, when
finally decided on, shall be paid, or tendered to the said owner
or owners, before any part thereof shall be destroyed, removed
or used, unless such owner or owners shall assent thereto in
writing, as now provided for by law. And the said Commis-
sioners, after giving ten days' notice in two of the daily news-
papers of the City of the time and place, manner and terms of
sale, shall sell by public auction to the highest bidder, the mate-
rials of any house or houses which it shall be necessary to re-
move, in whole or in part, and also the residue of any lot, of
which a part shall be taken and used to effect the object con-
fided to the Commissioners, and which residue shall have been,
with the consent of the Commissioners aforesaid, surrendered
by the owners thereof as aforesaid ; the purchase money to be
paid when full possession shall be given of the property or ma-
terials so sold. And the said Commissioners, or a majority of
them, on receiving the purchase money aforesaid, and not
before, shall by a good and sufficient deed convey the lot or lots
of ground by them so sold to the purchaser. And all such sales
shall be made before the Commissioners shall proceed to assess
the amount of damages and expenses as may be directed to be
assessed by ordinances relating to the condemnation of streets.
And the said Commissioners are duly empowered to take and
receive a good and sufficient bond from the purchaser or pur-
chasers aforesaid, with a penalty to the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, conditioned that the purchase money shall be
duly paid at such time as the said Commissioners are prepared
to deliver possession of said lot, or lots and improvements, or
improvements, as the case may be, and conditioned further, that
said purchaser or purchasers shall remove, within sixty days
thereafter, from the bed of the street all such materials so sold,
and all rubbish or other obstructions in said street occasioned
thereby, and in the event of the purchaser or purchasers not
complying with the terms of said sale, the Commissioners shall
re-sell the said lot, or lots and improvements, or improvements,
as the case may be, at the risk of the former purchaser or pur-
chasers, giving not less than five days' notice of said re-sale in
two of the daily newspapers of the City aforesaid; provided,
however, that when in the judgment of the said Commissioners
a part only of the whole of a lot, or a part of the whole of the