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shall ascertain will be incurred in constructing, opening, enlarg-
ing or straightening any sewer in any street, lane or alley, or
through any private property in said City; to provide for grant-
ing appeals to the court having jurisdiction thereof in Baltimore
City, from the decision of any commissioners or other persons
appointed in virtue of any ordinance to ascertain the damage
which will be incurred or the benefits which will accrue to the
owners or possessors of any ground or improvements for con-
structing, opening, enlarging or straightening in any street,
lane or alley, or through any private property, any sewer which
in their opinion the public welfare or convenience may require,
and for securing to every such owner or possessor the right on
application within a reasonable time to have decided by a jury
trial whether any damage and what amount of damage has been
caused, or whether any benefit and what amount of benefit, has
accrued to them; and to provide for collecting and paying over
the amount of compensation adjudged to each person to receive
the same, or investing in stock of said corporation, bearing in-
terest of five per centum per annum, for the use of any person
who, because of infancy, absence from the City, or other cause,
may be prevented from receiving it, before any sewer shall be
constructed, opened, enlarged or straightened in any street,
lane or alley, or through any private property, and to enact and
pass all ordinances from time to time which shall be deemed
necessary and proper to exercise the power and effect the ob-
jects herein specified.

819. The amount of benefits assessed on any property for
constructing, opening, enlarging or straightening any sewer in
any street, lane or alley, or through any private property, con-
structed, opened, enlarged or straightened by virtue of any
ordinance passed by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
shall be a lien on the property and recoverable as City taxes are.

820. No private sewer or drain shall be constructed, altered
or repaired without a permit from the City Engineer.