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841. All streets, avenues or alleys lying in that portion of
Baltimore City, formerly constituting a portion of Baltimore
County, and in pursuance of the Act of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1888, chapter 98, recently annexed to the said
City of Baltimore, which had prior to such annexation become
streets, avenues or alleys in Baltimore County, whether by deed
or dedication, shall be held for all purposes to validly consti-
tute streets, avenues or alleys of Baltimore City, in all respects
as if the same had been legally condemned as such by the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore.

SURVEYOR.

842. A copy of the plat of the City of Baltimore from the
record thereof in the Mayor's office, or from the record thereof
in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore
City, duly certified under seal by the keeper of such records,
respectively, shall be evidence.

TAXES.

843. All taxes now levied, or which hereafter may be levied
in the City of Baltimore, shall be collected within four years
from the levying of the same; and the collection of taxes shall
not be enforced by law after the lapse of said four years, and
the party from whom said taxes may be demanded may plead
this section in bar of any recovery of the same. Any person
enforcing or attempting to enforce the collection of any tax
after the lapse of four years, shall be liable to a penalty of
twenty dollars for each and every offence, recoverable before a
Justice of the Peace, in the name of the State, one-half to the
informer, the other half to the City of Baltimore.

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