880 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

miles of Baltimore City, to be regularly and consecutively
numbered, the said numbers to begin at the point on said
streets nearest to the City of Baltimore, if such streets, roads
and avenues shall extend from or near any boundary line of
said City, outward; but on any streets which run parallel to
any boundary line of said City, the numbers shall begin at
such point as the County Commissioners shall select; the said
numbers shall be established and placed by the County Com-
missioners according to what is known as the decimal plan;
provided, that the expense of each number plate required to
be furnished as aforesaid shall not exceed the sum of twenty-
five cents, the expense to be paid by the owner or occupier of
the premises; and any owner or occupier shall have the privilege
of replacing any number plate so furnished with another, pro-
vided the same number be retained.

403. Any person who shall refuse to permit the number plate
so placed on his premises by the County Commissioners to be
and remain thereon, or who shall alter, deface or remove such
number plate, except as provided in the preceding Section,
shall forfeit and pay a fine of ten dollars for every such offense,
to be recovered as other fines are directed to be recovered by law.

404. The County Commissioners shall have full power and
authority to grade, regulate and keep in repair the foot-ways
or sidewalks of all open and travelled streets, avenues and
alleys in Baltimore County according to and in conformity
with such rules and regulations as are recognized in and pro-
vided for in Article 4 of the Code of Public Laws, title "City
of Baltimore," and the ordinances of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, passed in conformity therewith, for the
construction, grading and keeping repair of footways or side-
walks in the City of Baltimore.

405. The County Commissioners are hereby authorized and
directed, in all cases where the owner of ground fronting
on any of the streets, avenues or alleys in Baltimore County
cannot be found at the time when footways or sidewalks of
said streets, avenues or alleys are out of order, to cause
to be published in one or more newspapers published in
Baltimore County, once a week for three successive weeks,
and in one or more newspapers published in Baltimore City,
once a week for three successive weeks, that the foot
ways or sidewalks in front of the ground or premises referred
to and specified in said advertisements are out of order or in
want of repair, and to cause to be published a notice of their