1829.
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. 206.
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time to time, and may cause all such appeals to be
consolidated,
or hear and decide them separately, and may require the
said commissioners, their clerks, surveyor, and all such other
persons as they shall deem necessary, to attend, and examine
them on oath or affirmation, and may permit and require all
such explanations, amendments and additions to be made to,
and of the said return, as the said judges shall deem requisite
and proper, and the said judges in their discretion may direct
the sheriff of Baltimore county, to summon twelve or more
persons qualified to be jurors of their court, and may empannel
any twelve disinterested jurors so summoned or attending
the court, to try any question of fact, or to ascertain and decide
on the amount assessed and levied as aforesaid, under the
direction of the said court; and the said judges shall not reject
or set aside the return of the commissioners for any defect or
omission, either in form or substance, but shall amend and
supply all such defects and omissions, and reduce or increase
the amount of said levy or assessment, and alter, modify
and correct said return in all or any of its parts, as to the
said judges or a majority of them shall seem just and proper,
and shall cause their proceedings and decision on the said return
and appeal, certified by their clerk, under the seal of their
court, to be transmitted to the register of the city of Baltimore,
which shall be final and conclusive in every respect;
and the said judges of Baltimore city court shall have full
power in their discretion, to add the reasonable costs of any
appeal, to be taxed or assessed by them, to the damages to be
collected for the opening of said street, or to require such
costs or any part thereof, to be paid by all or either of the
appellants, as the circumstances of each appeal in their opinion
shall justify.
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Ratification required.
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Sec. 7. And be it enacted,
That nothing in this act shall
be of any force or effect until approved by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore.
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Passed Feb. 24, 1830.
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CHAPTER 207.
An act to authorise the leasing of certain property in Baltimore
county.
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Authority granted.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
James Howard, of Baltimore county, guardian of his minor
children, viz: Juliana E. Howard, Charles R. Howard, Margaretta
S. Howard, and John E. Howard, be, and he is hereby
authorised and empowered, with the consent of the Orphan's
Court of said county, to execute a lease for any term not exceeding
ten years, to any person or persons, of all the right,
title and interest of said minors, in and to certain property situated
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