JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1834.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the said judges of Bal-
timore City Court shall have full power, in their discretion,
to add the reasonable costs of any appeal as aforesaid to be
taxed by them, or any part thereof, to the damages to be
collected for the opening of the 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 such appeal, in their
opinion, shall justify.

CHAP. 43.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That each of the said com-
missioners shall be allowed two dollars per day, for each
day, and every day they are employed in carrying into ef-
fect the provisions of this act, and that the collector of the
city aforesaid, shall be allowed three per cent, on all sums
collected by him under the provisions of this law, which
per diem, advertising, locating, and commissions, are to be
considered and taken as a part of the expense of carrying
this law into effect, and are to be assessed and levied as
hereinbefore mentioned.

Compensation

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the said street shall not be
considered as opened, until the damages, to be by such
persons sustained and assessed as aforesaid, shall be first
paid to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, for the
use of the persons entitled to receive the same.

Payment prerequi-

site

Sec 10. And be it enacted, That the act passed at De-
cember session, eighteen hundred and twenty -one, chapter
one hundred and thirty two, and the supplement thereto,
passed at December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-one,
chapter two hundred and sixty-five, be and the same are
hereby repealed.

Act of 1821 re-

pealed

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That if the said Bottle Alley
be not opened, as hereinbefore provided, or if this act shall
not be approved of by the Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore, on or before the first day of September next, all
proceedings under this act shall stop, and the same be null
and void, and the said alley shall be declared closed there-
after, forever.

Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That no proceedings shall
take place under the within act, until the same shall have
been approved by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more.

Approval required