1832.

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAP. 194.

of the estate, whereof the late Colonel Howard aforesaid,
died, seized, to wit: all that part of the said estate which
lies to the north of Centre street, and East of Howard
street, and all that part which lies to the South of Great
Montgomery street and East of William street; the city
commissioners of the city of Baltimore, with the approba-
tion of the Mayor, shall be empowered to cause the same
to be dug down or filled up in a substantial manner to its
proper grade, and the cost of such grading shall be asses-
sed upon the property fronting on the part of the street,
lane or alley so graded, in the same manner as the cost of
paving is assessed, and shall be a lien upon the several lots
for the sums respectively assersed, and shall be recovered
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore from the pro-
prietors of the said property respectively, by the same re-
medies as the cost of paving is now recovered by them;

Proviso

provided always, that the part of such street, lane or alley
so proposed to be graded shall have been previously con-
demned or opened to the public; and that all the land to
be charged with the cost of such graduation or levelling be
represented, in the application aforesaid, by the proprietors
thereof or their authorised agents or by their guardians
aforesaid, respectively, and that the proportional cost of
grading the squares of intersection formed by the crossing
of any street, lane or alley by another street, lane or alley,
shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
as is now done in the case of paving; and the guardians

Accounts allowed.

aforesaid shall be respectively allowed, in their accounts
with the estates of their said wards, for all sums of money
with which those estates may be lawfully charged by the
said Mayor and City Council, on account of such grading
done on any such application as aforesaid, and which may
be paid by said guardians.

Authority as to

Wharf, &c.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That if at any time hereafter
during the minority of either of the said infants, it shall
appear to either of the guardians aforesaid, that it would
be advantageous to the estate of his or her ward, respect-
ively, that any wharf or other lot, in the city of Baltimore,
belonging to the said ward, should be filled up or dug down
and secured at its proper grade, or that any portion of a
street, lane, or alley, whereon the property of the said ward
may be situate, should be dug down or filled up to its pro-

Private contract

authorised

per grade, and that the same can be done more advanta-
geously for the ward by private contract, without the inter-
vention of the city commissioners, then it shall be lawful
for such guardian to state the circumstances, by petition, to