736 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 238

General Assembly of Maryland, 1924, by repealing Section
58B thereof, and re-enacting the same in different form, and
with amendments, and to still be designated as Section 58B,
when re-enacted in different form, with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 58B of Article 10 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Dorchester County, ''
sub-title "Cambridge, " as enacted by Chapter 128 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland, 1924, be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted in different form and with
amendments, so as to read as follows:

58B. That the "Commissioners of Cambridge" shall, and
it does have the power to provide by ordinance, for locating,,
opening, grading, graveling, surfacing, shelling, macadam-
izing, paving and curbing, or for regrading, regraveling, re-
filling, remacadamizing, repaving or recurbing, using any
material or substance for such purpose, as in its discretion
shall be most fit and proper, and to change, locate or re-locate
from time to time, as need requires, in doing any of the afore-
said street improving, to any street, lane, alley or any public
thoroughfare within the corporate limits of the City of Cam-
bridge, which street, lane, alley or any public thoroughfare or
part thereof is now held by it, condemned, ceded, dedicated
or opened as a public highway or thoroughfare, or which
may hereafter be held by it, condemned, ceded, dedicated,,
located, opened, widened, straightened or altered, in any form,
according to the laws and ordinances regulating the same now
enacted or that may hereafter be enacted and ordained, with
full power to change the grade line, width, length, course or
direction of any public street or public highway within the
said corporate limits, and to acquire land and property for the
purpose of making any such improvement by purchase from
the owners, if possible, by agreement, with the owners as to
price, or by condemnation as provided by law, if unable to
acquire by purchase agreement.

To have the power to assess the cost of any such work or
improvement, such assessment not to exceed one-half of the
cost thereof, upon any property binding upon such street,
lane, alley or highway or public thoroughfare or part thereof,
the amount to be assessed upon the property to be so assessed
that one-fourth of the total cost shall be upon the property on
one side of a street, and one-fourth of the total cost on the