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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from July 1, 1948.

Approved June 1, 1948.

CHAPTER 61
(House Bill 32)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Chapter
150, of the Laws of the General Assembly of Maryland
1914, entitled "An Act to Carry Out the Provisions of the
Amendment, Adding Section 40-A, to Article 3, of the Con-
stitution", relating to condemnation proceedings in Balti-
more City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Chapter 150 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland 1914, entitled "An Act to Carry Out the Pro-
visions of the Amendment, Adding Section 40-A, to Article 3,
of the Constitution", be, and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

1. Whenever the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall
hereafter provide, by ordinance, for the laying out, opening,
extending, widening or straightening of any highway, street,
square, lane or alley in Baltimore City, such ordinance may
provide that the Department of Assessments shall proceed
to acquire the property necessary, in accordance with Sec-
tion 225 and following, of the City Charter (1938 Edition),
or said ordinance may provide that the property necessary
to be acquired for such layng out, opening, extending, widen-
ing or straightening, may be acquired by proceedings in the
Baltimore City Court, under Article 33-A, of the Annotated
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland (Flack's Edition,
1939), and that, after the damages to be awarded shall have
been ascertained by such proceedings, then the Department
of Assessments shall proceed to assess the benefits for said;
laying out, opening, extending, widening or straightening,
in the same manner as if the damages had been assessed by
it under Section 228 of the Baltimore City Charter (1938
Edition), and it shall state in the report the amount of
damages assessed by the proceedings in Court to the various;
owners, and the expenses of said court proceedings, and
its own proceedings. Before any such benefits and damages
are assessed, there shall be filed with the Department of
Assessments, a profile map or plat showing the grade of
the proposed highway, street, square, lane or alley with,
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