1706 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 702

(g) Upon all judgments rendered in such cases there shall
be a stay of judgment of thirty days and no longer, except
that either party may appeal to the Court of Appeals from
any ruling or decision of law decided by the Circuit Court.
If the defendant shall appeal and file a proper appeal bond,
the said stay of thirty days shall be counted from the affirm-
ance of such judgment if it shall be affirmed, and not from
the date of the judgment below.

105 STREETS, OPENED AND CLOSED, (a) The Mayor
and City Council also shall have power to lay out, open,
extend, widen, straighten, relocate or close any street or
alley, or part thereof, within the City. It shall assess and
levy either generally upon the whole assessable property
within the City or specially upon the property or persons
benefited, the whole or any part of the damages or expenses
incurred in any such work on a street or alley, such damages
or expenses to be determined by commissioners appointed to
assess the same. The compensation for damages to be paid
to any person shall be actually paid before any such work is
begun on a street or alley.

(b) The Mayor and City Council shall have power to enact
all ordinances necessary for the exercise of the powers vested
in it by this section. It shall give at least thirty days' notice
of the passage of any such ordinance, by advertisement in at
least two newspapers printed in the City; and it shall give
at least twenty days' notice of the passage of any such ordi-
nance by a notice in writing addressed to every owner of
property abutting on the street or alley on which such work
is proposed.

(c) The owner of any such abutting property shall be noti-
fied of any assessment of damages or benefits thereon, by a
notice in writing addressed to him at the address used for
mailing tax bills on said property.

(d) The City Engineer shall establish the grade for any
such work (except when the street or alley is to be closed)
and shall indicate it on a plat. A description thereof shall
be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Allegany County.

(e) Any person who shall feel aggrieved by the decision
of the commissioners appointed to assess any such work on a
street or alley, as to the amount of damages allowed him or
benefits assessed against him, may appeal to the Circuit
Court of Allegany County at any time within thirty days
after the said commissioners have made their return. The
appeal shall be made by filing a written notice thereof to the