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LAWS OF MARYLAND,

1811.

May next, summon twelve freeholders, inhabitants of
the said city and precincts, not interested in the pre-
mises, who being first sworn to assess and value what
damages shall be sustained by any person or persons
whomsoever, by reason of the opening and extending
the said street, shall proceed to assess and value what
damages may be sustained by any person or persons
whomsoever, by reason of opening and extending the
said street, and shall also declare what sum of money
each individual benefited thereby shall respectively
contribute and pay towards compensating the person
or persons injured by opening and extending the said
street, and the names of the person or persons, and
the sums of money which they shall respectively be
obliged to pay, shall be returned under their hands
and seals to the register aforesaid of the said city, to
be filed and kept in his office; and the person or per-
sons benefited by the opening of the said street, and
assessed as aforesaid, shall respectively pay the sum
or sums of money so charged and assessed to him or
them, with interest thereon, at the rate of six per cen-
tum from the time limited for the payment thereof.

Sums of money
charged to per-
sons benefited
shall be a lien
upon property.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That the sums of mo-
ney assessed and charged co each individual benefited
by extending and opening the aforesaid street, shall
be a lien upon, and bind all the property so benefited
thereby to the full amount thereof.

Persons not
paid for dama-
ges sustained,
may institute
suit, in county
court.

AND BE IT ENACTED, That in case the per-
son or persons injured by opening and extending the
said street shall not be paid the damages by them res-
pectively sustained and assessed as aforesaid, within
six months after the same shall be ascertained as
aforesaid, he, she or they shall and may institute suits
in Baltimore county court for the recovery thereof, in
which it shall be sufficient to declare for money had
and received; and this act and the proceedings under
the same shall be evidence lo support such action or
actions instituted as aforesaid.

Street shall not
be opened till
damages are
paid or secured
to be paid, with
legal interest,

AND BE IT ENACTED, That the street afore-
said shall not be extended or opened through the pro-
perty of any individual injured thereby, until the dam-
ages by them sustained and assessed as aforesaid, shall
be first paid or secured to be paid to their satisfaction,
together with legal interest thereon from the time of

ascertaining the damages by them respectively sus-

Relative to the
removal of ob-

structions.

AND BE IT EM ACTED, That in case the ob-
structions in the said street are not removed within
twenty days after the money charged and assessed as