T. WATKINS LIGON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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wise appropriated, to pay to William Cooke and Geo.
D. Tewsbury, commissioners appointed by an act
entitled an act to provide for the erection of an ad-
ditional tobacco warehouse in the city of Baltimore,
passed at the session of eighteen hundred and fifty-
three.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Comptrol-
er of the Treasury issue his warrant, and the Trea-
surer pay to William Cooke and George D. Tewks-
bury, commissioners as aforesaid, the sum of one
thousand dollars, which shall be in full for their ser-
vices as commissioners aforesaid.

Treasurer to
pay.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted , That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

CHAPTER 164.

In force.

AN ACT relating to the grading and paving of North
Avenue, in the city of Baltimore, supplementary
to an act entitled "an act to vest certain powers in
the corporation of the city of Baltimore, in rela-
tion to streets," passed on the twenty-third of
March, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.

Passed Mar.
8, 1856.

SECTION 1. Be. it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That on the application in writing
of a majority in front feet of the owners of the land,
in Baltimore county, and in the city of Baltimore,
fronting on said Avenue, or in any part thereof, to
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, to have
the same, or such part thereof as such majority may
apply for, graded or paved, or both graded and
paved, they shall have full power and authority, (if
in their opinion consistent with the public good,) to
allow the same, and to provide for ascertaining wheth-
er any, and what amount of benefit or damage will
be caused thereby to the owners of the land, on each
side of said North Avenue, both in said city and Bal-
timore county, for which said owner or owners should
be compensated, or ought to pay a compensation, by

reason of the grading or paving, or both, as afore-

Invested with
power and au-
thority.