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branch of Patapsco, to be the eastern precincts, and the remain-
ing part thereof to be the western precincts.
2. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners be and they
are empowered to contract for and lay out such and so many par-
cels of ground within said limits as they shall judge convenient
and necessary, to be used for any public purpose, provided the
same can be bad at such price as the said commissioners shall
think just and reasonable; and the price of such parcels of
ground shall be assessed by the levy court of said county, upon
the western precincts, if situated therein, and on the eastern pre-
cincts if therein, and on the city, by the mayor and city council,
if within its limits, and collected and paid as other public assess-
ments, and when paid for, the said parcels of ground shall be
vested in the mayor and city council of Baltimore, if within the
city, and if in the precincts they shall be vested in the commis-
sioners of the precincts in which they may be, and be held for
public purposes.
3. And be it enacted, That in case of the death, refusal to act,
removal out of the county, or resignation, of any of said com-
missioners, or surveyor, those remaining, or a majority of them,
shall by appointment fill the vacancy so occasioned; and a majo-
rity of the whole number shall be competent to exercise the pow-
ers of the board; and the amount of the expenses which shall be
incurred by said commissioners in the execution of this act, shall
be by them divided between the city and both the precincts, in
such proportions as shall be thought fair and reasonable, and in
those proportions shall be assessed and levied, the city's propor-
tion by the. corporation, and the residue by the levy court of the
county on the assessable property within said precincts respec-
tively, and shall be collected as other public assessments, and
paid to the said commissioners or their order.
4. And be it enacted, That on application to the mayor and
city council of Baltimore, or to the commissioners of the eastern
or western precincts, as the case, may require, by petition in
writing, signed by the owners of a majority of the lots of ground
binding on any of the streets, squares, lanes or alleys, which
shall be laid out as aforesaid, praying that such street, square,
lane or alley, or extended part of a street, lane or alley, may be
opened and graded, or opened, graded and paved, it shall be the
duty of the said mayor and city council, and of the commission-
ers of the eastern and western precincts respectively, to proceed
to open and grade, or to open, grade and pave, such street,
square, lane or alley, or extend part of a street, lane or alley,
agreeably to the prayer of such petition; and it shall not he law-
ful to proceed to open, grade or pave, any street, square, lane or
alley, or extend part of a street, square, lane or alley, without
such application shall be made as aforesaid, and the several pro-
prietors of the ground over and through which any public streets,
squares, lanes or alleys, may run or be extended, shall not be en-
titled to any damages for improvements thereon, unless such im-
provements shall have been made before the laying out, extend-
ing or locating, by said commissioners, of such streets, lanes or
alleys.
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Dec. Ses. 1816
— to contract
for parcels of
ground to be
laid out for
public purpo-
ses.
Vacancies—
how expenses
to be defrayed.
On petition of
owners of lots
streets may be
opened and
paved.
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