The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-05-05
CHAPTER 1870.

CHAPTER 1870.
| AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, an Act to
make certain improvements in the vicinity oi
the State Live Stock Scales in Baltimore coun-
ty, passed at January session, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-four, chapter twenty-three, by
| enlarging the powers and duties of the Com
missioners therein named ruaoJ
Section. !. Be II enacted 6y the General Assem-
| 6ly of Margland, That John S. Berry, John Slack
! and Carey McClelland, CommissioieTS appointed
under the act of eighteen hundred and sixty y-four,
chapter twenty-three shall have power to locate,
superintend and complete the erection of q suita-
BILE bridge over Gwynn's Run where BALTIC. street,
Of the city of Baltimore, if ifextcnded, would pass
said stream, and to enter upon, locate, condemn
and open the road leading from the termination
of Baltimore street, in the direct line thereof, to
the Garrison Forest Road running between the
Calverton Turnpike Road and the Baltimore and
Frederick Turnpike Road, and to change the
grade of said road to be condemned and open,
and to gravel, curb and pave the same aud al
so TO change the grade of the Calverton Turnpike
Raod where it crosses Gwynn's Run; proOidet,,
that the written consent OF the owners of said
Calverton Turnpike to any proposed change OF
grade of said road shall be first obtained.
Sec. 2. And be IL enacted, That so much of the
section second, of the aforesaid original act, rs
declars that no allowance shall be made to any
of the property holders for any land required for
the bed of said street or road or for any material
on, adjacent to- or iu the vicinity Of the line OF
said street or road, be and the same is hereby
repealed. si90ao Hsa
Sec. 3. A,ld be it enacted, That said commission
erS, or O majority Ofthem, shall have power te
condemn any land ndrequired for the bed otthe said
street or road and also to condemn and take
away any material on, adjacent to, or in the VII
cinity of the line of said street or road that may
be required for the construction OF said bridge,
or the grading and construction OF the bed OF eRid
street or road and shsll have power 10 assess and
value the damages sustained by the owners of the
lauds over which the said road is TO be located,
or from which the said material may be taken,
taking into consideration tho benefits or adyan-
tages Of said road as the case may be, to such
owners this section not to be construed tointer-
fcre with the proviso in the fourth section.
Sec. 4. And be a enacted, That the said Com
missionere shall after having aecertained the whole
amount Of damages as aforesaid, aud the aggrc-
gate of the cost according TO the contracts en-
tered into, for building said bridge and grading,
| curbing and paving SAID road as provided IN the
! second section Of said act, and after having ad-
ded thereto, an estimate made by them OF the pro-
! hable amount Of expenses to be incurred in the
performance of the duties herein required of them,
Shall proceed TO assess and apportion the cost OF
| said improvements, damages and expenses IN the
following proportions, th6t is to say all pertain
| ing TO tho building of the bridge to be paid BY
the State of Maryland, and also, one-halt OF the
additional expenses for grading, cnrbing, paving
of said street or road, and for which purpose the
sum of five thousand dollars or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, ana
the other part TO be paid by the owners Of prop
crty on the line of said road or Within the county,
and adjacent thereto in the city of Baltimore,
| tho owners of which the said commissioners shall
adiudge to be benefited by said improvements,
apportioning them in just proportion, according
to the value of the benefit, which in the estinla-
ton of said commissioners will accrue to each OF
said owners, and the survey, plat aud aSsessmcn is
of damages, and benefits, when COMPLETED shall be
returned to the County Commissioners OF Baltl-
more county, and any persona deeining themselves
ag2rieved by said return and proceedings, shall
| have bearing before the County Commissioners,
| on a day 10 be uamed by said County CopmiS-
sioners. of which place aud ltime, official notice
shall be given to any such aEgrieved parties, by
! Clerk OF the Commissioners, at least one, week
before the day Of meeting Of the commissioners,
1 and the said County Commissioners shall have
| mower ro increase or diminish the assessment oi
| damages or benefits according 10 their judgement
| upon hearing, aud then proceed TO ratity and
| confirm said return, and cause the same to Oe NJ
ed for record, among the public records OF Baiti'
more county, III W OACAA vi lbS NIi
cult Court for said county. ~
! Sec. S. And be il enacted, That any person who
/ NAV be dissatisfied With said return, may within
] twenty days after the fling OF said corrected
plots and assessment appeal from said decision
| to the Circuit Court for Baltimore county, whe
| shall hare power to review the sameand the par
ties appealing shall have the right ofa jury trial
1 and the conrt is hereby authorized and directed
| 10 hear said appeal within thirty days after the
\ AZ for caid anpea1 ps
above stated and finally adjudge and decide iat
! same.
Sec. 6. AndJs enacted, That if 90 appeal shal
| have hecn taken within the time limited ia iht
aforegong then Immediately after said limited
time or Immediately after said decision ofan ap
| seaI shall have been made TO the Commissioners
they shall proceed forthwith to notify tue parties
assessed for benefits Of the several sums 90 assess
cd. and if the same benot paid within thirty days
thereafter. they shall proceed to sell the specific
lots or parcels OF land and premises on which sncl
| assessment shall remain unpaid ana on receipt o.
| the whole purchase nouey, shall execute q good
| deed in the law to the purchaser or purchaser
| for said property SO assessed, and after deduct
ing the costs OF sale, advertising and other expeu
ses they shall pay over the balance after deduct
| iut, The amount of assessment on. said property
10 the person or persons entitled thereto on de
mand without interest.
Sec. I. Ind be It eaqctsd That the said Com
missioners shall have power to retain COUNSEL ant
employ such clerical assistance as may DO abso
lutciy required for the prompt securement OF tn
objects contemplated in this act; the necesSar.
and reasonable expenses whereof, shall he includ
cd in their estimates of the cost OF work TO DC aI
portioned as herenbefore directed.
Sec. 8. lind be 1t enacted, That this act shal
/ take effect from the date OF its passage