The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-04-20
AUGUSTUS GAssAWAY,
Secretary Senate
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk of House OF Delegates.

The following are the provisions OF the Act
passed in 1870, chapter 50
SECTION l.. BE it enacted, by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That the County Com
missioners of Baltimore county shall appoint
three persons to be called and styled Street
Commissioners to be appointed Immediately
after the passage of this Act, to hold their
Office during the term of one year, and to be
appointed annually thereafter, and the SAID
Street Commissioners shall reside in Baltimore
county, and they shall cause to be surveyed
and laid off by competent surveyor and such
other assistants as may be necessary on such
terms as may be agreed upon by the County
Commissioners, all that part of the county
adjoining the line of the City Of Baltimore, not
eSceeding the distance of two miles from said
city line !; and not less than one mile, at the
d. SFets0na of - Street. Commissioners, and
the said Street Commissioners shall lay out
upon the whole ground contained within the
said boundaries all such streets, avenues
N9uares or alleys as they shall deem proper
and convenient, the said streets, avenues or al
leys, to be laid Off in conformity with the
streets of Baltimore city, so far as practicable
and cause the same and the limits aforesaid tc
be marked with so many and such durable
landmarks as they shall think necessary, and
return plats of said survey and location, with
proper explanations TO the County Commits
siOners of Baltimore county, within thirty days
after the completion OF The same, to be by them
filed and recorded in book kept for that pur-
pose, and preserved as other records Of theil
office.
SECTION 2. And be it enacted. That the said
County Commissioners shall cause notice 10 be
published in each of the newspapers published
in Baltimore county, and ii one of the papers
published in Baltimore city. once q week. fol
three successive weeks, that said plat and pro-
ceedings had been returned to the office OF said
County Commissioners, and that unless Objec
tions are filed on or before day to be named
by said Commissioners in said advertisement
not exceeding thirty days from the return made
by said Street Commissioners, that the same
will be ratified and confirmed, but if objections
are made within the time required by this Act
then the said County Commissioners are hereby
authorized and directed to hear and determine
said objections, and to amend alter or change
the location of such streets, alleys, avenues and
squares, or any part of such streets, avenues
alleys or squares as in their judgment shall
seem right and Just, and when so ratified shall
be public streets, avenues, alleys and squares
and shall be- opened, graded, AID paved, as
hereinafter provided; Provided nevertheless
that any person aggrived by the decision OF
order Of said County Commissioners, may APP
peal to the Circuit Court for Baltimore county
at any time within sixty days after the time Of
making such decision or order.
SECTION 8. And be it enacted, That on APP
plication to the said County Commissioners by
petition in writing, signed by the owner or
owners of q majority Of front feel Of ground
bounding and fronting on any street, avenue,
alley or square, which shall be laid out as
aforesaid, praying that such streets, alleys,
avenues or squares may be opened, it shall be
the duty of said County Commissioners to pro-
coed to open such streets, avenues, squares or
alleys, agreeably to the prayer of SAID owner
or owners, and it shall not be lawful to open
any avenue, street, square or alley without
such application shall be made aforesaid,
and the owner or owners of the ground over
and through which any public street, avenue,
square or alley may run, or any public square
be located, shall not be entitled any damages
for improvements thereon, unless such i'm
provements shall have been made before the
locating or laying out of such street, avenue,
square or alley, by said Street Commissioners,
and that no petition of the owner or owners of
ground located as aforesaid, shall be entertain
ed bv the County Commissioners, unless the
street, avenue, alley or public square asked to
be opened by said Commissioners, shall extend
the distance of one square, that is from street
to street or alley.
SECTION 5. And be it enacted, That whenever
the owners owning majority of the front feet
bounding on any street, avenue, alley or pub
lie square, shall petition the County Commits
soners in writing for the grading, paving,
graveling or using any other suitable material
on said street, avenue, alley or public square,
the said County Commissioners shall direct
the said Street Commissioners to give three
weeks public notice by advertising in such
county and city papers as they may agree upon
of such application, and that they will receive
proposals and make contracts with the lowest
responsible person for the grading, for sup
ply of curb, gutter and flag stones, aud for the
paving and for the setting of the curb, gutter,
ON HaU StaOaE of said sfrnat aliay
and the said Street Commissioners are hereby
ordered and directed Immediately after giving
out of the contracts for paving or other work to
be doue upon such street, avenue or alley, they
shall proceed to impose tax upon the owner
or owners of the property fronting or bounding
on such street, avenue or alley, or the part
thereof TO be paved, equal in amount to the
whole expense Of regulating, paving furnish
ing and setting curb, and gutter stones on said
street. avenue or alley, and it shall be the duty
of said Street Commissioners TO assess and lay
the said tax upon the owner or owners of pro
perty upon each side of said street. avenue Or
alley or square, or part thereof, to be paved,
and the said tax shall be assessed and levied
upon, and collected upon the owner or owners
of said property, and said tax shall be collected
by said Street Commissioners as county taxes
are now collected, and in no case whatever
shall Baltimore county be made responsible
for the opening, grading, or paving or any ex-
penses attending the same, anda clause to that
effect shall be inserted in all contracts to pave,
open or grade any street, avenue or alley and
the said Street Commissioners Immediately
after the making said assessment shall cause
plat of said street, avenue or alley to be made,
and to return the same together with fall re-
port of the name or names of the owner or
owners, owning the property fronting or
bounding on eaid street, avenue or alley, and
the amount levied or assessed upon each enc Of