The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-04-20
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PUBLIC LOCAL Law
ENACTED JANUARY SESSION, 1872.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER 3S7.

CHAPTER 3S7.
AN ACT TO repeal section four of an Act passed
by the General Assembly of Maryland at it's
January Session eighteen hundred and
seventy, chapter ninety mine, entitled An
Act to lay off streets in Baltimore county,
adjoining Baltimore city, and to repeal GER
tain Acts inconsistent Herewith, and 10 re-
enact the same with amendments.
SECTION L. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That section four Of an
Act passed by the General Assembly of Mary
land, at its January Session eighteen hundred
and seventy, chapter ninety-nlne, entitled An
Act to lay off streets in Baltimore county, adj
joining Baltimore city, and to repeal ce. tain
Acts inconsistent Herewith, be, and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:
A. Whenever the said Street Commissioners
shall proceed to lay of, open, or grade any
street, avenue, square Or alley in pursuance Of
this Act, or of any supplement thereto, they
shall on oath or affirmation, value and de
termine the damages and benefits, which any
owner or owners, over whose ground the same
may pass will receive thereof, taking into con-
sderation all advantages and disadvantages,
and also considering where the line, location
or bed of any private road, street or avenue is
adopted in whole or in part, the reasonable costs
of the same, and allowing to the owner or
owners of such private road, street or avenue,
such ust sum by way of damages as may
suffice to place the said owner or owners upon
equal footing with the other parties interested
and assessed. And the said Street Commits
soners after having ascertained as aforesaid
the whole amount OF said damages, and ha wing
added thereto an estimate by them made Of
the probable cost of construction of such street,
square, avenue or alley, shall assess the gross
amount OF such damages and costs Of cOnstruc-
tion, in such proportion as may be fair and
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ments in said county, which shall in the
opinion of said Street Commissioners be bene-
flied by the opening or grading Of said street,
avenue, square or alley, and within twenty
days after making such assessment shall re-
port the same, with all necessary and proper
plats and explanations to the County Commits
sioners of Baltimore county, who shall there
upon after giving the notice required by sec
ton two, of this Act, proceed to ratify and con-
firm the same, unless written objections thereto
shall have been filed within the time limited
in said notice. And if such objections have
been duly filed, the said County Commits
sioners shall proceed as soon as convenience
permits to hear and determine the same, Of
which hearing the parties interested shall have
notice and may confirm, alter, reverse or
amend such assessment or award of damages
and benefits, as equity and fairness may re-
quire subject to appeal, and when such assess
ment of award Of damages and benefits shall
have been finally ratified and confirmed the
award, if for damages, shall be paid by the
County Commissioners, to the parties entitled
to receive the same, within ninety days after
the final confirmation of such award, and if
for benefit shall be considered as a tax upon
the property assessed and shall be paid to the
County Commissioners, within sixty days after
final confirm alton OF such award and assess
ment. And in defaulj 81 such payment shall
be collected as other taxes are collected in
Baltimore county.
SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That all Acts
and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith, be,
and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. And be it enacted That this Act
shall take effect from the date Of its passage
Approved April lst, 1872.
VIM. PINKNEY WHYTE,
Governor.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is
true copy OF an act which passed the General
Assembly of Maryland, atthe January Session,
1872.
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