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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

contained shall have the effect of invalidating in any

way the condemnation assessments, contracts or pro-

ceedings of any kind heretofore made and now

pending in reference to the opening and construc-

tion of Edmondson avenue, in Baltimore county, the

work or which is now in progress, and all appliances,

proceedings and contracts now in operation, shall

be continued, and all further proceedings necessary

for the completion of said avenue, shall and may be

had and taken under any and all laws at any time

heretofore in force, in the same manner as if the

said laws had not been repealed.

SEC. 3. And. be it enacted, That all streets, avenues

Streets or

and alleys which may have been laid off under the

avenues.

act of eighteen hundred and seventy, chapter ninety-

nine, the supplemental act of eighteen hundred and

seventy-two, chapter seventy-eight, the act of eigh-

teen hundred and seventy-two, chapter three hun-

dred and eighty-seven, or which may have been or

may hereafter be laid off under proceedings or con-

tracts now pending under the acts of eighteen hun-

dred and seventy-four, chapter four hundred and

forty-one, and the plat or plats of which have been

or may hereafter be ratified and confirmed by the

County Commissioners of Baltimore county or by

the Circuit Court for said county, as the case may

be, or any streets, avenues or alleys that may be laid

off, under the provisions of this act, and the plat or

plats of which may be ratified and confirmed by the

said County Commissioners or by the Circuit Court

of Baltimore county, as the case may be. shall be

and they are hereby declared to be beds of streets,

Be condemn'd

avenues and alleys, and' shall be condemned as

streets, avenues and alleys, and opened, graded and

constructed and macadamized, graveled, shelled,

paved or curbed, as hereinafter provided for; and

whenever the grade has been established or any

street, avenue or alley, or any portion thereof, for

which application may be made to condemn, open,

grade and construct, the grades established shall be

conformed to in the grading and construction of the

same, and whenever the grade has not been estab-

lished on any street, avenue or alley, or such part

thereof as may be applied for to be condemned,