JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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opened, graded and constructed, it shall be the duty

of the examiner or of the examiners hereinafter pro-

vided for, as the case may be, to have the grade

Have grade

established on such street, avenue or alley, or por-

established.

tion thereof, and the same shall be graded and con-

structed in accordance with such grade, and in

establishing any grade, the location of the streets,

avenues or alleys already laid off and adjacent there-

to, and the general topography of the surrounding

grounds must be taken into consideration.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That whenever it may

be desirable to have any street or avenue, which.

May make

may have been already laid off, extended beyond its

application .

present terminus, the owner or owners of a majority

of front feet of ground bounding and fronting on

any portion of said street or avenue, as laid off, and

including the line of the proposed extension, may

make application to the County Commissioners of

Baltimore county, in writing, setting forth the

street or avenue that they desire to be extended,

and the line, approximate distance, and point of

termination of such proposed extension; and when

said application is presented, the said county com-

Appoint ex-

missioners shall appoint one examiner or three

aminers.

examiners in the manner hereinafter provided for,

whose duty it shall be to lay off and extend said

streets or avenue in accordance with said application

and the provisions of this act; but said street or

avenue shall be laid off and extended in conformity

with the streets and avenues of Baltimore city, and

with the streets and avenues already laid off in Bal-

timore county, so far as practicable; and before any

examiner or examiners shall proceed to act in the

premises, he or they, as the case may be, shall take

an oath or affirmation before some justice of the

peace of the State of Maryland, in and for Baltimore

Make oath.

county, that he or they, as the case may be, will,

well and truly, lay off and extend the said street or

avenue, and will, in all respects, act without preju-

dice or partiality in the matter; and after having

made such oath or affirmation, the examiner or

examiners, as the case may be, shall give at least

ten days notice, by publication in one or more news-

Give notice.

papers published in Baltimore county, and one