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THE

ORDINANCES

OF THE

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

BALTIMORE,

PASSED AT THE EXTRA SESSION IN 1831, AND AT THE JANUARY

SESSION,

1832.

TO WHICH IS ANNEXED,

PASSED DECEMBER SESSION, 1831 $

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION,

THE

SUMMARY OF THE REGISTER,

AND THE

ANNUAL REPORTS AND RETURNS

OF THE

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PRINTED BY JOSEPH ROBINSON,

NO. 2, NORTH CALVERT-ST.

1832.

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ORDINANCES.

PASSED EXTA SESSION, 1831.

No. 1.

An additional supplement to an Ordinance relative to Dogs*

Section" 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and Bailiffs duty.
City Council of Baltimore, That from and after the passage
of this ordinance, it shall be the duty of the City Bailiffs,
in conjunction with such persons as may be employed by
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, to take up evey
animal of the dog kind which shall be found going at large
in the City of Baltimore, without being muzzled, so as to Do&3 taken
prevent the possibility of his or her biting, and convey him up without
or her to some place to be designated for that purpose by muzzle,
the Mayor.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted and ordained, That all dogs Dogs con-
brought to such place by the City Bailiffs, or such person fined and put
or persons as may be authorized by the Mayor, shall betodeatn«
confined for twenty-four hours, unless sooner claimed by
the owner or owners thereof ; and all dogs not claimed
within twenty-four hours shall be put to death by such per-
sons as the Mayor may appoint for that purpose.

Sec. S. And be it enacted and ordained, That every City one dollar
Bailiff, or other person authorized by the Mayor, as afore- for every dog
said, who shall bring a dog to the place designated by thebrougnt to
Mayor, as above directed, shall, on delivery, receive onethe dePot
dollar for his trouble ; and every person claiming a dog
shall be required to pay the sum of five dollars before such persona
dog shall be delivered to him or her, and if he or she refuse claiming-, to
to pay the same, such dog shall be put to death at the end pay g5.
of the said twenty-four hours.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted and ordained, That all dogs The Mayor
found going at large, without being muzzled as aforesaid, *° lssu.e Pro"
from the first day of June until the first day of October in ciamatlon*
each and every year, shall be dealt with as hereinbefore

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directed ,♦ and that at all times after the said first day of
October, until the said first day of June, in each and every
year, it shall be lawful for the Mayor to issue his procla-
mation requiring the citizens to confine their dogs, for such
time as may be designated in the proclamation, and during
such time all dogs going at large without being muzzled as
aforesaid, shall be dealt with as hereinbefore directed.
Penalty for Sec. 5. And be it enacted and oadained. That no person
hindering shall hinder or molest any person or persons who may be
persons em- engaged in seizing, taking up, or conveying away any un-
p oye ' muzzled dog or dogs, under the penalty of twenty dollars

for each offence, one half to the informer, the other for the
use of the city.
Penalty for Sec. 6. And be it enacted and ordained, That if any per-
removing son or persons shall remove or take off from any animal of
muzzle. uie d0g ii|n(j? any muzzle, without the consent of the owner

of such animal, such person or persons shall, for each of-
fence, forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars, one half for
the use of the informer, the other half for the use of the
city.
Appropria- Sec. 7. And be it enacted and ordained. That the sum of
tion. one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be deemed

necessary by the Mayor, be, and is hereby appropriated to
carry this Ordinance into effect, the same to be paid out of
any unappropriated money in the treasury.

Approved, 23d August, 1831*

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

Ordinances relative, 1826, p. 207, and June 1829, p. 3 —
1831, p. 26.

No. 2,

A Supplement to an Ordinance for the purposes therein
mentioned.

The May- Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City Council

or to borrow 0f Baltimore, That for the purpose of meeting any defi-

money. ciency which may occur in the City Treasury, and for the

purpose of paying the several appropriations made by any

ordinance or resolution passed at the last annual session of

the City Council, or which may be passed at the present

. extra session, or any other lawful claims against the City,

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the Mayor shall be, and he is hereby authorized to borrow
and obtain upon hypothecation of any real or other property
belonging to the City, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
dollars, on the best terms which lie may find practicable,
reimbursable and payable on the first day of July, eigh-
teen hundred and thirty-three 5 reserving, however, to
the City the right to return and repay the sum so obtained,
or any part thereof, with the interest agreed on, at any ear-
lier period, on three months notice; and upon such payment,
to have the property so hypothecated, reassigned to the
City: and the said hypothecation shall be made in such man-
ner as the counsel of the City, with the approbation of the
Mayor, shall advise.

Approved, 23d August, 1831.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

An ordinance relative — No. 36, 1831.

No. 3.

A supplement to an ordinance entitled an ordinance mak-
ing appropriations for the year eighteen hundred and thirty -
one.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore* That the sum of four thousand dollars be ap-
propriated for watching and lighting the city, in addition
to the sum already appropriatsd for that purpose, said sum
to be drawn from any unappropriated money in the Trea-
sury.

Approved, November 29th, 1831.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

RESOLUTIONS.

PASSED EXTRA SESSIONS, 1831.

No. 1.

Biaryofthe Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
y uounciL That an additional sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dol-
lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and tho
same is hereby appropriated for the payment of the Diary
of the late sessions of the City Council.

Approved, 22d August, 1831.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 2.

Resolution in aid of the Incidental Fund.

A ria- Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
ted for inci-That an additional sum not exceeding three hundred dol-
dcntali. lars, be and the same is hereby appropriated for the year
1831, on account of " Incidentals.''

Approved, 23d August, 1831.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

ORDIJTAWCES.

PASSED ANNUAL SESSION, 1832.

No. 1.

Jt further supplement to An Ordinance, entitled an Ordi-
nance to preserve the health of the City of Baltimore, and
for the due performance of Quarantine at the Port of Bal-
timore,

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City Couucil Physician!
of Baltimore, That no practising Physician, or other per- not t0. com-,
son or persons shall be allowed to communicate the infec- m"mcate
tion of small pox by inoculation or otherwise within thesma P°x*
City of Baltimore, under the penalty of twenty dollars for
each and every such offence, to be sued for and recovered
as other fines and forfeitures are recovered, one half to the
informer and the other half to this Corporation.

Approved 19th January, 1832

WM. STEUART, Mayor.
Ordinances relative, 1826, p.- 143—1827, p. 22, 2S—
1828, p. 4.

No. 2,

A Ordinance to provide for the compensation of the Mayor of
the City*

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City Council Compensa-
of Baltimore, That the Mayor of the City shall receive as ^?n °f the
a compensation for his services, an annual salary of two M*y°r-

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thousand dollars, payable quarterly, for the two years suc-
ceeding the next election.

Approved, 19th January, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 3.

A further supplement to An Ordinance, enitlcd, An Ordinance
to provide for the prevention and extinguishment of Fires,

Wooden Section 1. Beit enacted and ordained by the Mayor and
buildings. City Council of Baltimore, That no wooden or frame building
of any description shall be hereafter erected within the limits
of direct taxation, as prescribed by the commissioners ap-
pointed by the Governor and Council under authority of the
first section of " An Act of Assembly, entitled An addition-
al act relating to the City of Baltimore" passed at Decem-
ber Session, eighteen hundred and thirty.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted and ordained, That all the penalties
and restrictions heretofore provided against the erection of
frame or wooden buildings of any description, and all ordi-
nances relating to the same now in force and which extend
to the former limits of direct taxation, be and the same are
hereby declared to extend to the limits as referred to in the
first section of this Ordinance.

Approved 25th January, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.
Ordinances relative, 1826, p. 201—1829, p. 33—1830,
page 28.

ORDINANCES.

No. 4.

An additional supplement to An Ordinance, entitled, An Ordi-
nance providing for the appointment and prescribing the
duties of the Counsel of the City of Baltimore, and relating
to suits in the name of the Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore, That the first section of the supplement to
the original ordinance, approved February 23d, 1827, be
and the same is hereby extended to all suits now pending,
or which may hereafter be instituted in any Court of Law
or Equity, in which the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more are interested.

Approved, £5th January^ 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 5.

An Ordinance to lay and collect a direct tax for the repairs of
Highways and Bridges, in certain parts of the City of
Bultimoi e.

Section 1. Be it enacteded and ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, That for the year eighteen hundred
and thirty-two, a direct tax of fifty cents shall be and hereby
is laid and imposed on every hundred dollars value of all
houses and lands, in the city of Baltimore, lying without
the limits of direct taxation and within the exterior limits
of said city, and in proportion for any greater or less sum
as the said houses and lands shall have been valued, in vir-
tue of an act of Assembly, entitled, " A supplement to an
Act entitled An Act to provide for a new assessment and
to appoint collectors of the tax in and for the City and
County of Baltimore," passed at December session, 1822,
and the said direct tax shall be laid and collected in the
same manner as now provided with respect to other direct
taxes, which the Mayor and City Council are now author-
ised to impose, and the tenants in possession shall be li-
able to the payment of the said tax upon the premises as

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occupied by them, without its operating however to alter
the nature of contracts between landlords and tenants.

Sec 2. And be it further enacted and ordained, That the
tax thus levied and imposed after deducting the expenses of
collection, shall be expended under the direction of the
City Commissioners, with the approbation of the Mayor,
for the purpose of making and repairing such of the public
highways and bridges within the limits, subject to the pre-
sent assessment, as they shall deem most important to the
public necessity and convenience, unless otherwise directed
by ordinance or resolution, provided, however, that no
greater sum than two hundred dollars shall be appropri-
ated to the erection of any one bridge within the limits
aforesaid. *

Approved, 25th January, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 6.

An Ordinance to provide for the payment of sundry expenses
of the City Court of Baltimore, and of the City Foor in
the Foor House of Baltimore City and County,

Sec 1. Be it enacted by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, That the sum of forty cents on every hundred
dollars worth of assessable property within the whole ex-
tent of the City of Baltimore, and in like proportion for
any greater or less amount, be and the same is hereby as-
sessed and imposed for the year eighteen hundred and
thirty two, for the payment of the salaries of the associate
Judges of Baltimore City Court, and all other expenses
incurred in the administratian of justice therein, as said
expenses shall be ascertained and certified under the autho-
rity of said Court, and of the expenses incurred in collect-
ing said tax.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted and ordained. That the
further sum of fifty cents upon every hundred dollars
worth of the same property, and in like proportion for
any greater or less amount, be and the same is hereby as-
sessed and imposed for the year eighteen hundred and
thirty-two, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of
the City Poor in the Poor House of Baltimore City and

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No. 17.
An Ordinance to fill up apart of Albemarle street dock.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, That the Port Wardens be, and
they are hereby authorised with the approbation of the
Mayor, and the President and Directors of the Baltimore
and Ohio Rail- road Company, to fill up Albemarle street
dock, with the sediment taken from Jones Falls and the ^i™?^, ?,n
harbor generally, commencing at the north end thereof and
filling southerly to the south side of Alice Anna street, any
thing in any ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding,
provided said filling be made at a grade that will carry off
the water from the adjoining lots and streets, which now
flows into said docks.

Approved, March 19, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

Dock filled up

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An Ordinance relative to an Act of Assembly, shutting up a
part of Holland street.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City Holland St.
Council of Baltimore, That the first section of an act of As- shut up
sembly, passed at the present December session of the Le-
gislature of Maryland, entitled, " An act to exempt a part
of Holland street in the city of Baltimore, from the opera-
tion of the sixteenth section of the act of 1817, chapter 148,
entitled an act relating to the city of Baltimore," be and
the same is hereby approved of.

Approved, March 21, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor,

ORDINANCES.

No. 19.

Jin Ordinance making appropriations for the year eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-two.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, That the following snms be, and they
are hereby appropriated for the year eighteen hundred
and thirty-two..,,
interest. To the Commissioners of Finance for the payment of the
interest on the stock debt of the city, the sum of thirty-five
thousand dollars.
Com. of Fi- To the Commissioners of Finance for the operations of
nance. the Sinking Fund, six thousand dollars.

Watching. For watching and lighting the city, a sum- not exceeding
thirty-five thousand three hundred dollars, including eigh-
teen hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents, for de-
ficiency in appropriation of last year for gas and oil lamps.
Harbour ^or deepening and improving the harbour, to be paid from

the money received from the State of Maryland, and from
tonnage duties, thirty thousand dollars.
Diary. ^or *ne Diary °f tne City Council, four thousand two

hundred dollars.
Printing, &c. &ov printing, stationary and incidentals, seventeen hun-
dred dollars.
For newspaper printers, fiye hundred dollars.
Health. For the health department, twenty-five hundred dollars,

cleaning sts. For cleaning the streets, seven thousand dollars.
Nuisance. For removing nuisances, twelve hundred dollars.
Paved sts. For repairing paved streets, two thousand dollars,
Unpaved sts. For repairing unpaved streets, four hundred dollars.
Wharves. For repairs of public wharves, five hundred dollars.
*B •'d'*' ^or rePai™S bridges within the limits of direct taxation,

11 ffes* one thousand dollars.

ewers. For repairs of sewers, two hundred and fifty dollars.

Cross sts. For paving cross streets, eight thousand dollars, includ-
ing balance now due.
Fire Plugs. For repairs of fire plugs and cisterns, one hundred and

fifty dollars.
Pumps. For repairs of pumps and wells, five thousand dollarsi

Ground. For the payment of ground rents on property belonging

to the City, seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and fif-
ty cents.
Water Kent. For the payment of water rents, five hundred dollars.
For fuel, two hundred and fifty dollars.

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For expenses of city elections, three hundred and sixty Elections.
dollars.

For assessing specific tax, one hundred and fifty dollars. Specific

For the use of the widows and orphans of those who fell in Tax*
the battles of Bladensburg and North Point, and the bora- Wounded
bardment of Fort McHenry, to be expended as prescribed *,00^•
by resolution, approved, April 1st, 1826, three hundred
dollars.

For expenses and repairs of Jail, to be paid to the visit- Jail*
ors and governors, having been ascertained and certified
by them, twenty-five hundred dollars.

For salary of the Mayor, two thousand dollars.

For the Register, fifteen hundred dollars.

For the city Counsellor, six hundred dollars.

For the Health Officer, six hundred dollars.

For the City Commissioners, to each, seven hundred and
fifty dollars.

For the clerk of the City Commissioners and Port War-
dens, six hundred and fifty dollars.

For the Commissioners of Health, each six hundred dol-
lars.

For the clerk of the Commissioners of Health, five hun-
dred dollars.

For the Consulting Physician, seven hundred dollars.

For the superintendants of streets and pumps, each four
hundred and fifty dollars.

For the keeper of the Powder Magazine, six hundred
dollars.

For the weigher of hay at the Bell- Air market scales, four
hundred and fifty dollars.

For the weigher of hay at the Lexington Market scales,
three hundred dollars.

For the keepers of the City Spring, each two hundred
dollars.

For the keeper of the Public Walk, one hundred dol-
lars.

For clerk of the Centre Market, five hundred dollars.

For assistant clerk of the Centre Market, three hundred
dollars, and for taking care of the Centre Fountain, twen-
ty-five dollars, payable quarterly.

For the clerk of the Lexington Market, three hundred and
fifty dollars. For the assistant clerk of the Lexington Mar-
ket, one hundred and fifty dollars.

For the clerk of the Hanover Market, three hundred
dollars.

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For the clerk of the Fell's Point Market, three hundred
dollars.

For the clerk of the Bell-Air Market, one hundred and
fifty dollars.

For the City Messenger, five hundred and twenty -five
dollars.

For the City Bailiffs, seven hundred and fifteen dollars.

For the Justices of the Night Watch, each one hundred
dollars.

For the keeper of the Court House, three hundred dol-
lars.

For winding, cleaning, and oiling the Town Clock, fif-
ty dollars.

For keeping in repair and use the Alarm Bell in the
steeple of the German Reformed Church, in Second street,
forty dollars.
Conway-st, For repaying Conway street, eight hundred and eighty
dollars.

Approved, March 23, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 20.

An Ordinance authorising the erection of a Bridge over Joneses

Falls.

Wooden Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and
bridge at City Council of Baltimore, That the City Commissioners
Pleasant-st. DGj ana* they are hereby authorised and directed, to con-
when opened. struct a g00Ci substantial wooden bridge over Jones's Falls,
at the juncture of Hillen and Pleasant streets, after Plea-
sant street shall be opened and extended, in conformity to
an act of Assembly, passed December session, 1831, for
that purpose, and approved by the Mayor and City Coun-
cil, 20th February, 1832.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted and ordained, That the City
A . Commissioners be, and they are hereby authorised with the

tion.Ppr°Pia approbation of the Mayor, to draw on the Register, from
time to time, for such sums as may be necessary to com-
plete said bridge, not exceeding fourteen hundred dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted and ordained, That whenever
Robert Howard and others, shall have paid into the city
treasury the sum of fourteen hundred dollars, that then, and

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not until then, shall the authority before given to tho City r. Howard

Commissioners to erect said bridge, be valid; and on the and others, to

receipt of that amount into the Treasury, the Register is Pay Sl400«

hereby authorised to give to the said Robert Howard and

others, a certificate of such deposite, and an obligation to ^^1^'

refund that amount to them or their order, on the 1st June,

1833, without interest.

Approved, March 23, 1832.

WE STEUART, .Mayor.

No. 21.

An Ordinance to provide for Altering and Changing the grade
of a part of Light street, and for repaving a part of Light
street.

Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, That the City Commissioners Ught-st-
be, and they are hereby authorised and directed, to alter grade altered.
and change the grade of Light street, from Mercer to
Lombard street, if in their discretion they may deem it ex-
pedient; provided the owners of property to be affected
thereby, shall first assent thereto byan instrument of writ-
ing, to be approved of by the Counsel of the city.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted and ordained, That the City
Commissioners be, and they are hereby further authorised
and directed, to take up the present stone pavement of
Light street, from Mercer to Pratt street, and to repave
the same in conformity to the grade to be established by
virtue of the first section of this Ordinance, and to repair
and replace the necessary flag and curb stones, and to draw
on the Register, with the approbation of the Mayor, for
such sum of money as may be necessary to defray the ex- Appropria-
penses of the same, not exceeding the sura of eight bun- lion«
dred and sixty-eight dollars, to be paid out of any unap-
propriated money in the treasury.

Repaved.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Maijor.

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No. 22.

Supplement to an Ordinance, entitled, an Ordinance to regulate
Nine and Ten Pin Alleys, and otlier similar devices for pub-
lic amusement.

Section 1. Be it enacteded and ordained by the Mayor and
RNiAll0rTCI1 City Council °f Baltimore, That it shall not be lawful for
111 eys* any person or persons, to set up, keep, maintain, hire, or
use for public amusement within the city, any Nine or Ten
Pin Alley, or device or structure, in, or upon which one or
more pins are set up for the purpose of casting, throwing,
pushing, or rolling against such pin or pins, one or more
balls, or other missile, unless he, she or they, shall first ob-
tain, annually, from the Mayor, a license for such Alley,
device or structure, in the manner and upon the terms
hereinafter prescribed.
License. Sec. 2. Jlnd be it enacted and ordained, That there shall
be annually paid for each license, for each and every such
Alley, device or structure, which is, or may be set up, kept,
maintained, hired, or used for public amusement, within
the limits of direct taxation, the sum of fifty dollars.
Not to plav ^Ec* 3* *^w^ oe ^ enacted and ordained, That if any pro-
after n o'-prietor, or proprietors of any Alley, device or structure,
clock at where one or more pins are set up, suffer, or allow any
night. person or persons to play after eleven o'clock at night, he,

she or they, as the case may be, shall forfeit and pay ten
dollars for each and every such offence.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.
Ordinances relative, 1826, p. 247 and 248—1831, p. 40.

No. 23-
Jin Ordinance for tlw Erection of additional Gas Lamps.

Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and
Gas Lamps. CUy Council of Baltimore, That the Mayor be, and he is
hereby authorised to contract with the Gass Light Com-
pany of Baltimore, or their agents, for the erection of
lamps, for the consumption of gas at the following places :
one at the north-east corner of Pratt and Sharp streets,

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one at the north-east corner of Lombard and Sharp streets,
one on the west side of Sharp street, opposite to Joseph
Todhunter's house, one at the south-east corner of Sharp
and German streets, one at the south-east corner of East
and Ensor streets, one on the north side of Gay street, op-
posite to Joshua Mott's house — said lamps to be supported
by iron pillars and placed near the curb stone.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted and ordained, That the Mayor
be, and he is hereby authorised to have such lamps taken
down, as may interfere with the arrangement contemplated
by this Ordinance, and that he be authorised to draw on
the Register of the city, for the sum of one hundred and
fifty-nine dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary
to carry this Ordinance into effect, out of any unappropri-
ated money in the treasury : provided the same deduction
be made to the city, for each city light in Pratt street, as
has been made to individuals for a single light on said street
within the past year. ^

Approved, March 29, 1832.

WM, STEUART, Mayor.

No. 24.
Jin Ordinance for the erection and removal of Oil Lamps.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City oil Lamps.
Council of Baltimore, That the City Commissioners be,
a^d they are hereby authorised and directed, with the
approbation of the Mayor, to have lamps erected at the fol-
lowing places, viz. — one at the north-west corner of
Charles and Hamburgh streets, one at the north-east cor-
ner of Charles and Cross streets, one at the south-east cor-
ner of Charles and West streets, one at the south-west cor-
ner of Light and West streets, one at the south-east coro-
ner of Light and Cross streets, one at the north-west cor-
ner of Cross and William streets, one at the south-west cor-
ner of Johnson and Cross streets, one at the south-west cor-
ner of William and Hamburgh streets, one at the south-
west corner of Light and Hamburgh streets, two in Lee
street, one between Sharp and Hanover streets, one be-
tween Hanover and Charles streets, one at the north-west
corner of Cove and Columbia streets, one on the north side
of Columbia street, opposite Huster's new brick house, one

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at the south-west corner of Columbia and Scott streets,
one at the north-east corner of Pratt and Cove streets, one
on Pratt street, opposite Clifford's house, one on the north
west side of west Baltimore street, opposite the late Doc-
tor McHenry's house, one at the north-west corner of west
Baltimore and Amity streets, one at the west end of the
bridge, on the north side of west Baltimore street, one on
the north side of west Baltimore street, near B. Taylor's
house, one at the north-east corner of Saratoga and
Schroeder streets, one at the south-west corner of Saratoga
and Rock streets, one in Rock street, between Saratoga
and Lexington streets, near the pump, one at the north-east
corner of Saratoga and Cove streets, one on Saratoga
street, near John Norwood's store, one at the south-west
corner of Cove and Franklin streets, one on Franklin
street, near Daniel Malorie's carpenter shop, one on
Franklin street, west of Chatsworth street, near the pump,
one at the northwest corner of Franklin and Chatsworth
streets, one at the north-east corner of Chatsworth and
Pierce streets, one on Pierce street, opposite to William
Macklen's store^ onv at the northeast corner of Pierce
and Cove streets, one at the north-west corner of Chats-
worth and Saratoga streets, one in Lexington street, be-
tween Pine and Cove streets, opposite A. Hack's house,
one in Lexington street, opposite Mr. Hall's house, one at
the south-west corner of Pine and Vine streets, one in
Fayette street, between Pine and Cove streets, near Mr.-
Ogle's house, one in Dutch alley, opposite Mr. Burton's
house, one midway Cross alley, between Paca and Green
streets, one in Pennsylvania avenue, nearly opposite Mr.
Warner's gate, one at the north-east corner of Pennsylva-
nia avenue and Hoffman street, one at the south-east corner
of Pennsylvania avenue and Dolphin street, one at the north-
west corner of Preston and Ross streets, one in Eutaw
street, near Mr. Steally's new brick house, one at the north-
east corner of Howard and Monument streets, one at the
north-west corner of Madison and Howard streets, one on
the east side of Howard street, opposite the late General
Strieker's house, next door to Mr. Green's, (stone mason)
one in Howard street, opposite Thomas Ruckle's house,
one at the south-west corner of Howard and Richmond
streets, one at the south-east corner of Howard and Rich-
mond streets, one at the south-west corner of Howard
street and Tyson alley, one at the north-west corner of

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No. 17.

An Ordinance to fill up a 'part of Albemarle street- dock.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, That the Port Wardens be, and
they are hereby authorised with the approbation of the
Mayor, and the President and Directors of the Baltimore
and Ohio Rail- road Company, to fill up Albemarle street
dock, with the sediment taken from Jones Falls and the DoeUilled up
harbor generally, commencing at the north end thereof and
filling southerly to the south side of Alice Anna street, any
thing in any ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding,
provided said filling be made at a grade that will carry off
the water from the adjoining lots and streets, which now
flows into said docks.

Approved, March 19, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 18.

Jin Ordinance relative to an Jlct of Assembly, shutting up a
part of Holland street.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City Holland St.
Council of Baltimore, That the first section of an act of As- shut up
sembly, passed at the present December session of the Le-
gislature of Maryland, entitled, c* An act to exempt a part
of Holland street in the city of Baltimore, from the opera-
tion of the sixteenth section of the act of 1817, chapter 148,
entitled an act relating to the city of Baltimore,'' be and
the same is hereby approved of.

Approved, March 21, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

ORDINANCES.

No. 19.

Jin Ordinance making appropriations for the year eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-two.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, That the following sums be, and they
are hereby appropriated for the year eighteen hundred
and thirty-two.

To the Commissioners of Finance for, the payment of the
interest on the stock debt of the city, the sum of thirty-five
thousand dollars.

To the Commissioners of Finance for the operations of
the Sinking Fund, six thousand dollars.

For watching and lighting the city, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five thousand three hundred dollars, including eigh-
teen hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents, for de-
ficiency in appropriation of last year for gas and oil lamps.

For deepening and improving the harbour, to be paid from
the money received from the State of Maryland, and from
tonnage duties, thirty thousand dollars*

For the Diary of the City Council, four thousand two
hundred dollars.

For printing, stationary and incidentals, seventeen hun-
dred dollars.

For newspaper printers, five hundred dollars.

For the health department, twenty-five hundred dollars.

For cleaning the streets, seven thousand dollars.

For removing nuisances, twelve hundred dollars.

For repairing paved streets, two thousand dollars,

For repairing unpaved streets, four hundred dollars.

For repairs of public wharves, five hundred dollars.

For repairing bridges within the limits of direct taxation,
one thousand dollars.

For repairs of sewers, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For paving cross streets, eight thousand dollars, includ-
ing balance now due.
Fire Plugs. For repairs of fire plugs and cisterns, one hundred and
fifty dollars.

For repairs of pumps and wells, five thousand dollars.

For the payment of ground rents on property belonging
to the City, seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and fif-
ty cents.
Water Rent. For the payment of wTater rents, five hundred dollars.

For fuel, two hundred and fifty dollars.

Interest.

Com. of Fi
nance.

Watching-.

Harbour.

Diary.
Printing, &c.

Health.

Cleaning sis
Nuisance.

Paved sts.

Unpaved sts.

Wharves.

Bridges.

ewers.

Cross sts.

Pumps.
Ground.

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For expenses of city elections, three hundred and sixty Elections.
dollars.

For assessing specific tax, one hundred and fifty dollars. Specific

For the use of the widows and orphans of those who fell in Tax-
the battles of Bladensburg and INorth Point, and the bom- Wounded
bardment of Fort McHenry, to be expended as prescribed poor*
by resolution, approved, April 1st, 1826, three hundred
dollars.

For expenses and repairs of Jail, to be paid to the visit- Jai1*
ors and governors, having been ascertained and certified
by them, twenty-five hundred dollars.

For salary of the Mayor, two thousand dollars.

For the Register, fifteen hundred dollars.

For the city Counsellor, six hundred dollars.

For the Health Officer, six hundred dollars.

For the City Commissioners, to each, seven hundred and
fifty dollars.

For the clerk of the City Commissioners and Port War-
dens, six hundred and fifty dollars.

For the Commissioners of Health, each six hundred dol-
lars.

For the clerk of the Commissioners of Health, five hun-
dred dollars.

For the Consulting Physician, seven hundred dollars.

For the superintendants of streets and pumps, each four
hundred and fifty dollars.

For the keeper of the Powder Magazine, six hundred
dollars.

For the weigher of hay at the Bell- Air market scales, four
hundred and fifty dollars.

For the weigher of hay at the Lexington Market scales,
three hundred dollars.

For the keepers of the City Spring, each two hundred
dollars.

For the keeper of the Public Walk, one hundred dol-
lars.

For clerk of the Centre Market, five hundred dollars.

For assistant clerk of the Centre Market, three hundred
dollars, and for taking care of the Centre Fountain, twen-
ty-five dollars, payable quarterly.

For the clerk of the Lexington Market, three hundred and
fifty dollars. For the assistant clerk of the Lexington Mar-
ket, one hundred and fifty dollars.

For the clerk of the Hanover Market, three hundred
dollars.

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For the clerk of the Fell's Point Market, three hundred
dollars.

For the clerk of the Bell-Air Market, one hundred and
fifty dollars.

For the City Messenger, fire hundred and twenty -five
dollars.

For the City Bailiffs, seven hundred and fifteen dollars.

For the Justices of the Night Watch, each one hundred
dollars.

For the keeper of the Court House, three hundred dol-
lars.

For winding, cleaning, and oiling the Town Clock, fif-
ty dollars.

For keeping in repair and use the Alarm Bell in the
steeple of the German Reformed Church, in Second street,
forty dollars.
Conway-st For repaying Conway street, eight hundred and eighty
dollars.

Approved, March 23, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. £0.

Jin Ordinance, authorising the erection of a Bridge over Joneses

Falls.

Wooden Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and
bridge at City Council of Baltimore, That the City Commissioners
Pleasant-st. foe, an(i they are hereby authorised and directed, to con-
when opened. struct a g00(] substantial wooden bridge over Jones's Falls,
at the juncture of Milieu and Pleasant streets, after Plea-
sant street shall be opened and extended, in conformity to
an act of Assembly, passed December session, 1831, for
that purpose, and approved by the Mayor and City Coun-
cil, 20th February, 1832.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted and ordained, That the City
A Commissioners be, and they are hereby authorised with the

tion. a approbation of the Mayor, to draw on the Register, from

time to time, for such sums as may be necessary to com-
plete said bridge, not exceeding fourteen hundred dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted and ordained, That whenever
Robert Howard and others, shall have paid into the city
treasury the sum of fourteen hundred dollars, that then, and

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not until then, shall the authority before given to tho City r, Howard

Commissioners to erect said bridge, be valid; and on the and others, to

receipt of that amount into the Treasury, the Register is Pay $1400'

hereby authorised to give to the said Robert Howard and

others, a certificate of such deposile, and an obligation to t Certificate

refund that amount to them or their order, on the 1st June,

18S3, without interest.

Approved, March 23, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 21,

An Ordinance to provide for Altering and Changing the grade
of a part of Light street, and for repaving a part of LiglU
street.

Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, That the City Commissioners Light-st.
be, and they are hereby authorised and directed, to alter giade altered.
and change the grade of Light street, from Mercer to
Lombard street, if in their discretion they may deem it ex-
pedient ; provided the owners of property to be affected
thereby, shall first assent thereto by an instrument of writ-
ing, to be approved of by the Counsel of the city.

Sec. 2. And he it enacted and ordained, That the City
Commissioners be, and they are hereby further authorised
and directed, to take up the present stone pavement of RePaveci«
Light street, from Mercer to Pratt street, and to repave
the same in conformity to the grade to be established by
virtue of the first section of this Ordinance, and to repair
and replace the necessary flag and curb stones, and to draw
on the Register, with the approbation of the Mayor, for
such sum of money as may be necessary to defray the ex- Appropria-
penses of the same, not exceeding the sum of eight nun- tion'
dred and sixty-eight dollars, to be paid out of any unap-
propriated money in the treasury.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

24 OltDlffATSCTES.

No. 22.

Supplement to an Ordinance, entitled, an Ordinance to regulate
Nine and Ten Pin Alleys, and other similar devices for pub*
lie amusement.

Section 1. Be it enacteded and ordained by the Matjor and
Nine or Ten city Council of Baltimore, That it shall not be lawful for
Pin Alleys. any person or persons, to set up, keep, maintain, hire, or
use for public amusement within the city, any Nine or Ten
Pin Alley, or device or structure, in, or upon which one or
more pins are set up for the purpose of casting, throwing,
pushing, or rolling against such pin or pins, one or more
balls, or other missile, unless he, she or they, shall first ob-
tain, annually, from the Mayor, a license for such Alley,
device or structure, in the mariner and upon the terms
hereinafter prescribed.
License. Sec. 2. Jlnd be it enacted and ordained, That there shall
be annually paid for each license, for each and every such
Alley, device or structure, which is, or may be setup, kept,
maintained, hired, or used for public amusement, within
the limits of direct taxation, the sum of fifty dollars.
Not to play ^EC* S' ^n^ De ** enGcie^ an& ordained, That if any pro-
after u o'-prietor, or proprietors of any Alley, device or structure,
clock at where one or more pins are set up, suffer, or allow any
night. person or persons to play after eleven o'clock at night, he,

she or they, as the case may be, shall forfeit and pay ten
dollars for each and every such offence.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

\VM. STEUART, Mayor.
Ordinances relative, 1826, p. 247 and 248—1831, p. 40.

No. 23.

An Ordinance for tlw Erection of additional Gas Lamps.

Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and
Gas Lamps. c^ Council of Baltimore, That the Mayor be, and he is
hereby authorised to contract with the Gass Light Com-
pany of Baltimore, or their agents, for the erection of
lamps, for the consumption of gas at the following places :
one at the north-east corner of Pratt and Sharp streets,

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one at the north-east corner of Lombard and Sharp streets,
one on the west side of Sharp street, opposite to Joseph
Todhunter's house, one at the south-east corner of Sharp
and German streets, one at the south-east corner of East
and Elisor streets, one on the north side of Gay street, op-
posite to Joshua Mott's house — said lamps to be supported
by iron pillars and placed near the curb stone.

Approved, March 29, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 24.
Jin Ordinance for the erection and removal of Oil Lamps.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City 0l1 LamP9«
Council of Baltimore, That the City Commissioners be,
a«d they are hereby authorised and directed, with the
approbation of the Mayor, to have lamps erected at the fol-
lowing places, viz. — one at the north-west corner of
Charles and Hamburgh streets, one at the north-east cor-
ner of Charles and Cross streets, one at the south-east cor-
ner of Charles and West streets, one at the south-west cor-
ner of Light and West streets, one at the south-east cor-
ner of Light and Cross streets, one at the north-west cor- /
ner of Cross and William streets, one at the south-west cor-
ner of Johnson and Cross streets, one at the south-west cor-
ner of William and Hamburgh streets, one at the south-
west corner of Light and Hamburgh streets, two in Lee
street, one between Sharp and Hanover streets, one be-
tween Hanover and Charles streets, one at the north-west
corner of Cove and Columbia streets, one on the north side
of Columbia street, opposite Huster's new brick house, one

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at the south-west corner of Columbia and Scott streets,
one at the north-east corner of Pratt and Cove streets, one
on Pratt street, opposite Clifford's house, one on the north
west side of west Baltimore street, opposite the late Doc-
tor McHcnry's house, one at the north-west corner of west
Baltimore and Amity streets, one at the west end of the
bridge, on the north side of west Baltimore street, one on
the north side of west Baltimore street, near B. Taylor's
house, one at the north-east corner of Saratoga and
Schroeder streets, one at the south-west corner of Saratoga
and Rock streets, one in Rock» street, between Saratoga
and Lexington streets, near the pump, one at the north-east
corner of Saratoga and Cove streets, one on Saratoga
street, near John Norwood's store, one at the south-west
corner of Cove and Franklin streets, one on Franklin
street, near Daniel Malorie's carpenter shop, one on
Franklin street, west of Chatsworth street, near the pump,
one at the north-west corner of Franklin and Chatsworth
streets, one at the north-east corner of Chatsworth and
Pierce streets, one on Pierce street, opposite to William
Macklen's store, one at the north-east corner of Pierce
and Cove streets, one at the north-west corner of Chats-
worth and Saratoga streets, one in Lexington street, be-
tween Pine and Cove streets, opposite A. Hack's house,
one in Lexington street, opposite Mr. Hall's house, one at
the south-west corner of Pine and Vine streets, one in
Fayette street, between Pine and Cove streets, near Mr.
Ogle's house, one in Dutch alley, opposite Mr. Burton's
house, one midway Cross alley, between Paca and Green
streets, one in Pennsylvania avenue, nearly opposite Mr.
Warner's gate, one at the north-east corner of Pennsylva-
nia avenue and Hoffman street, one at the south-east corner
of Pennsylvania avenue and Dolphin street, one at the north-
west corner of Preston and Ross streets, one in Eutaw
street, near Mr. Steally's new brick house, one at the north-
east corner of Howard and Monument streets, one at the
north-west corner of Madison and Howard streets, one on
the east side of Howard street, opposite the late General
Strieker's house, next door to Mr. Green's, (stone mason)
one in Howard street, opposite Thomas Ruckle's house,
one at the south-west corner of Howard and Richmond
streets, one at the south-east corner of Howard and Rich-
mond streets, one at the south-west corner of Howard
street and Tyson alley, one at the north-west corner of

ORDINANCES. 27

Richmond street and Lerevv's alley, one in Richmond
street, opposite Park street, one midway the row of build-
ings in Biddle street, one at the intersection of Centre and
Charles streets, one on the south side of Franklin street,
about midway between Cathedral and Charles streets, one
at the pump in Mulberry street, opposite the Cathedral,
one at the corner of Mulberry and Park streets, one at the
north-east corner of Madison and Forrest streets, one on
the east side of Forrest street, opposite to the double brick
house, one at the south-west corner of York avenue and
Eagle street, one on the east side of York avenue, oppo-
site William Price's brick house, one at the south-east cor-
ner of Neighbour and Truxton streets, one at the north-
west corner of Truxton and Britton streets, one at the
south-east corner of Britton and Madison streets, one on
the west side of Ensor street, at the bend, one at the south-
east corner of Ensor and Eager streets,, one at the north-
east corner of Stirling and Madison streets, one at the
north-east corner of Stirling and Monument streets, one
midway of Stirling street, between Mott and Monument
streets, one at the north-east corner of Orleans and Canal
streets, one at the south-west corner of Eden and Orleans
streets, one at the south-east corner of Bayard and Eden
streets, one at the north-west corner of Bayard street and
Strawberry alley, one at the north-east corner of Bayard
and Bond streets, one at the north-west cerner of Market
and Pitt streets, one on the north side of east Baltimore
street, opposite to Abraham Metcalf's house, one on the
north-west corner of east Baltimore and Choptank streets,
one at the south-west corner of Choptank and Hampstead
streets, one at the south-east corner of Hampstead street,
and Starr alley, one on the east side of Canal street, near
Daniel Harmond's house, one on the upper end of the lower
market house, Fell's Point, one at the south-west corner of
Liberty street and Getz alley, one midway Uhler's alley,
between Hanover and Charles streets, and to remove the
lamp now near to James Parker's house in Gay street, to
the south-eas corner of Mott and Ensor streets, and to
remove the lamp now erected at the intersection of York
avenue and Forrest street, to the north-west corner of York
avenue and Monument street, and to draw on the Register
of the city, with the approbation of the Mayor, for the sum
of seven hundred and thirteen dollars and fifty cents, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to carry this Ordinance

28 ORDINANCES.

into effect, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in
the treasury.

Approved, March 29, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 25.

A Supplement to an Ordinance, entitled, a Supplement to an
Ordinance to preserve the navigation of the Harbour of Bal-
timore, &fc. passed March 20th, 1827.

. Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and

sediment citV Council °f Baltimore, That the Port Wardens, with
the approbation of the Mayor and the two Presidents of
the Council, or a majority of them be, and they are here-
by authorised and requested, to select aud procure for the
City, some convenient place or places to deposit the sedi-
ment which shall hereafter be raised out of the harbour.
Appropri- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted and ordained, That
the Port Wardens, with the approbation of the Mayor and
the two Presidents of the Council, or a majority of them
be, and they are hereby authorised to draw on the Regis-
ter of the City, from time to time, for sucb sums as may
be necessary to carry this Ordinance into effect, to be taken
out of the appropriation for the harbour.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted and ordained, That the first and
third sections of the Ordinance, to which this is a Supple-
ment be, and they are hereby repealed.

Approved, March 29, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.
Ordinance relative, 1827, page 19.

ation.

No. 26.

Jin Ordinance making an additional appropriation for the
Health Department.

Health De- Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City Council

partment. 0f Baltimore, That the sum of seventeen hundred and fifty

dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the

Health Department, in addition to the sum appropriated

ORDINANCES. 29

by an Ordinance making appropriations for the year eigh-
teen hundred and thirty-two.

Approved, March 50, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 27.

A Supplement to an Ordinance, entitled, an Ordinance to per-
mit the closing of part of a certain Alley.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City Council Q- Alley> »
of Baltimore, That this Corporation assents to the closing P^t of, closed
up, by Asahel Hussey, of all that part of Q. alley, in the
square between Baltimore and Fayette streets, and Eutaw
and Paca streets, which lies east of a line drawn parallel
with, and distant one hundred and ninety-one feet from
Paca street, on condition of his opening an alley of the
same width, beginning at Baltimore street, for the western
side thereof, at the distance of one hundred and seventy-
five feel east from Paca street, and running northerly on
the west part of his ground to intersect Q. alley, and the
same, when so opened, to be and remain thenceforth a pub-
lic alley, to be paved at the expense of said Hussey, and
that every thing in the Ordinance to which this is a Sup-
plement, repugnant to the provisions of this Supplement,
shall be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved, March 30, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. £8.

Jin Ordinance to approve and carry into effect a certain Act of
Assembly therein mentioned.

Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, That the Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed December session, 1831,
No. 327, entitled, " An Act to condemn and make public
a certain piece or lot of ground therein mentioned," be and
the same is hereby approved.

30 ORDINANCES.

A certain Sec. 2. And be it enacted and ordained, That any person
lot of ground or persons, or Corporation, who may be dissatisfied with
condemned the assessment of damages or benefits which have been
House Marketma(le by the Commissioners appointed to make such as-
sessment, under the provisions of the Act of Assembly re-
ferred to in the preceding section, may appeal from the
same, by petition in writing to the Judges of Baltimore
City Court, at any time within thirty days after the
publication of the notice required by said Act of Assem-
bly, and the said Court, or the Jury which they may have
summoned for the purpose, in ascertaining and deciding on
the amount of damages, or benefit to the property of the
party appealing, by the condemnation of the said lot of
ground, shall be governed by what, under all the circum-
stances they may be of opinion will be the probable da-
mage or benefit to such property from said condemnation.
Approved, March 30, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor,

No. 29.
An Ordinance permitting Emory street to remain closed.

Emory-st. Whereas, the owners of all the ground between German
a part of, to and Pratt streets, over which Emory street is laid out and
remain. would pass, have, by their memorial to the Mayor and

City Council, set forth that they are desirous that the said
street shall remain closed, in conformity to the provisions
of an Act of Assembly of December session, 1831, entitled,
" An Act to authorise the occlusion of part of Emory
street^ in tKe City of Baltimore." Therefore,

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, That all that part of Emory street, which
lies between German and Pratt streets, be and the same is
hereby permitted to remain closed, and all acts and pro-
ceedings heretofore done in relation to the opening of said
street, are hereby annulled and forever made void.
Approved, March 30? 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

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No. SO.
Jin Ordinance relating to public Pumps and Wells.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City Council Pumps and
of Baltimore, That in all public Wells hereafter to be re- Wells-
paired or constructed, the platform around the Pumps
shall be made of granite, any Ordinance or usage to the
contrary notwithstanding.

Approved, March 30, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 31

Jin additional Supplement to an Ordinance, entitled, an Ordi-
dance to regulate the several markets in the City of Balti-
more

Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and Hucksters
City Council of Baltimore, That every person who shall to pay per
come under the description of a Huckster as described in the diem rent.
twenty-second section of an ordinance to which this is a
supplement, approved April 7th, 1826, shall pay to the
clerk, or assistant clerk of the market, the sum of twelve
and a half cents for each and every market day, or part of
market day, he or she shall occupy a stall or stand of any
kind, within the limits of any of the markets in the city. -

Sec. 2, And be it enacted and ordained, That hereafter, no Not licensed,
license shall be granted to any Huckster, to sell within any
of the several markets, but every person coming within the
meaning of the preceding section, who shall have obtained a
license, shall so soon as the same shall expire, pay a per
diem rent as therein specified.

Sec. 3. Jlnd be it enacted and ordained, That it shall be List of
the duty of the Register, to furnish the clerks of their res- those licens-
pective markets, with a list of the names of all the Hucksters ed#
who may have obtained licenses, stating the time when the
same shall expire; and the clerks or asststant clerks of
the market are hereby directed, to cause the said persons
thereafter, to pay the per diem rent, in conformity to the
first section of this Ordinance.

Clerks to
pay over.

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Sec. 4. And be it enacted and ordained, That it shall be
the duty of the assistant clerks of the markets, to aid and
assist the principal clerks in the discharge of the duties
imposed on them by the preceding section, and that the
principal clerks or their assistants return a true and just
account thereof, on oath or affirmation, and pay over the
same to the Register of the city, on the first Monday in
each and every month.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted and ordained, That market
hours shall begin at day-light in the morning, and end at
ten o'clock in the forenoon.

Sec 6. And be it enacted and ordained, That all Ordi-
nances, or parts of Ordinances inconsistent with, or oppo-
sed to the provisions of this supplement, be, and the same
are hereby repealed.

Approved, March 31, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

Ordinances relative, 1 826, page 2 14— 1 827, pages 7, 1 0, 9—
1828, pages 3, 8—1330, page 41— 1831, 34.

No.

Vessels to
rig in jib-
boom.

A Supplement to an Ordinance, entitled, a supplement to an
Ordinance, to preserve the navigation of the harbor of Balti-
more, to appoint Port Wardens and Harbour Masters, and
to prescribe their duties. Approved April 3d, 1 830.

Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, That it shall be the duty of
every master, commander, or other person in charge of any
vessel coming to any public wharf in the harbour of Bal-
timore, to rig in the jib-boom of the vessel under his com-
mand, immediately on coming to any public wharf or dock
within the port of Baltimore, and he shall keep the same
so rigged in until the vessel is fully prepared to leave the
dock or public wharf, unless permission is previously
granted by the harbour master to rig it out, and any master,
commander, or other person in charge as aforesaid, who
shall violate the provision of this Ordinance, shall forfeit
and pay for each and every offence the sum of five dollars,
one half to the informer, the other half to the use of the city.

ORDINANCES. 33

Sec. 2. And be it enacted and ordained. That so much of
the second section of this Ordinance, to which this is a sup-
plement, that is inconsistent with the provision of this Or-
dinance, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved, March 31, 1832.

>VM. STEUART, Mayor.
Ordinances relative, 1826, page 12 — 1827, pages 16, 19, 20,

18 — 1828, page 53—1829, page 20—1830, pages 20, 25,

No. 53.

A f wilier Supplement to an Ordinance entitled an Ordinance
relating to tlue Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road Company, ap-
proved April 11, 1831.

Rail-road

Be it enacted aud ordained by the Mayor and City Council tracb of
of Baltimore, That the track of rail-way authorized to be wood.
laid down and constructed by virtue of the provisions of
the original Ordinance to which this is a further Supple-
ment, may be made of wood from Stiles street to the city
property, on the east side of Jones's Falls, and the time
limited by the said original Ordinance for completing the
said tract to the said property is hereby extended to three
months after President street shall be graded from Stiles
street to the said property.

Approved, March SI, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.
Ordinances relative, 1829, page 33 — 1831, pages 27, 44.

No. 34,

An Ordinance to prevent the passage of the apparatus any of
the Fire Companies upon the foot pavements.

Section 1. Beit enacted and ordained by the Mayor and J^re Com"
City Council of Baltimore, That from and after the passage fauufnofto"
of this Ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person or pass on the
persons to assist in any manner in passing any of the En- footways,
gines or apparatus of any of the Fire Companies upon any
foot pavement within the limits of the city ; provided, how-

34 ORDINANCES.

ever, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the said ap-
paratus passing over any of the pavements where the street
may be impassible by obstructions therein, or where it may
necessary to pass over any foot pavement in order to put
their apparatus in operation at a time of Fire.
Penalty. Sec 2. And be it enacted and ordained, That each and

every person violating or assisting in violating the provi-
sions of this Ordinance shall be subject to a fine of not less
than one nor more than five dollars for each offence, and
every fire company shall be and it is hereby made respon-
sible for any violations of the provisions of this Ordinance,
and shall be subject to the same fine and penalty as the in-
dividuals who may commit said offence, the said fines to be
recovered as other violations of the City Ordinances, one
half to the informer, and the other half for the use of the
City.

Approved, April 4, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

Old Alms
House to be
sold.

No. 35.

An Ordinance authorising the sale of the old Alms House

property.

Whereas, The Trustees for the poor of Baltimore City
and County,did on the 27th May 1822, execute a bond of con-
veyance, contracting that upon the payment of the purchase
money, they would convey to the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, all that lot or parcel of ground, on which the
old Alms House is erected, which said lot is bounded as fol-
lows, viz: beginning at the intersection of the south-east
side of Biddle street, and the north-east side of Price, (now
Madison) street, and running thence north-east, binding on
Biddle street, until it intersects Garden street, thence south,
binding on the west side of Garden street, until it inter-
sects Madison street, then west, binding on the north side
of Madison street, until it intersects Price (now Madison)
street then north-west, binding on the north-east side of
Price (now Madison street,) to Biddle street, the place of
beginning, containing four acres, three rods, and thirty-two
perches of land, for the use of a House of Industry, and em-
ploying the poor of the city and precincts of Baltimore,
and affording them relief by such employment.

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And, Whereas, the Legislature of Maryland, by the
sixth Section of the Act of December session, 1827, Chap-
ter 183, did authorise the Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore, to apply the income of the above described pro-
perty, or the proceeds thereof when sold, after the pay-
ment of the debt due thereon, to the erection and support
of Public Schools. Therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and Com Schooia
City Council of Baltimore, That the Commissioners of to iay 0ff in
Public Schools be, and they are hereby authorised in the lots,
name, and on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, to have the property above described (except
the acre hereinafter alluded to as a Depot for the Baltimore
and Susquehanna Rail-road Company) laid off in suitable
Lots, and the same, with all the improvements thereon, to
sell or lease to the best advantage, and to apply so much
of the proceeds of such sale, as may be necessary to the
payment of the debt due to the Trustees of Baltimore
County, and after the said debt shall have been paid or se-
cured, then to apply the remainder of said proceeds to the j ° or
erection and support of Public Schools ; and the said
Commissioners may, in their discretion, first cause Eutaw
street to be opened through the said property, provided the
expense of opening the same be paid out of the proceeds of
the sale thereof.

Sec. 2. dnd be it enacted and ordained. That before the Depot.
Commissioners of Public Schools shall proceed to sell the
said property, or any part thereof, they shall first lay off
and designate one acre by certain known and visible boun-
daries, on or near the same, to be used as a Depot for the
Baltimore and Susquehanna Rail-road Company, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of an Ordinance, entitled,
" An Ordinance to permit the Baltimore and Susquehanna
Rail-road Company to extend branches of said road with- Plat made,
in the City of Baltimore," and cause to be executed a com-
plete and particular map or plat of the whole of the said
property, exhibiting the manner in which it shall have
been laid off in Lots, and sign the said map or plat with
the whole or a majority of their names, and deposit it in
the office of the City Register : Provided, that if the said
Rail- road Company do not complete the branch railway
leading to the said property, and erect and finish the said
Depot before the first day of June, 1833, then the said
Commissioners may sell the said acre, first dividing it in-
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36 ORDINANCES.

to lots, so as to make it produce the greatest amount of
money.
Assessors to Sec. S. And be it enacted and ordained, That a board of
creasedhvalue Assessors, sna^ ue appointed in the following manner and
in conse- f°* the following purposes, to wit — Two by a Convention
quence of a of the two branches of the City Council, and two by the
Depot. School Commissioners, all of whom shall be residents of

the tenth, eleventh, or twelfth wards, north of Baltimore
street, who shall meet upon and examine the said property
after the sale thereof, or of any portion of it, and after
careful investigation and inquiry of the purchasers and
others, report in writing to the Mayor for the information
of the Councils, at their next annual session thereafter,
whether, according to their best judgment, the said pro-
perty lias increased in value, in consequence of the actual
or contemplated location of a Depot thereupon ; and also
what amount of money, the whole four acres would have
produced, if there had been no Depot, nor no intention to
locate one upon or near the said property.
Assessors va- Sec. 4. And be it enacted and ordained, That if either, or
cancies filled, both of the said assessors, to be appointed by the Coun-
cils, should die, resign, or refuse to act, the Mayor may
appoint another or others in his or their stead ; and if ei-
ther, or both of those appointed by the School Commis-
sioners should die, resign, or refuse to act, the said Com-
missioners, or a majority of them, may appoint another, or
others in his or their stead ; and a decision of a majority
of the said assessors, shall be deemed and considered a
decision of the whole, but if the said assessors should be
equally divided and unable to agree, they may call a fifth
person, being a resident as aforesaid $ and the said asses-
sors shall be compensated for their services at the rate of
two dollars per diem for each, for every day they may be
actually engaged about the said business, to be paid by the
School Commmissioners.
The Mayor to Sec. 5. And be it enacted and ordained, That the May-
executedeed. or be and he is hereby authorised and directed, whenever
thereunto required by the Commissioners of Public Schools,
by a resolution of the board, signed by a majority of said
board, to execute under the seal of the city, all such instru-
ments of writing as may be necessary for the purpose of
transferring to the purchasers of said property, or any part
thereof, all the right and title of the Mayor and City
Council to the same.

ORDINANCES. 37

Sec. 6. And be it enacted and ordained, That until the Titl« t0 be
said debt to the Trustees for the poor shall have been paid arranSec-
or secured, and a title obtained from them for the said pro-
perty, the Commissioners of Public Schools are hereby au-
thorized to make such arrangements as may be necessary
with the Trustees aforesaid, in order to secure a good and
sufficient title to all those who may purchase any portion
' of said property before said debt is paid.

Sec 7. And be it enacted and ordained, That the said Commission-
Commissioners of Public Schools, be and they are hereby te^s ^ksech"^3
authorised to take immediate possession of the before dc- session, to
scribed property, and to rent the same until it can be dis- rent and ap-
posed of; and to apply the income arising from the said P]y proceeds.
rent towards the payment of the debt due thereon ; and
they are further authorised to borrow, in the name of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, in anticipation of
the sale of said property, such sum or sums not exceeding
five thousand dollars as will enable them to rent or purchase To borrow
a lot and erect thereon a suitable School House during the S5000 and to
present year, in the Southern Section of the City, — and the report annu-
said board of Commissioners shall make a return in their allj*
next annual report to the Mayor and City Council (and
annually thereafter until the property is all disposed of) of
such sum or sums as may be received or borrowed by them
on the foregoing authority and how disposed of.

Sec 8. And be it enacted and ordained, That the resolu-
tion approved 24th January 1332, relative to the above pro-
perty be and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved, April 6, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 56.

11U»

Jin Ordinance relative to altering the grade of William, John-
son and Hughes streets.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City Grade of wil-
Council of Baltimore, That the City Commissioners be, lia™> J°h»son
and they are hereby authorised and empowered to make ^reetf "ShS
such alteration in the grade of William and Johnson streets
from Montgomery street to their northern termination at
York street, as in their opinion the public interest and
convenience may require ; and also in the grade at Hughes

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street, from Light street to Henry street, provided the
said Commissioners are satisfied that the persons asking
for said alteration, are the owners of the greater number of
feet of ground fronting on said streets, within the limits
stated in their application, agreeably to an Act of Assem-
bly passed 22d February, 1830, entitled, " A further sup-
plement to the Act, entitled, An Act relating to the City of
Baltimore," and approved by the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore 31st March, 1830, and provided further, that
the application of Watchman &Bratt and others, presented
at this session, be filed in the City Commissioners' office,
and the alteration which may be made, be entered in the
grade book of said Commissioners.
Approved, April 6th, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No, 37.

A Supplement to the Ordinance, entitled, " An Ordinance for
the Inspection of Pot and Pearl Ashes."

Pot and pearl Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and
ashes. ' City jCouncil of Baltimore, That from and after the passage
of this Supplement, the Inspector of Pot and Pearl ashes
shall be entitled to have and receive twenty-five cents for
every one hundred and twelve pounds weight inspected and
no more, to be paid by the vendor thereof.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted and ordained, That the Inspec-
tor be, and he is hereby authorised, to rent, at his own ex-
pense, a suitable house for the purpose of inspecting of Pot
and Pearl Ashes, in some convenient part of the city, pro-
vided, the same do not subject the vendor to more drayage
than five cents e^aach cask, or twenty cents per dray
load, all drayage over those rates to be paid by the Inspec-
tor.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted and ordained, That any thing
in the Ordinance heretofore passed relative to the inspec-
tion of Pot and Pearl ashes repugnant to this Supplement,
be, and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved, April 6, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

Ordinances relative, 1826, page 198 — 1828, page 14 —
and, 1831, page 30.

ORDINANCES. 39

No. 38.

An Ordinance to approve and carry into effect an Act of As-
sembly therein mentioned.

Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor Bottle Alley.
and City Council of Baltimore, That the Act passed by the
General Assembly of Maryland, at the December session,
1831, entitled, "A Supplement to an Act, entitled An Act
relating to the opening of Bottle alley, in the City of Bal-
timore, and for other purposes, be, and the same is hereby
approved.

Sect. 2. And be it enacted and ordained, That for the Appeal.
purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the said
Act of Assembly, it is hereby declared as a condition of the
assent of the Mayor and City Council to the Act of Assem-
bly aforesaid, that any person or persons, or corporation,
that may appeal as provided for in the second section of
said Act, may at his or their option, have said appeal tried
before a Jury to be summoned by direction of the Judges of
Baltimore City Court, or before the Judges of said Court.

Approved, April 6, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 2.

An Ordinance to approve of An Act of Assembly, entitled, An
act, relating to Cypress alley in the city of Baltimore.

Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and Cypress alley
City Council of Baltimore, That an act passed by the Ge-
neral Assembly of Maryland at December session, of the
year 1831, entitled, An Act, relating to Cypress alley in the
city of Baltimore, be, and the same is hereby approved of.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted and ordained, That the CityPIatt <*•
Commissioners be, and they are hereby authorised and di-
rected to ascertain and fix the bounds of the said alley, of
the greatest width which has been or may be assented to
by the owners of property binding on each side of the said
alley, and as may be necessary for the public convenience,
and they are hereby directed so soon as the said bounds

40 ORDINANCES.

shall be so ascertained and fixed to make out a plat thereof,
which they shall certify and deposit in the office of the city
Register, and the said alley is hereby declared to be subject
to all the Ordinances of the city relating to the streets,
lanes and alleys therein.

Approved, April 6, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

Ordinances relative, 1830, pages 62, 63 — 1831, page 14.

No. 40.

Jin Ordinance to regulate Rail-road Cars within tlw city of
Baltimore.

Cars on the Section 1. Be it enacteded and ordained by the Mayor and
streets not City Council of Baltimore, That it shall not be lawful for
employed, to any Rail-road Company or any other person or persons or
be chained, company owning any car or cars, to permit such car or cars
when not in actual service, to remain in any paved street
for a longer period than one hour, unless there be some
chain or other fastening affixed to the wheels of every such
car, except when several cars may be connected together,
in which case the said chain or fastening shall be attached
to one of the said cars, so as to prevent the car or cars
from being moved by any person or persons without violent-
ly breaking or removing the said chain or other fastening,
and keep the said chain or fastening affixed as afore-
said until the same may be regularly removed by the
agent or person in the actual service of the said per-
son or persons or company, owner or owners of any such
car, and for every violation of the provisions of this section,
the person or persons or company, owner or owners of the
car or cars so remaining and not chained or fastened as
aforesaid shall forfeit and pay for each and every violation
thereof not less than one nor more than twenty dollars, in
the discretion of the court or Justice of the Peace, before
whom such penalty shall be recovered, one half for the use
of the informer, and the other half for the use of the City,
to be recovered and collected under the City Ordinances ;
Cars in the and any person or persons or company, owner or owners as
streets on aforesaid, who shall permit any car to remain in any paved
Sunday. street for one or more hours on Sunday, shall forfeit and
pay five dollars for every car so remaining, to be applied

ORDINANCES. 41

and recovered as aforesaid : provided this section shall not
so be extended to cars engaged in the operation of making
or repairing any railways or pavements within the City.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted and ordained. That it shall not Cars not put
be lawful for any person other than an agent or person in in motion.
the actual service or employ of the Rail-road Company, or
other person or persons, or company owning any car or
other carriage on any rail-way within the city, without the
consent or permission of such person or persons or company
or their agent, or the person rightfully having charge of the
particular car, to put or attempt or assist to put any car in
motion on any rail-way within the City, or to go on or into
or attempt or assist any other person, to get on or into Penalty for.
any such car, or to remove, unfasten or break, or attempt,
or assist to remove, unfasten, or break any chain, lock
or other fastening by which any such car or carriage shall
be fastened or restrained from motion or from being put in
motion, and any person offending in the premises shall for-
feit and pay a sum not less than one nor more than twenty
dollars, in the discretion of the Court or Justice before
whom such penalty shall be recovered, which shall be ap-
plied one half for the use of the informer, and the other half
for the use of the City, to be recovered and collected as
other fines are recovered and collected under the City Or-
dinances. Speed of.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted and ordained, That if any per-
son or persons having charge of any car or other carriage,
shall cause or willingly permit or suffer such car to be mov-
ed on any rail- way within the City at a rate more rapid
than is or shall be authorised by Ordinances of this Corpo- ' *-
ration, such person or persons so offending shall incur, for-
feit and pay a sum not less than one, nor more than twenty
dollars, to be recovered and applied as aforesaid. £arts' dl^s,1

Sec. 4. And be it enacted and ordained, That it shall be reSQlated
the duty of every person having charge of, or driving any
cart, dray, wagon or other carriage, which shall be passing
on and along any street in which any rail-way is or shall
be laid within the City to travel or pass only on the right
hand side in the passing direction, between the curb stones
and the track of the rail-way; except when prevented by
some obstruction in the street, or when it shall be necessa-
ry for any other sufficient cause to cross or pass over such
rail-way to the opposite side.

Approved, April 6, 18 32.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

42 ORDINANCES.

No. 41.

An Ordinance to authorise the constriction of certain Rail-
ways within the city.

Rail-ways m Whereas, it has always been the intention of this Cor-
ie C1 yi poration to provide for the distribution of the trade coming
upon the Rail-roads, throughout the whole of the City, as
improved, so far as it maybe practicable; and, where-
as, the Legislature have authorised and directed the May-
or and City Council to provide for the construction of
Rail-ways throughout the city ; and, whereas, the Balti-
more and Ohio Rail-road Company have, through their
President, expressed their disposition to give every rea-
sonable facility in their power to the extension of the trade
of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road along any line of
branch Rail-way which the city may authorise to be con-
nected with their main stem, provided that such rail-ways
be so constructed as to afford the same economy and facili-
ty for travelling as the main line of the Road, and in such
manner as not to occasion additional cost or inconvenience
to the Company.

Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, That whenever the City
Commissioners shall receive an application in writing to
that effect from the owner or owners of the major part, in
extent of front feet of the lots fronting on each side of the
following described streets, to wit: Paca street, north of
Pratt street ; Howard street, north of Pratt street, in
Green street, from Pratt street to Franklin street ; along
said street, to Eutaw, and in Green street, south, to Co-
lumbia street; Franklin street, between Howard and Eu-
taw streets; Baltimore street, between Paca and Eutaw
streets; Eutaw street, between Franklin and Pratt streets;
Patterson street; Cheapside street; Mill street; Cable
street, from Patterson to Commerce street ; Commerce
street, south of Pratt street, or South street, south of Pratt
street ; or the owners of the major part in extent of front
feet of the lots on the western and southern fronts of Bow-
ley's wharf, they are hereby authorised and directed to
contract with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road Company,
to slope down and construct a single track of branch rail-
way of iron, or of stone, or of both, in any and every of
the aforesaid streets, or parts of them, to which any such

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application may refer, in the same manner in which the
main stem of the said Rail-road in Pratt street, is now
laid down and constructed ; or if the said company should
refuse to enter into such contract, or if the applicant should
prefer it, the said Commissioners may contract with any
other person, or persons, or company, to lay down and
construct the said rail- ways so applied for, provided they
be constructed in the same manner, as the said main stem
is now constructed, and they are hereby authorised, in ei-
ther case, under the supcrintendauce of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail-road Company, to fix and construct as many
turn-outs or turn-abouts on the said main stem, as may be
necessary to connect the said main stem with the said
branch rail-ways, or from Pratt street along Light street
wharf to Lee street

Sec. 2. And be it enacted and ordained, That whenever
the City Commissioners shall have entered into any con-
tract as aforesaid, it shall be their duty to assess the entire
cost of any such track, and all the expenses incident to its
construction, upon all the property fronting upon that part
of either of the said streets in which it may be construct-
ed, together with the commission of the City Collector, for
collecting the same; but in no case shall the said owners
be charged for taking up the stone pavement and repairing
the same, to a greater extent in width than eleven feet.

Sec. 3. *9nd be it enacted and ordained, That the said
Commissioners shall first make out a correct list of the
names of all the owners of said property fronting on each
side of the said street or streets, or part of it or them, and
the amount to be assessed to every such owner or owners
shall be in proportion to the number of front feet owned by
him, her or them, on the said street, or part of a street,
and the said list of names, together with the amount as-
sessed to each, shall without delay, be handed by them to
the City Collector, who shall, as soon as practicable there-
after, collect the same in the same manner in all respects
as the City taxes are collected, and when collected, pay the
same to the Register of the City, and the said Commis-
sioners are hereby authorised, with the approbation of the
Mayor, from time to time, to draw upon the Register for
the amount of the said funds.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted and ordained, That whenever it

may be necessary or proper in the opinions of the City

Commissioners to alter the grade of any of the said streets,

or of any part or parts of any of them, they are hereby

44 ORDINANCES.

authorised and empowered to make the said alteration, or
alterations, provided an instrument er instruments of writ-
ing to be approved by the City Solicitor, shall be first exe-
cuted and filed in the Register's office, containing the as-
sent of the owner or owners of a majority of front feet of
the property to be affected by such alteration, and binding
the said owners, or one or more of them, or any other per-
son, who may assume the responsibility, and whose sol-
vency shall be approved by the Mayor, to pay the whole
damages and cost of such alteration.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted and ordained. That the owners
of the property on the north side of Pratt street, south of
Carpenters alley, between Paca street and Green street,
are hereby authorised to construct a track of rail-way,
subject in all respects as far as may be, to the provisions of
this Ordinance, from the main stem of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail-road, opposite the said property, to the centre
of a street forty feet wide, which they have proposed to
lay out in said property, running as designated on the ac-
companying plat, from the letter A to the letter B, pro-
vided the said new street be paved under the direction of
the City Commissioners, conformably to the Ordinances of
the City, simultaneously with the construction of the said
rail-way thereupon, and flag stones be placed across the
said new street, where it will intersect Pratt street, at the
sole expense of the said owners ; and the said track of
rail-way shall be connected with the said main stem, at a
point immediately opposite the centre of the said new
street by a turn-about; and for the purpose of designating
the course and situation of the said new street, the accom-
panying plat shall be filed in the Register's office, and be
deemed and considered a part of this Ordinance.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted and ordained, That all the rail-
ways authorised to be made by this Ordinance, shall be so
laid down and constructed, as not to interrupt the free pas-
sage of the water in any gutters of the said streets, or of
any other street, and the Mayor and City Council may re-
move any rail- way made in violation of this Ordinance, at
the expense of the holders of the same property which was
assessed for its construction.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted and ordained, That the owners
of the Lumber Yard in Pratt street, occupied by A. G. Cole,
Coates and Company, are hereby authorised to construct
a rail-way from the saM main stem, to and into the said

ORDINANCES. 45

Lumber Yard, subject as far as may be, to all the general
provisions of this Ordinance.

And, whereas, tracks of rail-way have been laid down
and constructed in Ellicott street and Hollingsworth
street, connecting with the said main stem, without the pri-
vity or approbation of the Mayor and City Council, to re-
lieve the parties interested in said tracks from the fear and
risk of their removal, on account of their said unauthoris-
ed construction at the expense of the persons who had them
constructed : Be it further enacted and ordained, That the
tracks of said rail-way in Ellicott street and Hollings-
worth street, shall be hereafter considered and treated in the
same manner, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been
laid down and constructed under the provisions of this Or-
dinance.

Approved, April 6, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

Ordinances relative, 1829, page 33—1831, pages 27,44—
1832.

No. 42.

Ji Supplement to the Ordinance, entitled, An Ordinance to au-
thorise the construction of certain Rail-ioays within the city.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City Council ^ail"J^?Ly in
of Baltimore, That whenever the City Commissioners shall rankImst*
receive an application in writing to that effect, from the
owner or owners of the major part in extent of front feet of
the lots fronting on each side of the intersection of Green
and Franklin streets, up Franklin street to Eutaw street ;
they are hereby authorised and directed to contract with
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road Company, to lay down
and construct a single track of branch Rail-way of iron or
of stone, or of both, in the same manner, and on the same
terms and conditions as is contained in the Ordinance to
which this is a supplement.

Approved, Aprill 9, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

46 ORDINANCES.

No. 43.

Jin Ordinance to authorise a cJiange in the grade of Calvert-st.

Calvert street Whereas, the General Assembly of Maryland, by a law
grade altered pasSed at the late session, entitled, " An Act to authorise
at Pleasant-st. the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to alter the grade
of Calvert street, in the said city, have authorised the said
Mayor and City Council to alter the grade of the said
street, at and near the intersection with Pleasant street,
and to raise the same not exceeding three feet above its pre-
sent grade, without the consent of the majority of the own-
ers of lots interested therein ; provided, no part of the ex-
pense of said alteration shall be charged to, or exacted
from any of the owners of the adjacent property, or any
other person or persons, excepting the President and Di-
rectors of the Baltimore Water Company; and whereas,
the said change of grade appears to be necessary for the
convenient discharge of the water from the said street,
therefore
Com. to Section 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and

grade. city Council of Baltimore, That the City Commissioners,

with the approbation of the Mayor, be, and they are here-
by authorised to alter the grade of Calvert street, at and
near its intersection with Pleasant street, and to raise the
same not exceeding three feet above its present grade, pro-
vided the whole cost and damages occasioned by the said
change of grade, excepting the repairs of the cross streets
as hereinafter provided for, shall be paid by the President
and Directors of the Baltimore Water Company,
pleasant-st. Sect. 2. And be it enacted and ordained, That the said
grade, chang- Commissioners are also authorised as aforesaid, to change
the grade of Pleasant streets, between Calvert and Holli-
day streets, so as to give it a gradual fall from Calvert
street, if they shall deem the same expedient and necessa-
ry after the new grade in Calvert street as aforesaid, shall
have been fixed and established, and the whole cost and
damages occasioned by the said change of grade in Plea-
sant street, shall be paid by the President and Directors of
the Baltimore Water Company.
Paving. Sect. 3. And be it enacted and ordaiued, That for the

repavement of the cross streets at the intersection of Cal-
vert and Pleasant streets, after the change of grade as
aforesaid, the said Commissioners may, and they are here-

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by authorised, with the approbation of the Mayor, to draw Appro.
upon the Register for any sum not exceeding S168 90-100,
to be paid out of the appropriation for paving cross streets.

Sect. 4. And be it enacted, That before any change Water Com-
shall be made in the grade of the said street or streets, the Pany.t0 exe-
President and Directors of the Baltimore Water Company, aeSt'Sf writ-
shall execute an instrument of writing to be approved by i„ff.
the City Solicitor, and filed in the Register's office, bind-
ing the said Company to pay the costs and damages as
provided in the first and secoud sections of this ordinance.

Approved, April 9, 1832.

TVM. STEUART, Mayor.

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PASSED AT JANUARY SESSION, 1832.

No. 1.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Harbour free
That the Register of the City be, and he is hereby author- of Ice-
ised, with the approbation of the Mayor, to pay to the or-
der of John B. Howell, Charles W. Karthaus, Thomas
Wilson, Matthew Kelly and George H. Newman, the sum
of four hundred and fifty dollars, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of
aiding in opening a track through the ice now in our har-
bour.

Approved, January 13, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 2.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That the Register be, and he is hereby authorised and di-
rected to pay to Henry Most or order, the sum of twenty
dollars, for preparing the room of the First Branch for the
accommodation of the members.

Approved, January 13, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

H. Most.

50 RESOLUTIONS.

No. S.

Harbour ex- Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
penses. That the Register be, and he is hereby authorised, with

the approbation of the Mayor, to pay to the order of the
Port Wardens, in anticipation of the regular annual appro-
priation for deepening the navigation of the Harbour, such
sum or sums as may be necessary, not exceeding four
thousand dollars, for the purpose of repairing the machine-
ry, and removing the sediment now on the wharves of the
city.

Approved, January 13, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 4.

Wm E 1 r Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That William Ealey be, and he is hereby permitted to re-
move his frame building from the front to the back of his
lot on the north side of Alice Anna street, any thing in any
ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding.

Resolved, That the memorial on the above subject, toge-
ther with the assent of the owners of property adjoining ac-
companying, be filed in the Register's office.

Approved, January 19, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 5.

Jail War- Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
den's account That the account of David W. Hudson, Warden of Balti-
certi6ed. timore County Jail, stating the expenses incurred in the
board, maintenance, and keeping of certain negroes and
mulattoes committed within the City of Baltimore to the
Jail of Baltimore County, under the Acts of Assembly re-
lative to the apprehension and commitment of runaways ;
which said negroes and mulattoes were ultimately dischar-
ged from said Jail agreeably to the requisition of the 6th

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section of the Act of Assembly of 1817, ch. 112, and sub-
sequent Act of Assembly of 1828, ch. 98, section 2, amount-
ing to three hundred and sixty- four dollars and five cents,
be, and the same is hereby certified to the Treasurer of
the Western Shore of Maryland, who is hereby authorised
to pay the said amount to David W. Hudsson or his order.
Approved, January 20, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 6.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Comicil of Baltimore, ^^^^
That John Cunningham be, and he is hereby permitted to mng am'
remove his frame building on French street, between Pot-
ter and East streets, to its former situation on the same
streets, any thing in any Ordinance to the contrary not-
withstanding.

Resolved, That the memorial on the above subject, and
the assent of the owners of property adjoining, accompany-
ing it, be filed in the Register's Office.

Approved, January 20, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 7,

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, J. Biays.
That James Biays be, and he is hereby permitted to re-
move his frame buildings situated on Gardiner's ship yard,
so that they may front on the south side of Fleet street ;
any thing in any Ordinance to the contrary notwithstand-
ing-

Resolved, That the petition on the above subject, as al-
so the assent of the owners of property adjoining, accompa-
nying the petition, be filed in the Register's Office.

Approved, January 20, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

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No. 8.

Fire Plug. Resolved by the Matjor and City Council of Baltimore,

That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby di-
rected to remove the fire plug at the intersection of Hillen
and Exeter streets, so as to place it on a line with the
houses on Hillen street.

Resolved, That the Register be, and he is hereby au-
thorised to pay to the order of the City Commissioners,
with the approbation of the Mayor, the sum of twenty-five
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry
the foregoing resolution into effect.
Approved, January 24, 1832.

WM, STEUART, Mayor.

No. 9.

old Alms Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

House to be That William steuart, John B. Morris, and Philip Moore,
or any two of them, be and they are hereby authorised and
empowered, to sell and dispose of the property heretofore
purchased, for the purpose of a House of Industry, at pub-
lic or private sale for cash, or on credit, and to pay the
purchase money therefor, to the Register of the City.
Proceeds for And be it further resolved by the Mayor and City Conn-
£ublic cil of Baltimore, That the Register of the City be, and he

o is hereby authorised and required, to pay the debt now due

and owing for the said property out of the purchase mo-
ney for the same, when received, and the balance to the
Commissioners of Public Schools in the City of Balti-
more.
Deeds, &c. And be it further resolved by the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore, That the Mayor be, and he is hereby au-
thorised and required, to make and deliver all such deeds
and instruments of writing as may be necessary to give
full effect and operation to the aforegoing resolution.
Approved, January 24, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

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No. 10.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Petitions re-
That the petitions which have been acted upon during th° j^me ^uild-
present session relative to the removal of frame buildings, ing.s%
and which have been directed to be filed in the Register's
office, be and the same are hereby directed to be filed in the
office of the City Commissioners as heretofore, any reso-
lution to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved, January 25, 18.32.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 11.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, A Wel1 a*
That the property holders on Harford Avenue, under the dTson^street**
direction of the City Commissioners, be and they are here- Harford
by authorised to sink a well at the south-east corner of Avenue.
Madison street and Harford Avenue, and use the materials
to be taken from the old well near the sugar house on said
avenue, provided they cause tlte said old well to be filled up
and paved at their own proper expense.

Approved, January 27, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 12.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Krebs and
That William Krebs and Richard Linthecum be recom- Linthecum.
mended to apply to the Legislature, for authority to collect
a toll upon the long bridge over Gwynn's Falls, near its
mouth, sufficient to keep said bridge in good repair, and
that they submit said law, when obtained, for the approval
of the Mayor and City Council.

Resolved, That the Committee be discharged from the
further consideration of this subject.

Approved, Feb. 6, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

54 RESOLUTIONS.

No. 13.

Repaying Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

Conway.st. That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
thorised and directed to take up the stone pavement on
Conway, from the east side of Light to the west side of
Charles street, and to repave the same, and to repair and
replace the necessary good and substantial flag and curb
stones thereon ; and the said Commissioners are hereby
authorised, with the approbation of the Mayor, to draw on
the Register for the sum of eight hundred and eighty dol-
lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to defray the
expense of the same, to be taken out of the appropriation
for the repairs and repavement of streets.
Approved, Feb. 9, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 14.

Wm. Eden. Resolved by the Mayor and City Council] oj Baltimore,
That William Eden be, and he is hereby permitted to erect
a brick slaughter house on the rear of his lot on the Fer-
ry road, provided he take down the slaughter house now
standing on the front of said lot.

Resolved, That the petition on the above subject and the
assent of the proprietors of the lots adjoining, attach-
ed thereto, be filed in the office of the City Commis-
sioners.

Approved, Feb. 14, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 15.

wharves.

Dugan and Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
-u?^*!**'* That the Senator and Delegates in the Legislature from
the City of Baltimore, be requested to oppose the memorial
of John McKim, Jr. and others, respecting Dugan's and
McElderry's wharves

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Resolved, That the Mayor be requested to forward a
copy of these resolutions to the Senator and Delegates
aforesaid.

Approved, February 16, 1832.

\VM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 16.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Centennial
That the sum of nine hundred dollars be appropriated out ^^shine-
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, ton's birth.
to be paid as follows : five hundred dollars to be paid to
the order of J. I Cohen, Jr., Chairman of the general com-
mittee for the celebration of the approaching anniversary
of the birth of Washington, and four hundred dollars to be
paid to the order of the committee of the two branches, ap-
pointed to invite the Corporation of Frederick, and others,
to participate in said celebration.

Approved, February 16, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 17.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Taxes of
That the Collector of the City, on payment of the sum of 1828 closed-
four hundred dollars to the Register, shall be discharged
from all liability for the taxes of the year 1828, except the
taxes returned to the Mayor, agreeably to the 8th section
of an Ordinance, entitled, An Ordinance for collecting the
taxes of the City of Baltimore.

Approved, February 16, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 18.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Pleasant-st,
That the Act of Assembly, passed at December session,
183 J, entitled, An Act " to open and extend Pleasant-st,

56 RESOLUTIONS,

in the City of Baltimore," be, and the same is hereby ap-
proved of.

Approved, Februartj 18, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 19.

City proper- Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
da *t HOlh ^at ^e ReS*ster is hereby authorised and directed to ad-
vertise for proposals to be received by him until the 10th
day of March next, for purchase or leasing of the City lot
of ground, fronting on Holliday and North streets, adjoin-
ing the property of James Wilson.
Approved, February 18, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 20.

P. Wardens. Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That the Port Wardens be, and they are hereby directed
to carry into effect the object of Resolution No. 25, of last
session, approved March 2d, 1831, on or before the first
of June next, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable.
Approved, February 29, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 21,

Water Com. Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
pany. That the Register be, and he is hereby authorised and di-

rected to pay to W. Winchester, Superintendant of Bal-
timore Water Company, the sum of thirty-eight dollars and
sixty-four cents.

Approved, February 29, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

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No. 22.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Harbour me-
That the memorial to Congress, prepared by the Commit- ™orial to
tee on the Harbour, be properly authenticated as the act on&res
of this Corporation, and that two copies be made out, one
to be forwarded to the Honourable Samuel Smith of the Se-
nate, and the other to the Honourable Benjamin C. How-
ard and John T. H. Worthington, of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and that they be requested to advocate and pro-
mote the prayer of the memorial.

Approved, February 28, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 23.

Resolved by tlie Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Appeal, the
That the Counsel for the City be, and he is hereby di- chY »n<l Di-
rected to enter an appeal on behalf of the City, from the gan'
decision of the Chancellor in the case between the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, and Cumberland Dugan.

Approved, February 29, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 24.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Direct Tax,
That the Senator and Delegates in the Legislature, be re- $l20,000.
quested to obtain an Act of Assembly, explanatory of the
3d section of an Act, passed at December session, 1830,
entitled, " An additional Act relating to the city of Bal-
timore," so that power may be given to the Mayor and
City Council, if necessary, to lay and raise in any one
year from what is called the direct tax, one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars, thereby excluding city poor, city
court, school, county tax for city purposes, paving tax, pump
tax, specific tax, road and bridge tax, and the interest on the
Rail-road stock, exclusive of any dividends thereon, and al-
so repealing the remainder of said third section, and the

58 RESOLUTIONS.

whole of the fourth section, but reviving or keeping in
force the limitation of one million of dollars as made in the
Act of 1817, ch. 148, sec. 7.
Approved, March 1, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 25,

E Gr een. Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

That the Register be and he is hereby authorised, to pay
to Edward Green, the sum of three hundred and thirty
dollars and fourteen cents for the erection and paving a
stone tunnel over Chatsworth run at Penn street.
•Approved, March 1, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 26.

C.R.Carroll. Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That the Register be, and he is hereby authorised and di-
rected to pay to Charles R. Carroll, the sum of ninety-four
dollars, out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury.
Approved, March 1, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 27.

D. Schwar- Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
zauer. That Daniel Schwarzauer have permission to take from

Hughes street, the sand in front of his lot, after the claim
of Mr. Cox is satisfied for sand sold him by the City Com-
missioners, provided he gives to the City Commissioners
satisfactory security that the dirt made by the removal of
the sand be removed from said street without delay.

Approved, March 5, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor,

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No. 28.

Resolved by the Maijor and City Council of Baltimore, centre and
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby di- HanoverMar-
rected to have the Fire Plug now standing in the Fish Mar- ket Houses*
ket removed to the centre of the two upper markets of Centre
Market in Second street, and also, that they cause two
rows ef bricks to be placed on edge along the entire line
of the inside of both of the said Markets, at the distance
of six feet from the inner part of the stands occupied by
the butchers, as a line beyond which no person shall be al-
lowed to place any impediment, and also, that they cause
to be procured 150 feet of good and substantial hose to suit
the said Fire Plug, as an additional means of keeping the
said Market in a clean condition.

Further Resolved, That the City Commissioners be, Painted, &c.
and they are hereby directed, to have the Market Houses at
the Centre Market painted, (except the stalls occupied by
the butchers) and the ceilings thereof whitewashed in a
workmanlike manner.

Further Resolved, That the City Commissioners be,
and they are hereby directed, to have the Fire Plug now
standing at the north-east corner of Hanover and Camden
streets removed to the inside of the square of the Hanover
Market, and that they cause to be procured 100 feet of
good and substantial hose to suit said Fire Plug, as an ad-
ditional means of keeping said Market in a clean con-
dition.

Resolved, That the City Commissioners be, and theyAppro#
are hereby authorised to draw upon the Register, with the
approbation of the Mayor, for the sum of $650, or so
much thereof as may be required to carry the foregoing
resolution into effect, and the Register is hereby authorised
to pay the same out of any unappropriated money in the
Treasury.

Approved, March 5, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

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No. 29.

Fish houses Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
to be rented. That the Mayor be, and he is hereby authorised to rent for
a term not less than one nor more than five years, from the
first of May next, the property belonging to the city, on
the south side of the basin, known as the Fish Houses,
with the ground attached thereto, or separately, and at
such rate or rates as he in his discretion may deem advan-
tageous to the city, provided the same be not previously
sold.

Approved, March 5, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 30.

"Wall.

s. House and Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimoret
others to use That Samuel House and others, owners of certain lots,
the Spring fronting the North side of Charles street spring, be, and
they are hereby authorised to remove and use the brick
wall on the North side of said Spring lot, provided, the
said Samuel House and others, proprietors as aforesaid,
give satisfactory security to the Mayor, that they will, at
their own cost, erect, in lieu of said brick wall, a wall and
fence having an entrance in the centre, of good materials,
and complete the same to the satisfaction of the City Com-
missioners, so as to correspond with the wall and fence on
Charles street.

Approved, March 8, 18S2.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No.

Chatsworth
street cut
down.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
thorised and directed to cut down and level Chatsworth-st.
immediately beyond the present pavement on said street, at
George street, conformable to the established grade there-
of, so as to prevent the overflow of water occasioned by the

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obstruction at the end of the stone pavement on said Chats-
worth street, and they are hereby authorised to draw on
the Register of the City, with the approbation of the May-
or, for any sum not exceeding fifty dollars, to defray the
expense thereof, to be taken out of the appropriation for
the repairs of unpaved streets.
•Approved, March 5, 1832.

WM. STOUART, Mayor.

No. 32.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, stop cocks
That the City Commissioners, with the approbation of the ^ c.harles
Mayor, be, and they are hereby directed to have three stop s ' sPnnff*
cocks affixed to the pipe which conveys the waste water
from Charles street Spring, and to connect the said pipe
with the Water Company's pipe in Charles street ; also to
have a new upright stock placed on Light street wharf,
where the present Fountain is, and to repair the pavement
around the same, — and the said Commissioners are au-
thorised to draw on the Register, (to be paid out of any
unappropriated money in the Treasury,) for the sum of
one hundred and eighty-seven dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary to defray the cost of said improve-
ments, and sundry expenses already incurred in clearing
out said pipe.

Approved, March 8, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 33.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Curb stones
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-ra'sed on Sa"
thorised and directed to raise the curb stones on each side ra oga s
of Saratoga street, between Pearl street and Run alley,
three or four inches higher than they are at present, and to
repave the gutters of the same after the mode that has been
recently adopted, and they are here authorised to draw on
the Register of the City, with the approbation of the May-
or, for any sum not exceeding fifty dollars, to defray the
expense of the same, provided the proprietors of property

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binding on the aforesaid part of Saratoga street oblige
themselves to repave the foot-ways in front of their respec-
tive prperty.

Approved, March 8th, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

Dutch alley,
gutters re-
paved.

Gay street
repaved.

No. 34.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
thorised and required to take up and repave the gutters on
Dutch alley, from Eutaw to Paca street, and also to re-
pair the stone pavement en the same, and they are hereby
authorised to draw on the Register of the City, with the
approbation of the Mayor, for any sum not exceeding for-
ty dollars, to defray the expense thereof.

Approved, March 8, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No 35.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
thorised and directed to take up the stone pavement on Gay,
late Bridge street, from the Bridge over. Jones's Falls east-
erly, as far east to the point where Gay street widens, and
repave the same, also to repair and repave the curb and
flag stones on said street : and the said Commissioners are
hereby authorised, with the approbation of the Mayor, to
draw on the Register for the sum of eleven hundred dollars,
or so much thereof as may be necessary to defray the ex-
penses of the same.

Approved, March 8, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 36.

John^Murray, Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
histot?6 ° That the Register be, and ho is hereby authorised to pay

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to John Murray the sum of fifty dollars for his lot of ground,
situated at the intersection of Monument, Aisquith and Gay
streets, so soon as the said Murray shall furnish a good
and sufficient deed in fee simple, clear of all incumbrances
and arrears of taxes and impositions of all descriptions or
nature whatsoever, for the same, to be approved by the
Counsel for the city.

Approved, March 8, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 37.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, $ .Brown.
That Samuel Brown be, and he is hereby permitted to
finish his frame building now erecting at the corner of
Richmond and Cathedral streets ; any thing in any Ordi-
nance to the contrary notwithstanding; said house having
been commenced before the passage of the Ordinance pro-
hibiting the erection of frame buildings, within the limits
of direct taxation.

Approved, March 8, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 38.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, A. McDona'
That Alexander McDonald be, and he is hereby permitted
to finish his frame building now erecting on Lerew's alley,
near Richmond street, any thing in any Ordinance to the
contrary notwithstanding; said house having been com-
menced before the passage of the Ordinance prohibiting
the erection of frame buildings within the new limits of di-
rect taxation.

Approved, March 8, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

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No. S9.

Jacob Da- Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

the Bridge"!! That JaC°b Daley be' a"d he is hepcby authorised to alter

Baltimore-st? the bridge across Jones's Falls, in Baltimore street, in the
manner laid down in the plan and explanations he has sub-
mitted witli his petition, at his own expense and under the
supervision of the City Commissioners ; provided that in
making the said alteration, a suitable passage to the water
to be approved by the City Commissioners be preserved,
and provided also, that nothing herein contained shall be
construed, to give the said Daley, or any other person, any
right of property in any part of said bridge, and provided
further, that nothing herein contained shall be construed
to prevent the Mayor and City Council from replacing the
said bridge in its present condition, if in their opinion, the
public convenience shall at any time hereafter require it, at
the expense of the said Daley.

Resolved, That the plan and explanation referred to in
the first resolution shall be filed and preserved in the office
of the City Commissioners.
Approved, March 10, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 40,

President Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

street filled That the Port Wardens be, and they are hereby authorised

up* and directed, to proceed forthwith to fill up President

and Wilkes streets, so far on the east and west side thereof

as to make it passable, with sediment taken out of the

Falls and Basin, to their proper grade, so as to receive the

rails of the Rail-road.

Approved, March 10, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 41,

Timber for Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
the Harbour, rj^ thie Register be, and he is hereby authorised, with the

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approbation of the Mayor, to pay to the orders of the Port
Wardens out of the Harbour appropriation, fifteen hun-
dred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for
the purpose of purchasing and keeping up the supply of
timber for the use of the Harbour.
Approved, March 10, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 42.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore^orQSt'st
That the Act of Assembly passed at the present December
session of the Legislature of Maryland, entitled, " An
Act for shutting up a certain part of Forest street extend-
ed," in the City of Baltimore, be and the same is hereby
approved of.

Approved, March 10, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor;

No. 43.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Springs at
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby di- Washington
rected to convey the springs which have been secured at the streets!^
intersection of Washington and Gough streets, to the south
end of Fell's, Point Market House, agreeably to Resolution
No. 55, and approved April 8, 1831, — and said Commis-
sioners are authorised to draw on the Register, with the
approbation of the Mayor, for the sum of thirteen hundred
and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary
to complete the same.

Approved, March 15, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 44,

and Ci _
That the Mayor be, and he is hereby authorised to borrow thThlrtour!

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, ^°'000 to be

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from time to time, from the Commissioners of Finance, in*
dividuals, or corporate bodies, in anticipation of the receipt
of money from the auction duties from the Treasurer of
the Western Shore of Maryland, for the preservation and
improvement of the Harbour of Baltimore, any sum not
exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and that on the receipt
of the said amount of twenty thousand dollars from the
Treasurer, the Mayor shall immediately apply the same,
or so much thereof as may be necessary to discharge the
loan or loans hereby authorised.

Resolved, That the Register be, and he is hereby autho-
rised to anticipate the amount to be received for the year
1832, from the State of Maryland, under the Act of Assem-
bly, passed 1827, chapter 111, for the purpose of deepen-
ing and improving the Harbour of Baltimore, and he is
hereby authorised to pay to the orders of the Port Ward-
ens, with the approbation of the Mayor, from any unap-
propriated money in the Treasury, such sums as may be
expended under authority of any ordinance or resolution
making appropriations for deepening and improving the
Harbour of Baltimore, during the year 1852.

Approved, March 15, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 4$.

Bridge,
Gwynn's
Falls.

Resolution approving a certain act therein mentioned.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That the act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed
at December Session, 1831, entitled, "An Act to authorise
a toll be collected upon the Bridge in the City of Baltimore,
over the mouth of Gwynn's Falls, for the repairs thereof,"
be, and the same is hereby approved.

•Approved, March 17, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

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No. 46.
A Resolution relating to an Act of Assembly therein mentioned.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Chancellor
That the City Solicitor be, ami lie is hereby directed to c°0neTtTfbr
transmit forthwith a petition to the Chancellor on behalf Dugan's and
of this Corporation, praying him to appoint the Harbour* McElderry'g
Master for the Western District of this City, to collect the Wharves.
wharfage on the wharves called Dugan's and McElderry's
wharves, under the provisions of an Act of Assembly,
pas%d at the Session of the Legislature just closed, where-
by the Chancellor is authorised to appoint a person to col-
lect wharfage on said wharves, until the suit now pending
respecting the said wharves be finally decided.

Approved, March 19, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 47.
Resolution authorising the Register to do a certain act.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Com- to
That the Register, with the approbation of the Mayor, set- AnnaPol"«
tie with the chairman of the Committee sent to Annapolis,
for the expenses of said committee.

Approved, March 19, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 48.

Resolution for repairing the Powder House.

"Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Powder Ma-
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby di- gazine.
rected to do such necessary repair to the door frame and
sill, to remove the present delapidated fire walls, and re-
place the same with slate, so far as the same may be found
necessary for the safety of the Powder Magazine, and they
are hereby authorised to draw on the Register, with the
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68 RESOLUTIONS.

approbation of the Mayor, for the sum of fifty dollars, or
so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any unappro-
priated money in the Treasury.
Approved, March 19, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 49.

Resolution for a Stone Tunnel over Harford Run at Monu-
ment street.

Tunnel Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

Harford Run. That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
thorised, with the approbation of the Mayor, to draw on
the Register for the sum of three hundred and eighty dol-
lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the con-
struction of a Stone Tunnel over Harford Run at Monu-
ment street.
Approved, March 19, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 50.

Resolution for repaving part of Pratt street.

Pratt st. Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

repaved. That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
thorised and directed to take up one-third of the stone pave-
ment, on each side of Pratt street from Franklin lane to
the west side of Jones's Falls, measuring from the curb
stones on each side of said street towards the centre there-
of, and to repave the same, the other one-third of said
street to be taken up and repaved by the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail-road Company, or so much thereof as is not re-
quired for their tracks of Rail-road, and the City Com-
missioners are hereby authorised to draw on the Register,
with tne approbation of the Mayor, for any sum not ex-
ceeding nineteen hundred dollars and eighty cents, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to defray the expense of
the same.

Approved, March 19, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

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No. 51.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Iu^£fset' Co*
That whenever the proprietors of a majority of the feet of over chats-
ground fronting on Columbia street, shall apply to have worth Run.
said street paved from Washington avenue to the present
pavement of said street, and it shall be determined by the
City Commissioners to pave the same, that then the City
Commissioners shall be, and they are hereby authorised, to
construct a good and substantial stone bridge with a tunnel,
whose area shall be sufficient to discharge the water at all
times, of stone, over Chatsworth run where it crosses Colum-
bia street, and to draw on the Register, with the approba-
tion of the Mayor, for nine hundred dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to defray the expense thereof,
to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the Trea-
sury.

Approved, March 19, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 52.

Resolution permitting John and Thomas L. Berry to rebuild a
Brick Kiln.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, J- and T#
That John and Thos. L. Berry be, and they are hereby au- Berry*
thorised to rebuild a Brick Kiln on their fire brick yard
on Howard and Lee streets, and also that they be autho-
rised and permitted to rebuild a Brick Kiln on their brick
yard south of little Montgomery street, any thing in any
Ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved, March 19, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 53.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Pumps in
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au- j£e limi^ of
thorised and directed to receive from the owners, such tiornec axa"

70 RESOLUTIONS.

pumps situated within the new limits of direct taxation, as
are in good repair, and the same to keep in repair as other
pumps are kept, under the existing Ordinances of the
City.
Approved, March 21, 1S32.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 54.

Fire Com- Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
pames. That the sum of four thousand two hundred and seventy-

five dollars, or so much thereof as may he required, be,
and the same is hereby appropriated for keeping in repair
the apparatus belonging to the Mechanical, Union, Friend-
ship, Deptford, Liberty, Independent, Vigilant, New Mar-
ket, Columbian, First Baltimore Hose, United Hose,
Franklin Hose, Washington Hose, Patapsco and Howard
Fire Companies, and the Register is hereby authorised and
directed, to pay in the month of August next to each of the
said Companies, a sum not exceeding two hundred and
eighty-five dollars, to be drawn for by their respective pre-
sidents on their producing to the Mayor satisfactory
vouchers for the expenditure thereof.
Approved, March 23, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 55.

Fountain Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
on city pro- That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
ment stm°nU" tnoi'ise(1 to erect & Fountain within the enclosure of the
City Property on Monument street, and to lay pipes con-
necting the Springs with said Fountain, together with a
waste pipe to conduct the water from the Fountain to the
north gutter of Monument street, agreeably to their re-
ports on that subject, and the Register is hereby authorised
to pay to the order of the City Commissioners, three hun-
dred and sixteen dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary to complete said improvement.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

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No. 56.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Calvert- st.
That the City Commissioners be," and they are hereby di- sPnnff-
rected to have the wall and fence around Calvert street
Spring put in good condition, and to insert an additional
nozzle to carry off the waste water ; and they are autho-
rised to draw on the Register, with the approbation of the
Mayor, for one hundred and thirty dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to complete said repairs.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 57.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Courtland
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au- street grade.
thorised and directed to alter the established grade of
Courtland street, from Gravel Alley to Mulberry street,
by raising the same midway between said streets, so that
the water on this part of Courtland street will pass off by
Mulberry street on the one side, and Gravel alley on the
other, provided, the proprietors of property binding on the
aforesaid part of Courtland street, file an instrument of
writing with the Register of the city, to be approved of by
the Counsellor for the city, relinquishing all claims to da-
mages that might accrue to them in consequence of the
change in the grade thereof.

Approved, March 26, 18S2.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 58.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Market-st.,
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au- Fell's point.
thorised and directed to cut down and level Market street,
Fell's Point, from Baltimore street, northerly, so as to
make this part of said street passable, and they are hereby
authorised to draw on the Register, with the approbation

12 RESOLUTIONS.

of the Mayor, for any sum not exceeding two hundred dol-
lars, or so much thereof as will be required to defray the
expense of the same.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 59.

Lancaster 'Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
street. That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-

thorised and directed to take up the stone pavement on
Lancaster street, from the west side of Bond street to the
west end of the present pavement on said street, and to re-
pave the same ; and they are hereby authorised to draw on
the Register, with the approbation of the Mayor, for any
sum not exceeding one hundred and twenty dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to defray the expenses of
the same.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 60.

uhler's Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

alley. That the City Commissioners, with the approbation of the

Mayor, be, and they are hereby authorised and directed to
repair the rear of the wooden building on Light street,
which stands over Uhler's sewer, where it discharges its
wrater into said street, so as to prevent the overflow of wa-
ter from said sewer in time of freshets, and that the sum of
fifteen dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to
carry this resolution into effect, is hereby appropriated for
that purpose, to be paid by the Register out of any unap-
propriated money in the Treasury.

Approved, March 26, 1 832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

RESOLUTIONS. 73

No. 61.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, wilke street.
That the City Commissioners he, and they are herehy au-
thorised and directed to take up the stone pavement on
Wilke street, from the west side of Market street, to the
east side of Apple alley, and repave the same, and they are
hereby authorised to draw on the Register, with the appro-
bation of the Mayor, for any sum not exceeding five hun-
dred and twenty-five dollars, or so much thereof as may
be necessary to defray the expenses of the same.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 62.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, overflow of
That whenever there is a prospect of an extraordinary rise Jones's Falls.
in the waters of Jones's Falls, so as to threaten an over-
flow upon the adjacent property, it shall be the duty of the
City Commissioners, upon receiving information to that
effect from any of the residents or property holders in that
vicinity, to take prompt and active measures and employ a
sufficient force to prevent the obstruction or damming up of
the said waters, and to draw upon the Register, with the ap-
probation of the Mayor, for the amount of any expenses that
may be incurred in any such service.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 63.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Charles-st.
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
thorised and directed to take up the stone pavement on
Charles street, from Barry to Lee streets, and to repave
the same ; and they are hereby authorised to draw on the
Register of the city, with the approbation of the Mayor,

74 RESOLUTIONS.

for any sum not exceeding seven hundred and thirty dol-
lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to defray the
expense of the same.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 64.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That the memorial of Patrick Doyle and others, and the
petition of John Hickman and others, be referred to the
Commissioners of Health ; and that the joint committee on
Health be discharged from the farther consideration of the
subject.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 65.

Market space Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

paved mmt' That the Clty Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-

part. thorised and directed to pave the unpaved piece of ground,

on Market space, Fell's Point, immediately adjoining

Alice Anne street, being the ground upon which the engine

house was formerly situated on said street, and they are

hereby authorised to draw on the Register of the City, with

the approbation of the Mayor, for any sum not exceeding

ninety-four dollars and fifty cents, or so much thereof as

may be necessary to defray the expense of the same.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 66.

Henry Mun- Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
roe, sewer. That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
thorised and directed to change the situation of the sewer
on the lot of Henry Munroc, in Water street, adjoining the
wooden bridge over Jones's Falls, and to place the same

RESOLUTIONS. 75

under the public street, so as to carry the water, as it is
now carried, into Jones's Falls, but without passing through
private property, and they are hereby authorised to draw
on the Register, with the approbation of the Mayor, for
any sum not exceeding sixty-four dollars, or so much there-
of as may be necessary to defray the expense of the
same.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 67.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Park lane.
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby di-
rected to fill up Park lane, between Cove and Pine streets,
where the water now lays, so as to prevent the evil com-
plained of, and they are authorised to draw on the Register,
with the approbation of the Mayor, for the sum of fifty
dollars to carry the same into effect, or so much thereof as
will complete the same, out of any unappropriated money
in the treasury.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 68.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, telock-st.
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
thorised and directed to take up the stone pavement on
Block street, from the north side af Thames to the south
side of Wilkes street, and to repave the same, and they are
hereby authorised to draw on the Register, with the appro-
bation of the Mayor, for any sum not exceeding five hun-
dred and eighty-three dollars and twenty cents, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to defray the expense of the
same.

Approved, March 26, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

76 RESOLUTIOiNS.

No. 69.

Land War- Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
rants. That the City Solicitor, with the approbation of the May-

or, be and he is hereby authorised to take such further
steps in relation to the land warrant obtained by the May-
or and City Council, on the 17th June, 1831, (by ordering
the survey and making the necessary payment into the
land office) as to him may appear expedient and proper ;
and that the Register pay to the order of the Mayor, such
sum as may be necessary therefor.
approved, March 29, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 70.

andTo°thnrsnd Resolved °V. the M^or and citV Council of Baltimore
ers. fpnaj. tjie Register be, and he is hereby authorised to pay to
Joseph Tovvnsend, John Hillen, and George Decker, or
their joint order, the sum of two hundred and forty dol-
lars and twelve cents, out of any unappropriated money in
the treasury.
Approved, March 29, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 71.

old Potters Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

Field. That the Mayor be, and he is hereby authorised to rent

the City property in the rear of the Hospital, called Old

Potter's field for one year, upon such terms as he may

deem for the interest of the City.

Resolved further, That the City Commissioners cause a
plat of the above, property to be made out,' and have the,
same deposited in the office of the Register.

Approved, March 29, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

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No. 72.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 820,000 in
That the Mayor be, and he is hereby authorised to borrow antlclPatlon-
in anticipation of the revenue of this year, such sum as may
be necessary for the current expenses of the Corporation,
not exceeding twenty thousand dollars.

Approved, March 29, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 73.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Tunnel over
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au- Chatsworth
thorised and directed to extend the tunnel overJChatsworth
run, at Lexington street, north along Pine street until it
reaches the private alley called Fifteen feet alley, and they
are hereby authorised to draw on the Register, with the ap-
probation of the Mayor, for any sum not exceeding seven
hundred and seventy-two dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary to defray the expenses of the same, pro-
vided, the said street is paved the present season.

Approved, March SO, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 74,

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Harford run.
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
thorised and directed to wall up Harford run on Canal-st,
and to pave the bottom of the same from Pitt to Holland-st.
in a similar manner to that of south of Pitt-st.; and they
are hereby authorised to draw on the Register, with the
approbation of the Mayor, for any sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary
to defray the expense of the same*

Approved. March 30, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

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No. 75.

Wm. Hollins. fiesoived by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That William Hollins be, and he is hereby permitted to
erect a bridge at the intersection of Chatsworth and Mul-
berry streets, agreeably to his petition herewith filed, the
materials of which he or his heirs, executors or adminis-
trators, shall be permitted to remove whenever a majority
of the number of feet of ground on Chatsworth street may
be obtained, to pave the same from Pearce to Saratoga
streets.

•Approved, March 30, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

Market-st.,
F.P.

No. 76.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That the Register be, and he is hereby authorised to pay
to the City Commissioners, the sum of one hundred dol-
lars, or so much thereof as will be necessary to complete
the gravelling of Market street, Fell's Point, to east Bal-
timore street.

Approved 9 March 30, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

Sewer, Han-
over-st.

No. 77.

Resolved by the Mayor and City .Council of Baltimore,
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
thorised and directed, with the approbation of the Mayor,
to draw upon the Register for the sum of forty-six dollars,
for the payment of a balance due for the new sewer at the
intersection of Hanover street and Uhler's alley.

Approved, March SO, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

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No. 78.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Market
That the City Commissioners be, and they rire hereby di- Houses.
rected to have the Market Houses at the Lexington Mar-
ket painted and white-washed completely ; also, that they
•have th$" lower Market House, Fell's Point, painted and
White-washed; and the north end of the upper Market
House enclosed in a substantial manner; also, that they
have the Hanover Market House white- washed, and an ad-
ditional 150 feet of Hose for the purpose of cleansing the
Centre Market.

Resolved, That the City Commissioners be. and they are
hereby authorised to draw upon the Register, with the ap-
probation of the Mayor, for the sum of four hundred and
fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to
carry the preceding resolution into effect, and the Register
is hereby authorised and directed to pay the same out of
any unappropriated money in the Treasury.

Approved, March 30, 1832.

^ WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 79.

Resolved by tlie Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Fayette-st.
That the Act of Assembly, entitled, an Act to provide for
the opening and extending Fayette street, in the City of
Baltimore, passed at December Session, 1831, be, and the
same is hereby approved.

Approved, March 31, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 80.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, ^h House
That the Port Wardens be, and they are hereby authorised wharf*
and directed to have the wharf attached to the Fish House
property repaired, in a good and substantial manner, so
as to prevent in future, any part thereof from falling into
the Harbour, and they are hereby authorised, with the ap-

80 RESOLUTIONS.

probation of the Mayor, to draw upon the Register for any
sum not exceeding six hundred dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary to complete the same, to be taken out
of the appropriation of the Harbour.

Approved, March 31, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 81

Repairs at- Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
Park lane and That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
Run alley, thorised and directed to make the necessary repairs upon
so much of the pavement and wall, at the junction of Park
lane and Run alley, with Chatsworth run, as is not private
property, and they ure hereby authorised to draw on the
Register, with the approbation of the Mayor, for any sum
not exceeding seventy four dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary to defray the expense of the same.

Approved, March 31, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 82.

Parken-st. Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

That the Act of Assembly, entitled, an Act to provide for
the opening a part of Parken street, in the City of Balti-
more, passed at December session, 1831, be and the same
is hereby approved.
Approved, March 31, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 83.

F.J. Dallam. Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That the Register be, and he is hereby authorised to pay
to Francis J. Dallam, the sum of twenty-nine dollars and

RESOLUTIONS. 81

seventy-five cents, out of any unappropriated money in the
treasury.

Approved,* March 23, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 84.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Division-st.
That the Act of Assembly, entitled, an Act to provide for
the opening of Division street, in Baltimore City, and for
other purposes, passed at December session, 1831, be and
the same is hereby approved.

Approved, April 4, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 85.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, William-st.
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-c own*
thorised and directed to cut down and level "William street
from Cross to Montgomery street, in such manner as the
public interest and convenience may require, and they are
hereby authorised to draw on the Register, with the appro-
bation of the Mayor, for any sum not exceeding fifty dol-
Jars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to defray the
expense of the same, to be taken out of the appropriation
for the repair of unpaved streets.

Approved, April 4, 1132.

WILLIAM STEUART, Mayor.

No. 86.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, obstructions
That a committee of three from the First, and two from ln Susclu?-
the Second Branch, be arpointed to prepare and present a annai meP*
memorial to his Excellency the Governor, and Council of
Maryland, praying them to instruct the Attorney General
of the State to procure an injunction to prevent the repair-

82 RESOLUTIONS.

ing the dams and obstructions now in part removed by the
late flood in the Susquehannah river, and also an injunc-
tion to prevent the use of the Chesapeake' and Delaware
Canal, or any part thereof, until the State of Pennsylvania
shall conform to the provisions under which the charter of
said Canal Company was granted by the State of Mary-
land, by removing effectually and entirely the three dams
erected under authority of said State, in the Susquehan-
nah river, and by that means rendering the river again a
public highway.

Resolved, That the committee report the result of their
application made in conformity to the preceding resolution,
to the next annual session of the City Council.

Approved, April 4, 1832.

WILLIAM STEUART, Mayor.

No. 87.

Bait. Female Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
lum. y"That the Trustees of the Baltimore Female Orphan Asy-

lum be, and they are hereby authorised to take up so much
of the pavement on north Calvert street as is opposite to
their lot adjoining the City Spring, in said street, as will
, enable them to lay a pipe to carry off the water from the
cellar of the house on their lot, and connect the same with
the sewer in said street, by which the waste water is car-
ried from said spring, — the street to be repaved immediate-
ly thereafter, to the satisfaction^ the City Commissioners,
and the entire work to be done at the expense of the Trus-
tees aforesaid.

Approved, April 4, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 88.

Cow Market. Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That the Mayor be, and he is hereby respectfully requested
to ascertain if a suitable lot or lots can be procured, to be
used as Cow Markets ; and he is , hereby desired to report
the result thereof to the next annual session.
Approved, April 6, 1832. *-

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

RESOLUTIONS.

No. 89.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Sewer across
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au- Monuments
Chorised and directed to have the sewer running across
Monument street, between Harford Avenue and York road
filled up, and that part of said Monument street paved so-
lid, so as to have the water from a spring called Jones's
spring, carried on the surface of said street, and that the
said Commissioners, with the approbation of the Mayor,
are hereby authorised to draw on the Register for such
sums as may be necessary to do the same, not exceeding
one hundred and nine dollars, to be drawn out of any un-'
appropriated money in the Treasury.

Approved, April 6, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 90.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Fire Compa-
That the Register be, and he is hereby authorised and di- nies, annual
rected, with the approbation of the Mayor, to pay out of appropriation
any unappropriated money ifi the Treasury, in the month
of January next, to the President of the Liberty Fire Com-
pany four hundred dollars, to enable said comany to dis-
charge the debts due for the repairs of their apparatus; to
the President of the Vigilant Fire Company three hundred
dollars, to enable said company to effect some extensive re-
pairs to their Engine ; to the President of the United Hose
and Suction Engin3 Company, two hundred dollars, to en-
able said company to pay off their debts, incurred for the
repairs of the apparatus ; to the President of the Union
Fire Company three hundred dollars, to enable them to
make some addition and repairs to their apparatus ; to the
President of the Washington Hose Company four hundred
and fifty dollars, to enable them to pay for some extensive
repairs to their Machinery ; and, to the President of the
Howard Fire Company the sum of five hundred dollars, to
enable said company to procure an additional quantity of
hose, and pay for the repairs and improvement of some of
their apparatus.

Approved, April 6, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.
li

RESOLUTIONS.

Repaying
Pratt street.

No. 91.

■Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby au-
thorised and directed to take up one-third of the stone pave-
ment on each side of Pratt street, measuring from the curb
stones towards the centre of said street, from Pratt street
bridge to the east side of President street, and to repave
the same ; and they are hereby authorised to draw on the
Register, with the approbation of the Mayor, for any sum
not exceeding three hundred dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary to defray the expense of the same.

Approved, April 6, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

Sewer, Bid-
die street.

No. 92.

ore,
au-
and

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimor
That the City Commissioners be, and they are hereby
thorised and directed to place a wooden sewer of good
substantial materials, in the alley which runs from Biddle
alley to Biddle street, and to draw on the Register for any
sum not exceeding one hundred and fifteen dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to complete the same.

Approved, April 6, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 93.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
That the Register be, and he is hereby directed to have
the second section of the Act of the General Assembly, No.
252, entitled, " An Act to vest certain powers in the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore," published as soon
as practicable in two of the newspapers printed in this ci-
ty.

Approved, April 6, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

RESOLUTIONS.

No. 94.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Bridge, Lex-
That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be, and the inSton-9t-
same is hereby appropriated out of any unappropriated
money in the Treasury, to erect a bridge across west Lex-
ington street, over a small water course at its intersection
with Wansbeck street, and that the Register pay the sum
above appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated ,• provided, that the said bridge
shall not be erected until the obstructions in Lexington-st.,
west of Cove-st., shall have been removed and the street
actually opened.

Approved, April 6, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 95.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, s^ 8,000 bor-
That the Mayor be, and he is hereby authorised to borrow rowed.
a sum of money not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars,
reimbursable on or before the first day of July, 1833, to re-
pay that amount borrowed by virtue of an Ordinance ap-
proved April 25, 1831.

Approved, April 5, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 96.

Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Liberty.st.
That it is inexpedient to shut up Liberty street from Sara-
toga to Mulberry street, and that they do not approve of
the Act of Assembly, passed at the recent session of the Le-
gislature of Maryland, entitled, An Act relative to Liberty
street in the City of Baltimore

Approved, April 9, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

86 RESOLUTIONS.

No. 97.

Dogs. Resolved by , the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

That the sum of five hundred dollars be, and the same is
hereby appropriated out of any unappropriated money in
the Treasury, for the purpose of carrying into effect the
Ordinance relative to dogs, approved August £3, 1831.
Approved, April 9, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

No. 93.

Bridge at Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

Wansbeck-st. Tha(. the ^ of Qm hundped an(] fifty dollars be, and the

same is hereby appropriated out of any unappropriated mo-
ney in the Treasury, to erect a bridge across west Lexing-
ton street, over a small water course at its intersection
with Wansbeck street, and that the Register pay the sum
above appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, provided, that the said bridge
shall not be erected until the obstructions in Lexington-st.,
west of Cove-st. shall have been removed, and the street
actually opened to Gilmor street.

Resolved further, that the resolution, No. 94, passed 31st
March, 1832, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved, April 9, 1832.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

LIMITS OF

DIRECT TAXATION.

We, the undersigned Commissioners, named in a com-
mission to us, issued and directed by his Excellency the
Governor and the Honorable the Council of Maryland,
pursuant to " an Act of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, passed February the twenty-first, eighteen hundred
and thirty-one," entitled, " an additional Act relating to
the City of Baltimore," — Do hereby certify and make
known, that in obedience to the said commission and pur-
suant to the provisions of the first section of the act of As-
sembly aforesaid, we entered upon, and have performed the
duties assigned us under the said commission. After hav-
ing appointed Alexander J. Bouldin as surveyor in the ex-
ecution of said commission, we have marked out the limits
within the said city, so far as the same is in our judgment
thickly settled, built upon, or improved, and which the
usual regulations for watching, or lighting, or cleaning of
streets are or ought to be applied, and which limits we have
ascertained and determined to be as follows, viz:

Beginning on the south side of Montgomery street, east-
wardly five hundred feet from Covington street at the letter
A on the plat, thence running southwardly bounding on the
lines fixed by the Wardens of the port of Baltimore, until
it intersects the centre of Ostend street at A on the plat,
thence westwardly along the centre of Ostend street, until
it intersects Ridgely's addition to Baltimore Town at B on
the plat, thence reversing the lines of said addition, and
bounding on the waters of Howard's branch and the Mid-
dle branch, to the mouth of the three pronged branch at C
on the plat, thence running up and bounding on said
branch, until it intersects the centre of Sterrett alley at
D on the plat, thence northwardly along the centre of
Sterrett alley and Sterrett street, until it intersects the cen-
tre of St. Peter's street at E on the plat, thence westward-
ly along the centre of St. Peter's street, until it intersects
the centre of Scott street at F on the plat, thence north-
wardly along the centre of Scott street, until it intersects
the centre of Hollins street at G on the plat, thence west-
wardly along the centre of Hollins street, until it intersects

88 LIMITS OF DIRECT TAXATION.

the centre of Poppleton street at H on the plat, thence north-
wardly along the centre of Poppleton-st., until it intersects
the centre of Baltimore-st, at I on the plat, thence westward-
]y along the centre of Baltimore street, until it intersects the
centre of Republican street at J on the plat, thence north-
wardly along the centre of Republican street, until it in-
tersects the centre of Saratoga street at K on the plat,
thence eastwardly along the centre of Saratoga street, un-
til it intersects the centre of Schroeder street at L on the
plat, thence northwardly along the centre of Schroeder
street, until it intersects the centre of Thompson street at
M on the plat, thence eastwardly along the centre of
Thompson street, until it intersects the centre of Core street
at N on the plat, thence southeastwardly along the cen-
tre of Cove street, until it intersects the centre of George
street at 0 on the plat, thence along the centre of George
street, eastwardly, until it intersects the centre of Ogston
street at P on the plat, thence northwardly along the centre of
Ogston street, until it intersects the centre of Chatsworth
street at Q on the plat, thence northwestwardly along the
centre of Chatsworth street, until it intersects the centre
of Dolphin street at R on the plat, thence northeastwardly
along the centre of Dolphin street, until it intersects the
centre of Madison street at S on the plat, thence south-
eastwardly along the centre of Madison street, until it in-
tersects the centre of Biddie street at T on the plat,
thence northeastwardly along the centre of Biddie street,
until it intersects the centre of Cathedral street at U on the
plat, thence southeastwardly along the centre of Cathedral
street, until it intersects the centre of Madison street at V
on the plat, thence eastwardly along the centre of Madison
street, until it intersects the centre of Forrest street at W
on the plat, thence northwestwardly along the centre of
Forrest street, until it intersects the centre of Eager street
at X on the plat, thence eastwardly along the centre of
Eager street, until it intersects the centre of Aisquith
sheet at Y on the plat, thence southwardly along the cen-
tre of Aisquith street, until it intersects the centre of Ma-
dison street at Z on the plat, thence eastwardly along the
centre of Madison street, until it intersects the centre of
Caroline street at A on the plat, thence southwardly along
the centre of Caroline street, until it intersects the centre
of Jefferson street at B on the plat, thence eastwardly
along the centre of Jefferson street, until it intersects the
east side of Market street at C on the plat, thence south-

LIMITS OF DIRECT TAXATION. 89

wardly along the east side of Market street, until it inter-
sects the north side of Hampstead Hill street at W on the
plat, thence eastwardly along the north side of Hampstead
Hill street, until it intersects the east side of Gist street at
D on the plat, thence southwardly along the east side of
Gist street, until it intersects the north side of Pinkney
street at E on the plat, thence eastwaidly along the north
side of Pinkney street, until it intersects the centre of Pa-
tapsco street at F on the plat, thence southwardly along
the centre of Patapsco street to Harris' creek, thence down
and hounding on the waters of said creek to David Stod-
dard's old wharf, then running and hounding on the wa-
ters of the northwest branch of Patapsco, including all the
wharfs, platforms, and every other improvement situated
thereon, from Stoddard's wharf aforesaid to the east end
of the new Draw Bridge, designated on the plat by the let-
ler a, thence bounding on the waters of what is called the
City Block to the letters b, c, d, e, thence along the east
side of Harford or Canal street dock, to Wilkes street at
f, thence on Wilkes street, westwardly fifty feet, then
along the west side of Harford or Canal street dock, to the
City dock, thence westwardly with, and bounding on the
City dock to Jones' Falls, then up the east side of said
Falls to Pratt street bridge, thence across said bridge,
thence down the west side of Jones' Falls to the City
block, so called, thence, still bounding on the water, to the
new Draw Bridge aforesaid, thence across the end of said
block to the southeast corner thereof, then bounding on
the waters of the Basin, including all the platforms,
wharfs, and every other improvement thereon, to the south
side of Pratt street, at its intersection with Franklin lane
at the letter g, thence along the south side of Pratt street,
westwardly, to the east side of Light street wharf, thence
southwardly with said wharf to the north side of Hughes'
quay, thence, still bounding on the waters of the Basin, in-
cluding all wharfs, platforms, and every other improve-
ment thereon erected or made, to the east end of Christo-
pher Hughes' old wharf, otherwise called Harbaugs wharf,
and thence to the beginning. — And we do herewith
return the annexed plat of the limits so as aforesaid as-
certained by us, to the Register of the City of Baltimore,
to be by him recorded in his office, we having also, on the
day of the date hereof, made a similar return to the Clerk
of Baltimore county to be recorded in his office.

LIMITS OF DIRECT TAXATION.

Given under our hands and seals, this Fifth day of No-
vember, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Thirty-one.

CHAS. STERETT RIDGELY, Seal
THOS. EMORY, Seal

wm. s. Mcpherson, seal.

We, the Commissioners, appointed to make the survey,
and ascertain the limits delineated on the annexed Piatt,
do hereby certify that the expenses incurred by us in the
performance of the duty, amounts to the sum of Four Hun-
dred and Thirty-five dollars. Viz. allowance to Commision-
ers fixed by Ordinance at £6 per day.
Chas. S. Ridgely, 20 days, - - - g 120 00

Thos. Emory, 20 days, - - - 120 00

Wm. S. McPherson, 20 days, - 120 00

Allowance to Alex.J.Boulden, for making survey, &c. 75 00

$435 00
Witness our hands, this 5th day of November, 1831.
CHAS. STERETT RIDGELY.
THOS. EMORY.
WM. S. McPHERSON.

ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.

CHAPTER 25.

An act for the shutting up of a certain part of Forrest street Passed Jan.
. extended, in the city of Baltimore, 24' 18

Section i. Be it anacted by the General Assembly of Ma- street closed-
ryland, That all that part of Forrest street extended, as
heretofore located by the commissioners appointed under the
act of December session, eighteen hundred and seventeen,
chapter one hundred and forty eight, which begins on For-
rest street, at the distance of one hundred and eighty feet
south of Douglas street, and runs thence, nearly parallel
with Douglas street, to Asquith street, and over a lot belong-
ing to a certain Columbus E. Cook, of the city of Balti-
more, be, and the same is hereby closed and shut up, and
that the said Columbus E. Cook, shall be, and he is hereby
empowered to inclose, improve and hold the part of said
lot, over which said street was so located, in the same man-
ner as if such location had never been made.

Sec. 2 And be it enacted, That nothing in this act con- To be appro-
tained shall have any force or effect until approved of by Yfd b^
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Ch^Co^ciL

CHAPTER 30.

Jin act to establish the width of that part of Orleans street. Passed Jan.
lying east of Canal street, in the city of Baltimore, 25» 1832-

Section- 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma- Width settled
ryland, That the width of that part of Oilcans street lying
east of Canal street, from Canal street to the Eastern
limits of the City of Baltimore, be, and is hereby declared
to be, sixty-six feet, and that the said part of Orleans street
be,;and is hereby declared to be, in conformity with the loca-

ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.

Repeal.

To be
proved by
Mayor, &c.

ap-

tion of the same, made and established by the commission-
ers apointed to survey and lay off streets, under the act of
eighteen hundred and seventeen, chapter one hundred and
forty-eight.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That so much and such parts
of the act of eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, chapter
one hundred and twenty-three, as may he inconsistent with
the provisions of this act, be and is hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall be null and
void unless approved of by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore.

Passed Jan.
25, 1832.

Preample.

Street ex-
tended.

CHAPTER si.

A supplement to an act, entitled, An act for the widening of
certain streets near the Washington Monument in the city
of Baltimore, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

Whereas, the commissioners appointed by the act to
which this is a supplement, have represented to this Gene-
ral Assembly, that it would be for the public advantage,
and for the benefit of all the owners of property interested,
to extend Charles street or Washington Place, to be of the
width of one hundred and fifty feet, from Centre street to
Madison street, and have, with the assent and approbation
of all the proprietors of ground, and the guardians of mi-
nors interested, recommended the passage of an act to au-
thorise such extensions — Therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Manjland, That
Charles street or Washington Place, be further extended to
the width of one hundred and fifty feet from Madison street
to a point sixty feet south therefrom, and also from Centre
street to a point ninety feet north from the same, as if the
original powers granted to the said commissioners by the
act to which this is a supplement, had authorised such ex-
tension and widening.

CHAPTER 32.

Passed Jan. An act to authorise the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
2d» 1832, to alter the grade of Calvert street in said city.

Empowered Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
to alter grade, the Mayor aud City Council of Baltimore be, and they are

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hereby authorised to alter the grade of Calvert street, at

and near the intersection of Pleasant street, and to raise 0wners con.

the same not exceeding three feet above its present grade, sent not re-

without the consent of a majority of the owners of lots in- quired.

terested therein, being first had and obtained, on such terms

as may be agreed upon between the said Mayor and City

Council, and the President and Directors of the Baltimore

Water Company; Provided, that no part of the expense of provisos.

said alteration shall be charged to, or exacted from any of

the owners of the adjacent property, or any other person

or persons excepting the said President and Directors of

the Baltimore Water Company; And provided moreover,

that said alteration shall have been made and completed

before tbe first day of November, eighteen hundred and

thirty-three, otherwise this act shall be null and void.

CHAPTER 45.

An act to incorporate the Washington Hose Company of Passed Jan.
Baltimore. 'Q6' 1832'

Whereas, it has been represented to this general assem- Preamble.
bly, that the Members of the Washington Hose Company
of Baltimore have associated themselves together for the
purpose of protecting the property in said city against fire,
and have adopted rules and regulations for the government
of said company, and in order to give effect to the said
rules and regulations which have or may be established by
said company, are desirous that an act of incorporation
should be passed in their favor — Therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted h.f the General Assembly of Ma- incorporated.
ryland, That the president of said company and such other
persons as now are or may hereafter become members
thereof, shall be and are hereby declared to be one commu-
nity, corporation and body politic forever hereafter, by the
name, style and title of the " Washington Hose Company
of Baltimore," and by that name they shall be and are here-
by made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive,
possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors,
lands, tenements, rents, annuities or other hereditaments,
and the same to grant, demise, alien or dispose of, in such
manner as they may judge most conducive to the interest
of the company ; Provided nevertheless, that the said corpo- proviso.
ration or body politic, shall not at any one time, hold or

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possess property, real, personal or mixed, exceeding the sum
of fifteen hundred dollars per annum ; and provided also,
that nothing herein contained shall be construed to author-
ise or empower said company to do or perform any act not
necessary to the attainment of the object for which the said
company is herein declared to be incorporated.
Powers. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said company and

their successors, by the aforesaid name, shall forever here-
after be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend* and be
defended, in all or any courts of justice whatsoever, and
also to have, make and use, a common seal, and the same to
break, alter and renew at pleasure, and also to assemble
and meet at such times and places as they may agree upon,
and also from time to time to form and adopt such by-laws
and regulations for the government of said company, and
the concerns thereof, as they may judge necessary and use-
ful for the orderly government of said company, the same
not heing contrary to the laws of this state, or of the Unit-
ed States, and generally to do and execute all such acts,
matters and things as to them shall or may appear neces-
sary and proper for the purpose aforesaid.

CHxlPTER 5$,

Passed Feb. jia aci relating to the Jail of Baltimore City and County.

17, 1832.

Appointment Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
authorised. That the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Council, shall annually appoint and commission seven
discreet and judicious persons, four of whom shall be resi-
dents of the city of Baltimore, and three of whom shall
be residents of Baltimore county, without the limits of the
city, as visiters of the jail of Baltimore city and county,
and in case of the death, resignation or removal from
the said city or county of any of said visiters within the
year for which he shall have been appointed, the Governor
by, and with the advice and consent of the Council shall
immediately thereafter supply such vacancy, by appointing
and- commissioning another fit person residing within the
said city or county as the case may be, and the said visiters
Incorporated. ana" their successors to be appointed as aforesaid shall be
and they are hereby incorporated and constituted a body

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politic and corporate, by the name, style and title of the
visiters of the jail of Baltimore city and county, and by
that name shall have perpetual succession; shall have, and
use a common seal, and the same at their pleasure, shall
break, alter, and renew, and shall have and exercise all the
powers, authorities and privileges of a corporate body, so
far as the same are necessary to a due discharge of their
duties, as fully to all intents and purposes as any other cor-
porate body may or can have and exercise.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That each visiter apointed by oathrequir-
virtue of this act before he proceeds to perform any duties ed.
as such, shall before some judge or justice of the peace,
take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, that he will duly
and faithfuly execute the duties and trusts, and exercise the
powers committed to and vested in him as a visiter of the jail
of Baltimore city and county, according to iaw, to the best
of his ability and judgment, and the said visiters shall pro-
vide a book or books in which shall be entered the minutes
of their proceedings under this act, and the certificate of
each visiter having taken and subscribed the oath or affirma-
tion aforesaid, and when the said visiters or any three of
them apointed in virtue of this act, shall have taken and
subscribed the said oath or affirmation, they shall be
qualified and competent to exercise all the powers, and per-
form the duties herein granted and required ; three members
shall at any time form a quorum for the transaction of bu-
siness.

Sec 3. And be it enacted, That the said visiters shall visit and
have full power and authority as often as they may deem itInsPect#
necessary, to visit and inspect the said jail and the prisoners
confined therein ; to make by-laws for the internal police
and good government thereof, and for the preservation of
the buildings and other property ; to regulate and provide
the diet of the .prisoners, procure necessary bedding and
clothing for their use, to make such repairs, alterations and
improvements in and about the jail as they may deem ne-
cessary; to provide medicines and attendance for such of
the prisoners as are sick, and that they shall have a discre-
tionary power of employing any prisoners^ including debt-
ors and persons on the bounds, with consent of such prison-
ers, in such work and labor in anil about the premises, as
may not be inconsistent with their safe keeping, according
to the tenor of their commitment; and the visiters shall
keep an account of the earnings of each person engaged in
such voluntary labor, and upon his or her discharge, he or

ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.

she shall be allowed two-thirds of the net proceeds thereof,
to be ascertained by the said visiters. And all vagrants
committed to tlie jail of Baltimore county, under the exist-
ing laws of this state, free negroes or slaves who may he
committed, shall be required to perform such work and la-
bor without their consent being thereto first had and ob-
tained.
Officer's Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of

meetings. said visiters to choose annually at their first meeting in the
month of April, or at some subsequent meeting, a President
and Secretary from among the members of the board : the
President shall preside at all meetings of the board ; the
Secretary shall keep the minutes of their proceedings; the
board shall meet on the first Tuesday of every month, or
at such other times as they may direct; special meetings
may be called at anytime by the President or any two
members on giving three days notice in writing to the
members.

Warden. Sec. 5. And be it enacted. That the said visiters shall

appoint a fit person as Warden of the jail of Baltimore city
and county who shall take charge of the prison and pri-
soners therein, and exercise during his continuance in office
the same powers, and be subject to the same penalties and
forfeitures, and responsible for escapes, in the same man-
ner as the sheriffs of the respective comities are subject to
in relation to prisoners committed to their custody, and
shall perform such other duties as may be required of him
by said visiters.

Warden'sfees Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the Warden for the time

—appeal. being shall be entitled to receive and collect in his own name,
but for the use of the visiters aforesaid, the same jail fees
as have heretofore been allowed by law to the sheriff of
Baltimore county, and in case of any dispute between the
Warden and any prisoner, or the owner of any slave, or
master of any apprentice, who shall have been committed
to his custody, in relation to the amount of fees demanded
by the Warden from any prisoner, or owner of any slave,
or master of any apprentice as aforesaid, which shall be the
subject of a contest before a justice of the peace in Balti-
more city, either party against whom judgment shall be
given, may appeal to Baltimore city court, although the
amount in dispute shall be under twenty shillings.

Assistants. Sec. 7. And be it enacted. That the said visiters shall

prescribe the number and duties of the assistants who may
be necessary to be employed by the said Warden, of whom

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lie shall have the appointment and removal, subject to the
approval of the board.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That before the said warden Warden's
shall enter upon the duties of his said office, he shall Siveb°tnhd and
bond to the state in the penalty of ten thousand dollars,
with at least two securities, to be approved by the visiters,
conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty as war-
den, and for the safe keeping of all such persons as shall
be committed, by legal authority, to the jail of Baltimore
county, which bond shall be filed and recorded in Balti-
more city court, and an office copy under the seal of said
court, shall be as good and lawful evidence in the several
courts of the state, as the original bond would be if pro-
duced and proved ; and the said warden shall also take and
subscribe an oath, or affirmation, that he will duly and faith-
fully execute the duties and trusts, and exercise the powers
committed to and vested in him as warden of the jail of
Baltimore city and county.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That all commitments of pri- Receiving
soners to the jail of Baltimore county, whether on civil orP1"180"61,8,
criminal process, shall be directed to the warden of said
jail, whose duty it shall be to receive the prisoners from
the officers having them in charge.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the said wTarden be Conduct
obliged to conduct all prisoners in his custody, to and from prisoners.
the courts, when the said courts shall direct him so to do.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That the said warden shall Warden to
account with the visiters for all sums of money which i,eaccoun •
may collect as jail fees for prisoners confined in the jail, or
from any other source connected with the institution.

Sec. 12. And belt enacted, That the said visiters may at Removal of
their w7ill and pleasure remove said warden from office, Warden.
and appoint another in his stead, and that they shall allow compensation
such compensation to said warden and his assistants, as
they may think reasonable and proper.

Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That the said visiters shall Visiters book
keep regular books of accounts, in which the whole ex- &c»
penses of the jail, whether for supplies, salaries of officers,
repairs, or incidentals, shall be distinctly stated, as also all
the receipts and expenditures upon the different dockets, in
such a manner, as that these accounts may shew what is
chargeable to Baltimore county, and what chargeable to
Baltimore city.

Sec. 14. And belt enacted, That all expenses attending Assessment of
the repairs, alterations and improvements of the jail, and rePuirs» &c-

98 ACTS OP ASSEMBLY.

of the property appertaining thereto, shall be paid for in
equal proportions by Baltimore county and Baltimore city,
and all other necessary expenses incurred by the said visi-
ters, shall be paid by Baltimore county and Baltimore city,
in the proportions properly chargeable to the said county
and city respectively, having regard to the number of pri-
soners and the expense of keeping the same, which shall
have been sent from the county and from the city.
Visiters annu- Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That the said visiters shall
coumy moS-0f annualIy make out a full and fair account of all the public
nies, &c. money by them received from the commissioners of Balti-
more county, and from any other sources for the use of Bal-
timore county, and the manner in which it has been ex-
pended; which shall be exhibited to said commissioners,
together with an estimate of what will be necessary for the
following year, the amount of which estimate shall be as-
Levied, sessed and levied by the said county commissioners, and
collected as other county charges, and paid to the said visi-
ters for the use of said prison.
Do. of city Sec. 16. And be it enacted, That the said visiters shall
momes. annually make out a full statement of all the public money
received by them from the register of the city of Baltimore,
or from any other source for the use of the city of Balti-
more, and the manner in which it has been expended ;
Which statement shall be laid before the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, together with an estimate of what
will be necessary for the following year, the amount of
which estimate shall be levied on the property in the city
of Baltimore, and paid to the visiters of the jail.
Monies here- Sec. 17. And be it enacted. That the said visiters shall
tofore levied. j)ave authority to receive from the Register of the city of
Baltimore, and from the commissioners of Baltimore coun-
ty, all monies heretofore levied for the use of the late board
of visiters and governors of the jail of Baltimore county,
and that they shall pay all legal claims against the said
board of visiters and governors of the jail, and that the
warden to be appointed under this law, shall have authori-
ty to collect all debts due to the warden under the existing
law.
Levy for cur- Sec. 18. And belt enacted. That in the next levy to be
rent year. made by the commissioners of Baltimore county, in addi-
tion to the amount which shall be estimated by the visiters
as necessary for the ensuing Jear, the said Commissioners
shall also levy the amount of expenses of the jail for the
current year, which is properly chargeable to Baltimore

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county, as the same shall be certified by the visiters afore-
said.

Sec. 19. And be it enacted, That the present visiters and Present visi-
goveroors and warden of the jail now in office, shall con- ers*
tinne therein, till such time as the visiters to he appointed
under- this law, shall have qualified themselves to act under
it, and shall have appointed a warden to take charge of the
prisoners, and to enter upon the duties of his office, after
which, and not before, the act, entitled, An act to appoint a
warden for the jail of Baltimore county, passed at Decern- Repeal.
ber session, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, chapter
two hundred and twenty-four, shall be, and is hereby re-
pealed.

Sec. 20, And be it enacted. That from and after the pas- payment in
sage of this act, no person shall be imprisoned in the jail of advance re-
Baltimore city and county, under any process in any civil quired for pn-
case issued by a justice of the peace, or under any process
on any judgment of Baltimore county court on any appeal
or certiorari from a judgment or proceeding of a justice of
the peace, unless the person or persons in whose behalf
such process shall have issued, or some person for him or
them, shall at the time of commitment of the person sub-
ject to the process aforesaid, pay to the warden of said jail,
the sum of one dollar and forty cents, for one week's main-
tenance of the person to be imprisoned as aforesaid ; in de-
fault of which payment, said warden shall refuse to re*
ceive such person ; Provided, that the provision of this proviso,
section shall not be taken to apply to persons under any
criminal process, or under any commitment for any fine
imposed by any court or justice of the peace, or for any
breach of the peace, or for other criminal act, or for viola-
tion of any penal law of the state, or of any penal ordi-
dance of the city of Baltimore.

Sec 21. Arid be it enacted. That nothing herein contain-
ed shall be construed so as to prevent the legislature from,
altering or repealing any of the provisions of this act.

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CHAPTER 61

Passed Feb.
17, 1832.

Levy autho-
rised to pay
jurors.

For 1833-4.

Subsequent
levies.

Payment.

Levy for ex-
penses of or-
phans court.

An act to provide for the payment of Jurors in Baltimori
county, without the limits of the city, and for p/iyment oj
the Judges of the Orphan's court of Baltimore county.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That the commissioners of Baltimore county be and
they are hereby authorised and required, to levy on the as-
sessable property of said county, at the usual time of mak-
ing the county levy, in the year eighteen hundred and thir-
ty-two, such sum of money as the said commissioners may
deem sufficient to defray the expenses which have or may
be incurred by the attendance of Jurors summoned from
Baltimore county, without the limits of the city of Balti-
more, at Baltimore county court, during eighteen hundred
and thirty-two, and for the first term in said court in
eighteen hundred and thirty three.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of said
commissioners to levy as aforesaid, in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty-three, a sum of money they may deem
necessary to defray the expenses for the attendance of ju-
rors as aforesaid, at the last term of Baltimore county court
in eighteen hundred and thirty-three, and also for the at-
tendance of jurors as aforesaid at said court in eighteen
hundred and thirty-four.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the said commissioners to levy as aforesaid in the year
eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and annually thereafter,
such sum of money as they may deem sufficient to pay the
expenses and charge which may be for the then succeeding
year incurred, by and on account of the attendance of ju-
rors summoned to Baltimore county court, from Baltimore
county, without the limits of the city of Baltimore.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the treasurer of Balti-
more county be and he is hereby authorised to pay to said
jurors the amount of their respective dues, on producing
certificates from the clerk of said court, setting forth the
said amounts due respectively, as aforesaid, for their at-
tendance.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
said commissioners to cause to be levied at the time of mak-
ing the levy for the county charge in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty-two, the amount which said commission-

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crs shall estimate will become payable to the judges of the
Orphans Court of Baltimore county, by and on the part of
Baltimore county, for the services of said judges during the
years eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-three, beside the amount then to be levied
according to the law as now provided for and on account
of services of said judges ; and at every annual levy there-
after, it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to cause
to be levied, the amount which they shall estimate will be-
come payable as aforesaid for the services aforesaid of said
judges for and during the then succeeding year.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That at the end of each quar- T^aymeijtft-om
ter of every year from and after the passage of this act, it * ^e*1IL^!>Unr
shall be the duty of the register of wills of said county totiveiy.
certify to the treasurer of Baltimore county and to the
Mayor and Register of the city of Baltimore the number of
days which each of said judges shall have attended said
court during said quarter; and that so soon as the said
Orphans court shall have ascertained the proportions there-
of chargeable properly to said county and city respectively,
and shall certify said ascertainment as required by the fifth
section of the act of assembly of December session of the
year eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, chapter one hun-
dred and sixty-seven, it shall be the duty of the treasurer of
said county, and of the Mayor and Register of said city
respectively, to pay each judge the amount due to him for
attendance as aforesaid, for the said quarter from the city
and from the county respectively.

CHAPTER 62.

Jin act to open and extend Pleasant Street, in the city o/PassedFeb.
Baltimore, 17> 1832*

Whereas, Sheppard C. Leakin, and others, by their Preamble,
petition in writing, have set forth to this General Assembly,
that the public convenience and improvements of the city of
Baltimore, would be greatly promoted by opening and ex-
tending Pleasant street, so as to intersect Hillen street :—
Therefore,

Section 1. Beit enacted by the General Assembly of Ma- Commission-
ryland, That the Mayor of the city of Baltimore, shall ap- ers to open-
point five disinterested persons of experience, which said vacancies.

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five persons shall be, and they are hereby appointed, a
board of commissioners, to open and extend Pleasant street,
from Holliday street to Jones' Falls, carrying its present
width, and giving it such a direction as to meet Hillen
street, in the best manner calculated to form a communica-
tion therewith, without regard to the direction of Pleasant
street, as laid down on a plat returned by the commission-
ers for laying down streets, lanes and alleys in the city of
Baltimore, and whenever a vacancy in said board of com-
missioners may occur, by resignation,. death, refusal to act,
or otherwise, the said Mayor shall supply such vacancy by
a new appointment, and a majority of the said commission-
ers shall be competent to perform all the duties of said board.
Assess dama- Sec. $.. And be it enacted, That the aforesaid commis-
fributions— n" s*oneis> or a majority of them, after giving at least ten days
returns there- notice, in two of the newspapers of the city of Baltimore,
of. after viewing the advantages and the disadvantages, shall

proceed to value and assess, on oath, what damage may be
sustained, by any person whatever, by opening and extend-
ing said street, and shall also declare what sum of money
each individual or company benefitted thereby shall contri-
bute or pay, towards compensating those who are judged
to be injured by such opening and extension, as well as the
expenses of said opening, and the names of the persons and
the several sums of money which they shall respectively
be obliged to pay, shall be returned under the hands and
seals of the said commissioners, or a majority of them, to
the office of the register of the city of Baltimore, to be filed
and kept in his office, and the sums of money assessed and
charged to each individual or company benefitted as afore-
said, shall be a lien on the property so charged 5 Provided,
The said commissioners, on making such return, shall give
notice in two of the newspapers of the city of Baltimore, to
the persons interested, of their having made such return,
and of the privilege of appeal, as hereinafter provided for.
Appeal— Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That any person or persons,
proceedings wj10 may ^e <lissatisfied, with the assessment of damages
or benefits which shall be made by the said commissioners,
may, within twenty days after the first publication of the
notice required to be given in the preceding section, appeal
therefrom by petition in writing, to the judges of Baltimore
city court, and on any such appeal being made, the said
judges, or a majority of them, or the chief judge, if the
city court shall not be in session, may and shall appoint a
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five nor more than fifteen days after the expiration of the
twenty days limited for making appeals as aforesaid, and
shall direct the clerk of the said court to issue a subpoena
duces tecum, to the register of the city of Baltimore, requir-
ing him to produce and deliver to said court, the return
made to him by said commissioners, and all plats, docu-
ments, books and papers, connected with said return; and
the said judges, or chief justice, or a majority of them, shall
have full power to meet at the time so appointed, and hear
and fully examine the subject and decide on the said appeals,
and for that purpose, they are hereby authorised and em-
powered to adjourn, from time to time, and may cause all such
appeals to be consolidated, or try, hear and decide them
separately, and may require the said commissioners, their
clerk, surveyor or any of them and all such other persons as
they shall deem necessary, to attend and examine them on
oath or affirmation, and may permit and require all such
explanations, amendments and additions to be made to and
of the said returns, as the said judges shall deem requisite,
and the said judges on application of the applicants, or any
of them, in the particular case to be tried, or any of the ap-
plicants, if said appeals be consolidated as aforesaid, shall
direct the sheriff of Baltimore county to summon twelve or
more persons, qualified to be jurors of their court, and
shall empannel any twelve disinterested persons so summon-
ed, to try any cases of appeal aforesaid, on said consolida-
ted cases, and to try any question of fact, or to ascertain and
decide on the amount of damage or benefit under the direc-
tion of the said court, and the said judges shall not reject
or set aside the return of the commissioners for any defect
or omission, either in form or substance, but shall amend
and supply all such defects and omissions; and conformably
to the verdict or verdicts of any jury or juries aforesaid, or
any decisions as aforesaid, of said cases of appeal, reduce
or increase the amount of damage or benefits assessed, and
alter, modify and correct the said return, in all or any of
its parts, as to the said judges or chief justice, or a majori-
ty of them, shall seem just and proper, and shall cause
their proceedings and decision on the said return and ap-
peals, certified by their clerk, under the seal of their court,
to be transmitted to the register of the city of Baltimore,
which shall be final and conclusive in every respect.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the said judges of Bal- Costs of ap-
timore city court shall have full power in their discretion, peals'
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Powers to
collect.

Tender of
damages.

them or any part thereof to the damages to be collected for
the opening of said street, or to require such cost or any
part thereof to be paid by all or by either of the appellants,
as the circumstances of each appeal in their opinion shall
justify.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted. That within ten days after the
time herein before limited for making appeals shall have
elapsed, if no appeal shall have been prayed, or after the
return of the decision on any appeal or appeals to the Re-
gister of said city as aforesaid directed, it shall be the duty
of the said Register to give thirty days notice in two of
the newspapers in the city of Baltimore of the time of the
payment and of the saving of commission as herein after
provided, which time shall be in forty days after the final
return of the commissioners or judges as the case may be,
and should any of the sums assessed as aforesaid or any
part of any such sum not be paid to the said Register
within the time so limited, the city collector shall then pro-
ceed to sell the property or any part thereof on which
such unpaid sum or sums shall have been assessed, giving
thirty days notice of such intended sale in two of the news-
papers of the city of Baltimore, and after making such sale
and receiving the purchase money, the said collector shall
by a deed under his hand and seal to be acknowledged and
recorded as other deeds for lands are required to be, con-
vey the property so sold and paid for to the purchaser, his
beirs and assigns ; and such deed shall vest in such purcha-
ser a good and sufficient estate in the property therein de-
scribed, and after deducting the cost of sale, advertising
and so forth, on said property, the collector shall pay over
the said purchase money together with all other sums by
him collected, to the city Register, to be by him paid over
to the persons entitled to receive the same ; but in case any
person or persons on whose property is assessed, any sum
or sums of money shall voluntarily pay the same into the
city treasury within forty days after the final return of the
commissioners or judges shall have been made to the Re-
gister of the city of Baltimore aforesaid, such person shall
not be required to pay the commission which is hereinafter
allowed to the city collector for his trouble in collecting
any sum or sums of money assessed under act.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
Register of the city within five days after the damage and
expenses so assessed shall be paid to him, to give notice in
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ready to pay the same on demand to each person entitled
thereto, his, her or their agent, and such notice shall be
deemed a legal tender.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted. That in case any obstructions Removal of
in said streets shall not be removed within thirty days after obstrucUoa3'
the payment, or tender of payment of damages as afore-
said, the commissioners or a majority of them are hereby
authorised to remove the same forthwith at the expence of
the party' continuing such obstruction.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That said street when so open- Public high-
ed shall be deemed and taken, and is hereby declared to bewav*
a public street and highway for ever thereafter, and the
said commissioners are hereby required to return under
their hands and seals, a plat of said street, when so opened
and extended, to the office of the Register of the city of
Baltimore to be there filed.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners Compensa-
shall be allowed two dollars per day, for every day theytion to com-
shall be necessarily employed in carrying into effect the ™^sloIjers
provisions of this law, and the said collector shall be al-an
lowed a commission of three per cent, upon all money that
he shall collect under this lawr, and that the said commis-
sioners or a majority of them shall have full power and au-
thority to assess and levy upon the persons benefitted by the
opening and extending said street, such sum of money as
may be necessary to defray the expenses incurred in the
execution of this act.

Sec 10. And be it enacted, That the act, entitled, An act Repealing
for opening and extending Pleasant street, in the city of clause.
Baltimore, passed at December session, one thousand eight
hundred and twenty-four, chapter one hundred and fifty-
seven, as well as all other acts repugnant to the provisions
of this law, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec 11. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act To be ap-
contained shall be of any force or effect until approved by Proved-
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

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CHAPTER 90.

Passed Feb.

A further supplement to an net, ewitled, An act to authorise
the Governor and Council of Maryland, to appoint the
' ° ' Inspectors of Flour for this state, passed at December ses-

sion eighteen hundred and twenty-five, chapter one hundred
and seventy-Jour.

Whereas, by the act to which this is a supplement, it is

Preamble. provided that an inspector of flour be appointed for the city

of Frederick; and it appears that further provisions are

necessary to enable the citizens of Frederick fully to enjoy

the benefits of said inspection. — Therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-

compensation rVland* That from and after thc passage of this act, the
inspector of flour appointed for the City of Frederick, shall
have and receive of the owner or owners of flour by him
inspected, the sum of one cent and a half, and no more, for
. each cask of flour that he shall inspect and brand, accord-
ing to the rules and regulations existing in said city.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the inspection district of
Limits of the inspector appointed for the city of Frederick, shall era-
inspection. Drace the corporation limits of said city as now defined, and
that all rules^ arid regulations now in force in said city in
regard to the inspection of flour, and not repealed or alter-
ed by this act, do and the same are hereby declared to ex-
tend to every part of the said inspection district: Provided,
That nothing in said rules and regulations contained, shall
be construed to authorise any inspector of flour to inspect
the same in or at any mill within said district.

Sec. S. And be it enacted, That no inspector of flour
Prohibited shall purchase directly or indirectly, any flour by him con-
to purchase. (jemned, or an flour whatsoever, other than for his own
family use, under the penalty of five dollars for each barrel
by him purchased.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted. That every inspector of flour,
inspector's wno sna]i be appointed for the city of Frederick, shall on
0 his appointment and before executing the duties of said

office, make oath or affirmation before the mayor of Fre-
derick city, or a justice of the peace for the county, that
without fear, favor, affection, malice, partiality or respect
of persons, he will diligently and carefully view, examine

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and inspect all flour brought to the said city of Frederick,
and which he shall be called upon to view, examine and
inspect, to the hist of his skill, knowledge and ability ;
and that no flour shall be passed or branded by him without
his viewing and examining the same : that he will not brand
or cause to be branded as merchantable, any cask or casks
of flour that do not appgar to the best of his skill, to be, in
all respects, sufficiently clean, sweet and merchantable —
and that he will pass and brand all such cask or casks of
flour as shall appear to him sufficiently clean, sweet and
merchantable, according to the degree thereof, to the best
of his skill and knowledge, and according to the laws and
ordinances in that behalf existing in the city of Frederick.

Sec. 5. Jlnd be it enacted, That it shall and may be law- Flour may be
ful, for any person or persons carrying, sending or trans- ^{J^ re.
porting flour from the city of Frederick, to the city of Bal.inspecti0n.
timore, to export the same, or sell or otherwise dispose of
the same ; and the same may be thence exported without
being subject to a re-inspection in the city of Baltimore';
Provided, That the said flour so carried, sent or transported
from the aforesaid city of Frederick, to the city of Balti-
more, be inspected in the said city of Frederick, by a re-
gular inspector appointed by the governor and council of
this state or his deputy duly authorised.

Sec. 6. Jlnd be it enacted, That from and after the pas- Authorised to
sage of this act, the several inspectors of flour in this state brand*
shall, on the head of every cask of flour inspected by them,
brand their respective names, and the name of the town or
city, where the said inspection shall be made.

Sec. 7. Jlnd be it enacted, That all such parts of the laws Repealing
of this state, and ordinances of the cities of Baltimore and clause.
Frederick, as are contrary to, or inconsistent with the above
provisions, be and the same are hereby repealed and an-
nulled.

CHAPTER 103.

Jin act for the inspection of Sole Leather, and Rough Har- Passed Feb.
ness, and Rough Skirting Leather, in the city of Balti- 25» 1832«
more.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma- Appointment
ryland, That the Governor, by and with the advice and of msPectors'
consent of the Council, shall, after the passage of this act,
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and before the first day of April next, and in every year
thereafter, appoint two persons of integrity, and of experi-
ence and skill, in regard to the various qualities of sole
leather, to be inspector of sole leather and rough harness
and skirting leather or any other rough leather, in the city
of Baltimore, neither of whom shall be either directly or
indirectly, for himself, or any oth#r person concerned in
tanning or currying, or in any wise concerned in any deal-
ing or trafficking in leather of any kind,
Their oath. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That every such inspector,
when appointed, shall, before he enters upon the duties of
his office, take and subscribe the following oath or affirma-
tion, before some person authorised to administer the same;
I do solemnly swear or affirm, as the case may be, that I
will faithfully, truly and impartially, according to the best
of my judgment and ability, execute and perform the duties
of the office of an inspector of sole leather, and rough har-
ness and rough skirting leather, in the city of Baltimore;
which oath, when taken and reduced to writing, shall be
. lodged in the office of the clerk of Baltimore county court,
to be by him recorded, at the expense or charge of the in-
spector.
Their duties. Sec. 5, And be it enacted. That it shall be the duty of
every such inspector, to provide himself with such and so
many proper scales, weights and stamps as may be requir-
- ed in the performance of the duties of his office, both by
himself and any deputy or deputies which he may, under
the provisions hereinafter contained, from time to time ap-
point : and that it shall be his duty, when required thereto,
to go himself, or to send some deputy appointed in virtue of
this act, to inspect any sole leather, rough harness or rough
skirting leather, within the city of Baltimore, and the man-
ner of inspection shall be as follows, viz : each side of lea-
Manner of ther shall be accurately weighed, and the weight thereof
inspection.- shall be stamped or branded thereon, in plain, strong and
legible figures, expressing the number of pounds and quar-
* ter pounds, (if any,) and the quality of each side, shall also

be stamped or branded thereon, in plain, strong and legible
letters, according to the following criteria or distinctions,
that is to say, if the side is of good quality of hide and of
Good quality. *ne Dest manufacture, there shall be stamped or branded
upon it, the word best : if the side be of good quality of
hide, and of good manufacture, the word good, if the side
Bad is of good quality of hide, but of bad manufacture, the

Damaged. word bad : and if the side is damaged, the word damaged.

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There shall also be stamped or branded on each side in-
spected, the sirnamo of the inspector, and the word Balti-
more.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That any such inspector shall ^
refuse to inspect any leather which is unmerchantably damp,
but, in all cases in which any side or sides of leather so in-
spected, shall fall short of the inspection weight marked
thereon, equal to five per cent, such inspector shall be
liable to the owner of the same, in an action of debt, with penalty for
costs, before any justice of the peace, for all such deficien- wrong mark.
cy, and in all cases in which any side or sides of leather, in£
being merchantably dry, shall exceed the inspection weight
marked thereon, equal to five per cent, such inspector shall For wron~
be liable to the tanner of the same, in a like action, recov- weighing.
erable in like manner, for all such overplus or excess.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That in case any such inspeo Appointment
tor shall, at any time, by reason of sickness, or other cause, °f ^^.a""
be unable, personally, to attend to the duties of his oftiee, ties--responsi-
or in case the quantity of leather required to be inspected bilities- oath.
by him, shall, any time, be greater than he can inspect
without aid, then, in either case, he may and shall appoint
one or more deputy inspectors, to act in his stead, or in
his aid in the performance of the duties of his office,
which deputies shall be paid by the inspector appointing
them, and shall be accountable to him for the faithful dis-
charge of the duties of said office, and the inspector ap-
pointing them, shall be responsible for their acts in the same
manner as he would be, if done or committed by himself
personally, which said deputy or deputies shall take and
subscribe, the same oath or affirmation, as is required of
the inspector, which oath or affirmation, when reduced to
writing, shall also be lodged in the office of the clerk of
Baltimore county, and recorded at the expense of the in-
spector.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That if any such inspector Penalty for
shall omit or delay to inspect or cause to be inspected any delay. in m"
parcel of leather required by this act to be inspected, for aspec in*'
time exceeding twenty-four hours after he shall have been
requested to inspect the same, he shall forfeit and pay to
the owner of such parcel of leather ten cents an hour upon
each and every side of leather therein contained, for so
many hours as he shall omit or delay to inspect the same,
over and above the said term of twenty-four hours, which
penalty shall or may be recoverable in an action of debt,
with costs, before a justice of the peace.

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Compensa- Sec. 7. And be it enacted. That every such inspector shall
turn for in- t,e entitled to receive as compensation or fees fur his servi-
pe ces, two cents for each and every side inspected by himself

or his deputy, originally payable by the party who shall
employ him, and the whole amount of said fees shall al-
ways thereafter be a lawful charge on the purchaser of
such leather,
inspection Sec. 8. And be it enacted. That all sole leather, rough
directed. harness and rough skirting leather tanned in the city of
Baltimore or elsewhere, and brought within the limits of
said city for sale, manufacture, use or exportation, shall be
inspected as aforesaid; Provided nevertheless, That it shall
not be necessary or requisite, by virtue of this act, to in-
spect any leather which shall have been inspected under an
inspection law of any other state before it is brought to
said city of Baltimore.
Penalty for Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That any person who shall sell
selling, buy- 0r buy within the limits of said city, or export or cause to
?"|or^Port" be exported therefrom, any sole leather, rough harness or
inspection. U rough skirting leather, not lawfully inspected as aforesaid,
after inspectors appointed under this act shall have entered
on the duties of their office, shall forfeit five dollars for
each and every side of leather so sold, bought or exported,
recoverable with costs in the name of the state, in an action
of debt before any justice of the peace, one half of the
money recovered, to be for the use of the informer, and the
other half to the use of the state, to be paid to the clerk of
Baltimore city court, to be accounted for by him every six
months to the Treasurer of the Western Shore, with an al-
lowance to such clerk of five per cent, for his services in
receiving and paying over the same.
Penalty for Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That every person who shall
counterfeit- counterfeit or fraudulently alter any of the marks, stamps
mgmar s &c. brands or impressions of any such inspection, on any side
or sides of leather so required to be inspected : or so as
aforesaid inspected, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean-
or, and be punishable by fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars, or by confinement in the jail of Baltimore county,
not less than three nor more than six calendar months, at
the discretion of the court.
inspectors Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That every such inspector
to report. shall report annually to the Register of the city of Balti-
more, the number of sides and the quantities of the leather
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preceding such report, with the amount of fees received by
him for the same period.

Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of Arbitrators
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, on or before -aPPeals-
the first day of April next, and on or before the first day
of April annually thereafter, to appoint three arbitrators,
two of whom shall be Tanners, and one of them a Currier
or dealer in leather, who, or a majority of them shall have
power, and whose duty it shall be immediately to decide
upon the justice or injustice of any decision to be made by
any inspector appointed by virtue of this act, and the deci-
sion of such arbitrators, or a majority of them shall be
conclusive on the subject ; Provided, That such appeal Proviso.
shall be made within three days after the decision to be
complained of; And provided, That no person making such
appeal shall be considered as having incurred any of the
penalties of this act until the decision against him shall
have been made as aforesaid by such arbitrators.

Sec. 1 3. And be it enacted. That every such arbitrator Arbitrator's
when appointed, shall, before he enters upon the duties of oath.
his office, take and subscribe the following oath or affirma-
tion before some person authorised to administer the same;
I do solemnly swear or affirm, as the case may be, that I
will faithfully, truly and impartially, according to the best
of my judgment and ability, execute and perform the duties
of the office of an arbitrator of inspections of sole leather
and rough harness, and rough skirting leather in the city
of Baltimore; which oath or affirmation, as the case may
be, when taken and reduced to writing shall be lodged
in the office of the Register of the said city, to be by him
recorded.

Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That each of such arbitra- Their com-
tors shall for every such arbitration as aforesaid in which Pensaiion.
he shall act upon, receive the sum of one dollar, to be paid
by the person or persons making such appeal, in case the
decision appealed from shall be affirmed, or in case of the
reversal of such decision by the inspector making the
same.

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CHAPTER 114.

rr,T832Feb' An ad t0 extmVl a Part °f Holland street, in the city of Bal-
timore, from the operation of the sixteenth section of the
act of eighteen hundred and seventeen, chapter one hun-
dred and forty-eight, entitled, Jin act relating to the city of
Baltimore.

Exemption Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Jssemblif of Ma-
granted. ryland, That all that part of Holland street, which lays be-
tween the north-west side of Pitt street, and the south-east
side of Union alley, be, and is hereby declared to be free
and exempt from the operation of the sixteenth section of
the act of eighteen hundred and seventeen, chapter one
hundred and forty-eight, entitled, An act relating to the city
Proviso. of Baltimore; Provided however, That this section of this

law, shall have no legal force or effect unless the same be
ratified and confirmed by an Ordinance of the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, passed during its present or
next annual session.

fer^eYonTe Sec* 2t An(i he U enacted> That the Mayor and City
corporation. Council °f Baltimore, during its present or next annual
session, shall have full power and authority, and they are
hereby authorised to provide by ordinance for the exemp-
tion of that part of Holland street, lying between the north
west side of Pitt street, and the south east-side of Union
alley, or such part of Holland street laying; as aforesaid,
but not extending the whole distance from Union alley to
Pitt street, as they may think proper, from the operation
of the sixteenth section, of the act of eighteen hundred and
seventeen, chapter one hundred and forty-eight, and that
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, may by ordi-
nance, appoint and fix a period of time, within which, if
the said part of Holland street, extending as aforesaid, from
Union alley to Pitt street, or any proportion of the same, is
not opened agreeably to the laws of the state and ordinan-
ces of the city of Baltimore, it may be declared exempt
from the provisions of the sixteenth section, of the act of
eighteen hundred and seventeen, chapter one hundred and
forty-tight, and that the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, may annex such provisions and conditions to the said
exemption as to them may scern just and proper.

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CHAPTER 119.

113

An additional supplement to An ad, entitled, An actio re- ^sse8d3£eb'
gula-te the Inspection of Lumber, in the city of Baltimore. * ° *

Section- 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma- inspectors
ryland, That it shall be the duty of the Inspectors of Lum-Jojjurtw re-
ber, now appointed, or who may be hereafter appointed for
the city of Baltimore, to make regular quarterly returns in
the months of January, April, July and October, of the
quantity and kinds of lumber and shingles by them inspect-
ed in each year, said returns to be made to the register of
the city of Baltimore, under a penalty of one hundred dol- Penalty for
lars for each neglect, or refusal, to be recovered before any neglect.
justice of the peace of the city of Baltimore, one half to the
informer, and the other to the state of Maryland.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That hereafter it shall be the To obliterate
duty of the said inspectors when they are called upon to in- ™seous
spect any plank, or other lumber, which shall have been , * ,
measured and marked, and said measurement shall appear
to be incorrect, to cause the same to be obliterated.

CHAPTER 178.

An act relating to Cypress Alley, in the City of Baltimore, f*^^"011

Section- 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma- A"byu^eclared
ryland, That the alley extending from Lombard street, south pu
to Pratt street, between Hanover street and Sharp street,
in the city of Baltimore, known by the name of Cypress
alley, be and the same is hereby declared to be a public alley
and highway, to be regulated, repaired and improved in
the same manner as the streets and other public ways of
the said city, under the direction of tiie Mayor, and City
Council of Baltimore, who are hereby authorised to pro-
vide for ascertaining and fixing the bounds of the said alley
of the greatest width, which has been or may be assented
tod)y the owners of property binding on each side of the
said alley, and necessary for the public convenience, and
for causing a plat or other proper description of such bounds
when ascertained and fixed, to be made and filed in the of-
fice of the Register of said city, which plat, or copy there-

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of, certified under the corporate seal of the said city, shall
be evidence of the bounds and location of said alley.
Ratification Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall he null and
required. void, unless approved of by the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore-

CHAPTER 179.

Passed March A supplement to the act, entitled, An act for the widening of
~:> 1832, Orange Alley, in the city of Baltimore.

Time extend. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the time limited in the sixth section, or any other section
of the original act to which this is a supplement, for the
execution of its provisions, be and the same is hereby ex-
tended to the first day of May, eighteen hundred and thir-
ty-three, any tiling contained in the act, to which this is a
supplement, to the contrary notwithstanding; Provided ne-
vertheless, That no alteration shall be made in the breadth
of said alley, until the consent of the owners of a majority
of feet on each side of it, be first had and obtained.

CHAPTER 181.

£a^se0d March An act to authorise the occlusion of part of Emory street, in
' .. ' the City of Baltimore.

Whereas, that part of Emory street which lies between
German street and Pratt street, as laid out by the commis-
sioners authorised to lay out streets in the city of Balti-
more, has never been opened, and the owners of the ground
over which the said part of a street, if opened, would pass,
are stated to be anxious that the same should remain closed,
and that they may be authorised to use and improve the
grounds over which it has been located.
Authority Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
granted to on the application, in writing, of the owners of all the
ground between German street and Pratt street, over whfth
Emory street has hc^n laid out and would pass if opened
agreeably to the map made under the direction of the com-
missioners appointed to lay out streets in the city of Balti-

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more, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall be,
and they arc hereby authorised to pass an ordinance, de-
claring the said part of a street to be forever closed and
shut up; and the said owners of the ground over which the
said part of a street was laid out, shall thereupon several-
ly be entitled to use and improve their respective portions
of the said ground in the same manner to all intents and
purposes as if no street had ever been located on the same.

CHAPTER 209.

A supplement to the act, entitled* Jin act to authorise the Gfo- 10Pas^2 Mar*
vernor and Council of Maryland, to appoint the In spec- '
tors of Flour for this state, passed at December sesswn,
eighteen hundred and twenty-Jive, chapter one hundred and
seventy-four.

Section- 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma- Appointment
ryland, That on or before the first day of June next, the of an in^pec-
Governor and Council shall appoint one inspector of flour. tor authorised
for the city of Baltimore, in addition to the three inspec-
tors now appointed, and thereafter there shall annually on
or before the first day of May, be appointed by the Go-
vernor and Council, four inspectors of flour for the city of offourhere-
Baltimore, one of whom shall be styled the general inspec- after-
tor, and the residue, assistant inspectors, who shall be sub- ^"J™ m"
ject to the rules, regulations and laws that are now in Assistants.
force, and applicable to the inspectors of flour in the said
city, except as is hereinafter otherwise provided.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That each inspector who may Bonds requir-
be appointed by virtue of this act, shall enter into bond to ecl-
the state of Maryland, with good and sufficient securities
to be approved by the Governor and Council, in the penal
sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the. true and
faithful discharge of his duties as inspector, arising out of
this or any other law of this state.

Skc. 3. And be it enac(edT That the assistant inspectors Assistant in.

, ,, L . , p T 4| . . * . spectors toac-

shall, at the end ol every month, pay over, with an account count untieP

under oath, to the general inspector, all monies received by oaih and pay

them for their services as inspectors, or for charges of in- over month]/.

specting, under the act to which this is a supplement, or

under any other act or ordinance whatsoever; and the said

general inspector shall monthly divide in equal portions

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among the said inspectors and the said general inspector,
the amounts so received hy him ; and in like manner the
And of draw- saiJ general inspector shall quarterly divide in equal por-
lllgs* tions among said assistant inspectors and said general in-

spector, the proceeds of the drawings of flour hereinafter
authorised to be sold hy said general inspector.
Inspector's Sec 4. And be it enacted, That the general inspector of
office. fl()m.? to be appointed by virtue <>f this act, shall keep a

public office in some convenient place in the said city, and
Samples. shall procure samples which shall he quarterly renewed,
of the most approved brands of flour of the inspection of
other places. He shall also at the time of entering upon
his official duties as general inspector (and quarter yearly
thereafter) upon consultation with the other inspectors and
two of the commissioners of i e\ iew, to be designated for that
Standard for purpose by the Mayor, fix a standard for flour of each de-
flour, gree of fineness, for the regulation of the inspection there-
of in the said city, which standard shall not be inferior in
quality to flour of the best brands of any other inspection
in the United States; and shall, as well as the samples
r , . aforesaid, be safely kept at the said public office, subject at

Subject to ,,.. -.1 r .i • i i • '! *~

examination. a" times, in the presence of the said general inspector, to

the examination of the citizens of this state, or other per-
sons concerned in the purchase or sale of flour therein.

brands. °nal Sec* 5' M be it enacted, That in addition to the brand
now required to be made upon each cask of flour, the in-
spector shall, at the time of inspecting the same, brand
thereon the year and month of his so inspecting it.
Appeal from Sec. 6. Jin (I be it enacted, That in all cases of appeal

inspector *vom the judgment of any inspector* of flour, the three per-
sons who shall review the same, shall first take an. oath to
decitle the case to be reviewed, agreeably to the standard
to be fixed as aforesaid hy the general inspector', and kept
in said public office, and shall then proceed to \iew and
carefully examine the flour in question, and to compare lhe
same with tire said standard; and if they or any two of
them, upon such comparison, shall reverse the judgment so
appealed from, the inspector whose judgment is so revers-

Bnmd direct- ed, shall put on the cask or casks containing the aforesaid

ea« flour such brand as the aforesaid three persons, or any two

of them, shall declare to be agreeable to the said standaid.

terfdr0mpt at" SEC' 7* And be il enactedi T,,at lt snaI1 be t,,e duly of
joined.06 en"eacn assistant inspector of flour, promptly to obey any no-
tice he may receive of his presence being required in any
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which he shall belong for the time being; and should such
inspector refuse or neglect to obey such notice for a longer
time than two hours, after it has been given, he.shall for- penalty,
feit and pay the sum of three dollars.

Sec. 8.' And be it enacted, That the general inspector T)utyof^e-
aforesaid, shall diligently superintend the assistant inspcc- "*™{ insPec*
tors, at the places where they shall be employed in the dis-
charge of their official duties, and by a frequent compari-
son of the flour which they shall inspect, with the standard
to he fixed as aforesaid, shall ascertain whether they, arid
each of them regulate the inspection conformably to said
standard; and the said general inspector, shall annually,
on the thirteenth day of November, report to the Governor Report to ex-
and Council the conduct of the different assistant inspec- ecuUve*
tors, both as to their observance of the established standard
of inspection, and their diligence in performing their offi-
cial duties, in their respective districts.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That if the general inspector May suspend
aforesaid, shall upon a careful and impartial examination ass,s*ant in*
of the subject, be satisfied, that either of the said assistant spec °rs*
inspectors, shall at any time of service of said general in-
spector, wilfully or from ignorance, put upon any cask of
flour, a brand designating a higher or inferior degree of
fineness, than according to the true quality of such flour
ought to be put thereon, then and in such case, the said ge-
neral inspector is hereby authorised and required to sus-
pend the said assistant inspector from his office, until the
next meeting of the Governor and Council, before whom, Must report
and at such meeting the said general inspector shall lay a1 esame'
statement in writing of the grounds of such suspension,
with an affidavit of the truth thereof; and the Governor and
Council are here'oy empowered to continue such suspension
or reinstate the assistant inspector, as the circumstances of
the case may in their judgment require.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the drawings which the J"^*™011 of
inspectors of flour shall take from the casks to be inspected
by them, shall as soon as conveniently may be thereafter,
be deposited in some suitable place in said city, to be de-
signated by the general inspector, and shall be sold by the
said general inspector, in such manner, and at such times
as he shall think most advantageous.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That the Mayor of the said Appointment
city, shall appoint a deputy to perform the duties of any °ase e p^Xys^ n
suspended assistant inspector, if necessary, during such pension.
suspension, for which said services, said deputy shall be

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Fines reco-
verable.

Disposed of.

Future ap-
pointments.

Present in-
spectors.

entitled to compensation from the monies provided to be di-
vided by the general inspector as aforesaid, among the as-
sistant inspectors and said general inspectors, for their com-
pensation, and to such portion of such monies as such as-
sistant inspector would ha\e been entitled to, (or the. time
of liis suspension, if he had not been so suspended.

Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That all fines and forfeitures
incurred under this act, shall he recoverable in the name of
the state, before a justice of the peace, as small debts are
now recoverable by law, and shall be appropriated, the one
half to the use of the informer, and the other half to the
use of the state.

Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That it shall not hereafter
be lawful for the Governor and Council to appoint any
other inspector or inspectors of flour, for the city of Balti-
more, other than those provided for by this act, and that the
three inspectors already appointed, shall in all respects act
and be deemed to be appointed as inspectors of flour, in the
said city, under this act, from the time of the appointment
of a fourth inspector, until the next annual appointment, on
the said inspectors, giving security as required by this act
in respect to the inspectors of flour.

CHAPTER 214.

PasplMarch ^ supplement to the act, entitled, An additional act relating
to the city of Baltimore, passed at December session eigh-
teen hundred and thirty, chapter one hundred and thirty-

nine.

pealed"8 ** Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land* That the third and fourth sections of the act, to which
this is a supplement, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Corporation gEC> 2> jll(i be it €n(lc(e(i That the mayor and city coun-

authonsed to >i c ^ ... . ., . ' . . , , ...

borrow. Cl' ot Baltimore, shall be and they are hereby authorised

and empowered to borrow such sum or sums of money, and
to such amounts, not exceeding one million of dollars, for
the use and improvement of the city of Baltimore, and of
the property of the corporation, and to aid in the construc-
tion of any useful public work authorise by any law of
the state, or ordinance of the said mayor and city council,
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119

proper and necessary, any thing in any former law to the
contrary notwithstanding.

Skc. 3. And be it enacted, That the mavor and city conn- Authorised to
cil of Baltimore, shall have full power, from time to time, ^^Tn.
to pro\ idc by ordinance, for the ascertainment and valuation
of all property, real and personal, within the said rity, and
all kind of estate and interest in any such property, liable to
taxation unckr the constitution and laws of this state, and to
provide fin-niic collection of all such taxes as they are T« P™VM*£
authorised by law, and shall deem necessary, to impose onturco ec< ■&
the same.

CHAPTER 216.

An act to authorise a toll to be collected upon the Bridge in Passed March
the cihj of Baltimore, over the mouth of Gwijnn's Falls, 6» l8oi"
jor the repairs thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma- Authority to
ryland, That William Krebs and Richard Lintheciim, of the collect*
city of Baltimore, be and they are hereby authorised and
empowered to demand and collect, or cause to be demanded
and collected from each and every person not herein excep-
ted, who may hereafter pass or repass the bridge over

Gwynn's Falls, near its mouth, usually called the Lorn* r ri „
tj -i 4. ii xxi mi • • p ^ Rate of tolls.

15 ridge, tolls at the following rates, viz : for every wagon,

coach or other carriage of four horses, mules or oxen, twen-
ty-five cents, for evevy wagon, coach, pheaton or other four
wheel carriage, of two horses, mules or oxen, twelve and a
half cents, for every cart or other carriage, of not more
than one horse, mule or ox, six and a quarter cents, for
every horse and rider, three cents, for every foot passenger
two cents, for every extra horse in a carriage or other team,
above the number prescribed, two cents; for every head of
horses, mules or horned cattle two cents, for asevy head of
sheep, swine, &c. one cent; provided nevertheless. That all
wagons, carts orother carriages and their drivers, engaged,
used, occupied and employed in the transportation of pro-
duce by the grower of the articles or his agent, to the pub- E
lie markets in the city of Baltimore, shall be exempt from from tull. *
the payment of tolls for crossing and recrossingsaid bridge;
which tolls, when collected, shall be applied by the said ofpt^ation
William Krebs and Richard Linthecum, in the manner fol-
lowing, viz ; in the first place to the payment, from time to

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time, of the necessary expenses of collecting the same, in
the second place, to the reimbursement of such monies, with
interest, as the said William Krebsand Richard Linthecum,
may procure or advance to defray the expenses of the re-
pairs immediately required upon said bridge, and in the
third place, to the payment of the expenses of making, or
causing to be made, such necessary repairs as the said
bridge may, from time to time, hereafter reouire to prc-
Case of sur- S.CI Ve t,,e same in a safe> substantial and permanent condi-
plus. tlon5 Provided however, That if at any time hereafter, af-

ter the reimbursement of the monies that may be procured
, or advanced by the said Krebs and Linthecum, as afore-
said, with interest, the amount of tolls collected at the said
bridge during any year, at the rates aforesaid, shall be such,
that after defraying the expenses of collecting the same,
and making, or causing to be made, such necessary repairs
as aforesaid, as the said bridge may require during such
year, there shall be left a surplus more than sufficient for a
reasonable allowance for contingencies, then the Mayor and
T 11 d ^**y Council of Baltimore, shall be, and they are hereby
*re uceaemp0Vvere(j ^Q ret]uce fne aforesaid rates of tolls, conform-
ing to the principle upon which the same is established by
this act, so that there may be collected from said bridge as
nearly as may be, a sum not greater than will be necessary
to pay such annual expenses of collecting said tolls, and
making such repairs, and for such contingencies as afore-
said, which reduced rate of tolls, shall continue until such
time as the said Mayor and City Council, for the purposes
herein provided for, shall think proper to alter the same,
never exceeding, however, the rate of tolls herein first pre-
scribed.
On the Cor- Skc. 2< And he it enacted, That if at any time hereafter
poration of the Mayor and City Council aforesaid, shall assume the
Baltimore orc||ai-ee of keepine: the said bridge in repair, or any iudivi-

an individual . ,".<,. . y in- l» i -A -± I i

assuriuff to "ua' or individuals, shall give bond, with security, to be ap-
keepinre- proved by the Mayor aforesaid, to do the same; then all
pair—these right to demand and collect tolls herein granted, shall cease
tolls to cease. an(j become entirely extinct.

Land con- Sec. 3, And he it enacted, That that part of Ridgley street,
oemned— as ]ailj down on the plat of the city aforesaid, which extends
•S wav» from the Causeway over the three Prong Branch, to the
distance of sixteen feet and a half beyond the continuation
of a line through the centre of the bridge aforesaid, toge-
ther with the parcel of land of the width of sixteen feet
and a half on each side of said line, and extending from

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the soHth side of Ridgley street so extended, to the abut-
ment of said bridge; as also the said bridge, and the land
on which the same is erected, covered with water, be, and
the same are hereby condemned as a public highway for-
ever.

Sec 4. And be it enacted, That the said William Krcbs Annual ac-
and Richard Linthecum, shall submit to the City Council ™uh"ts untIer
aforesaid, at their annual session, upon oath, a full account
of all the tolls received by them under the authority of this
law, during the year preceding, and of all their disburse-
ments during the same period ; and that before they proceed
to collect any tolls as aforesaid, they shall give bond to theB"nd re(luir-
Mayor and City Council aforesaid, with security to be ap-e
proved by the said Mayor, faithfully to apply all tolls col-
lected under the authority of this law, to the purposes there-
in directed.

Sec 5. And be it enacted, That should the said William Case of va-
Krebs or Richard Linthecum die, or refuse, or neglect to canc>%
carry into effect the directions of this law, then the Mayor
and City Council aforesaid, shall appoint some other per-
son or persons in his or their place, who shall carry into
effect the directions thereof, and in all things be governed
by its provisions.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted. That this law shall not go in-
to effect until approved by the Mayor and City Council
aforesaid; Provided however, That the said Mayor and
City Council may approve of the third section thereof, and
disapprove of the rest, in which case the said third section
shall be valid and operative, in all respects, notwithstand-
ing such disapproval of the other sections.

Sec 7, And be it enae'ed. That all persons are hereby Penalty for
prohibited from discharging any fire arms whatever, on ',ischa,Sino
said bridge, under a penalty of five dollars for every such file anns"
offence, to be recovered by warrant, before any justice of
the peace for Baltimore city or county; the one half of
said fine to be receixed by the informer, and the other half
to be received by the said Krebs and Linthecum, and ap-
plied by them to the repairs of the bridge.

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CHAPTER 245;

Passed March An act regulating the Inspection of Green U'ules and Skins,
9> ,832- in the city of Baltimore,

inspector to Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-

be appointed. iyiaiu^ That the Governor of this state shall nominate, and

with the consent of the council, appoint, on or before the

first day of May next, and annually thereafter, a suitable

and proper person to be inspector of green hide?s and skins

in the city of Baltimore.

Experience— Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the person to be appoint-

residence. e(| sjiajj ^e an eX|iePjence{j manufacturer of leather, and

shall reside in the city of Baltimore.
Oath required gEC 3 ^ ^ u enade^ That before entering on the

duties of his office the inspector shall make oath or affirma-
tion, before a justice of the peace, that he will, in all things,
well and truly discharge his duty in the office of an inspec-
tor, according to the best of his skill and judgment, and
according to the directions of this act, without fear, favour,
affection, malice or partiality ; and the same shall forth-
Filed, with be filed in the office of the clerk of Baltimore county
court.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted. That the inspector shall also,
before entering upon the duties of his office, with one suffi*
cient security, to be approved by the Mayor of said City
Council, execute a bond to the state, in the penalty of one
thousand dollars, Conditioned to pay all such damages as
may be sustained by reason of any wilful omission, refusal
or neglect, in discharging the duties of said office ; which
bond shall also be filed with the said clerk, and may be pro-
secuted by any person injured or damaged on account of
any such omission, neglect or refusal

Si:c. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the said inspector to inspect, at as early an hour in each
day of the week, (if necessary) except Sunday, as may be
at the yards or buildings of the 'purchasers, all grfen hides
and calfskins, taken from beef, cattle and cal\es, slaugh-
tered in the city of Baltimore, and purchased therein.
His duty to in- Skc. 6. And be it enacted, That in such inspection it
spect. shall be the duty of the inspector, to carefully examine

each side of every hide, and each calfskin, and ascertain
whether the same is injured or damaged, by reason of any
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process of skinning, or from any other cause ; he shall pro- Provide
vide proper stamps, and legibly stamps the butt of each side slamPs-
of every hide, and each skin, inspected, with the letter or stamp di-
figures, G. 1, 2, or 3, and so on, as the judgment of the in- rected.
spector shall dictate, and the same shall, upon such inspec-
tion, appear to be more or less injured, or not injured at
all.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That those sides and skins Qualities
which, upon inspection, shall be found free from injury, defined*
shall be stamped c G.' and be taken for good, merchantable
and prime ; those injured from the cause aforesaid, five
cents, shall be stamped i 1 ;' those injured ten cents ' 2 ;'
those injured fifteen cents ' 3 ;' and so on, increasing the
number of the stamp one, for every additional five cents of
injury which the side or skin may have sustained, which
sum thus indicated by the number of the stamp, shall be
deducted by the purchaser from the value of the side or
skin so stamped, had the same been good, prime and mer-
chantable.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the inspector shall ap- g DetPJlty "*"
point, not exceeding two, deputies, who may perform all spec or#
the duties, and shall be subject to all the liabilities created,
and take the oath prescribed bY this act.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the said inspector shall sp^w°r T
receive for inspecting each hide, four cents, and for each
calf skin two cents, and no more, to be paid by the pur-
chasers of hides and skins.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of Notification
all purchasers of hides and calfskins, subject to inspection re(luire
by this act, to notify the inspector, of the place at which
such hides and skins will be collected by him from the
butchers, and where he must attend to inspect the same.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That each purchaser of hides tamfng name~
and skins, subject to inspection, shall provide himself with 0f butcher.
a number of labels, containing the name of the butcher
from whom he may purchase, which shall be firmly fasten-
ed to each hide and skin at the time it is received from the
butcher, and remain so fastened until the same is inspect-
ed, and an account of the inspection thereof taken; and if
any person shall wilfully remove, obliterate or destroy any Penaity for
such label so attached as aforesaid, with intent to defraud removing &c.
the seller, any butcher or other person, he shall, on convic-
tion, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by
fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the court
before whom the conviction was had.
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Penalty for
selling" with-
out inspec-
tion, &c.

Inspector to
report to the
Legislature
annually.

To com-
mence.

Three arbi-
trators for
appeals.

Oath of arbi
tralor.

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Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That if any butcher or other
person, shall sell or otherwise dispose of any hide or skin,
liable to inspection under this act, with intent to evade or
prevent the inspection thereof, or if any person shall pur-
chase in the city of Baltimore, any hide or skin, liable to
inspection, and which shall not have been inspected ; and
shall not within forty-eight hours after such purchase,
cause the same to be inspected and stamped according to
this act, every person offending against either of the pro-
visions aforesaid, shall forfeit double the value of each hide
or skin so sold, disposed of or purchased, to be sued for and
recovered, with costs of suit, in any court having cogni-
zance thereof, in the name and for the use of the person
prosecuting therefor.

Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the inspector, created by this act, to make and subscribe a
report to the Legislature of this state, on the first Monday
in January of each year, which report shall set forth the
number of hides and skins, inspected by him for the year
preceding, the amount paid to the deputies and assistants,
and the amount of fees by him received for inspection,
which report shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of
such inspector.

Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That this act shall be in
force after the first day of March next.

Sec 15. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, on or before the
first day of April next, and on or before the first day of
April, annually thereafter, to appoint three arbitrators, one
of whom shall be a butcher, one a tanner, and one a dealer
in leather, who, or a majority of them shall have power,
and whose duty it shall be immediately to decide upon the
justice or injustice of any decision to be made by any in-
spector appointed by virtue of this act, and the decision of
such arbitrators, or a majority of them, shall be conclusive
on the subject; Provided, That no person making such ap-
peal shall be considered as having incurred any of the pen-
alties of this act, until the decision against him shall have
been made as aforesaid, by such arbitrators.

Sec 16. And be it enacted, That every such arbitrator,
when appointed, shall, before he enters upon the duties of
his office, take and subscribe the following oath or affirma-
tion, before some person authorised to administer the same;
I do solemnly swear or affirm, (as the case may be,) that I
will faithfully, truly and impartially, according to the best

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of my judgment and ability, execute and perform the du-
ties of the office of an arbitrator of inspection of green
hides, and skins in the city of Baltimore, which oath or
affirmation, (as the case may be,) when taken and reduced
to writing shall be lodged in the office of the Register of
said city to be by him recorded.

Sec. 17. And be it enacted, That each of said arbitra- Compensa-
tors shall, for every such arbitration as aforesaid, in which tion to arbi*
he shall act upon, be entitled to receive the sum of one dol- trators*
lar, to be paid by the person or persons making such ap-
peal,, in case the decision appealed from shall be affirmed,
or in case of the reversal of such decision, then by the in-
spector making the same.

CHAPTER 252. .

An act to vest certain powers in the Mayor and City Council g^l^i uch
of Baltimore.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma- to m^e°^m
rylandy That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore ways, &c.
shall have full power and authority ; and they are hereby
directed, on the application, or assent in writing of the owners
of the major part in extent of front feet, of the lots fronting on
each side of any street, or part of a street in the said city,
to pass all such ordinances as shall be necessary for the
construction of any track or tracks of railway, on and along
any such street or part of a street ; and to permit and cause
such alteration in the grade of such street as may be ne-
cessary for the more convenient and useful construction of
such railway, and to levy and assess on all the lots front*
ing on the street or part of a street through, or on wrhich
such rail-way shall be constructed, or on the owners of
such lots, their just proportion of the expense of such con-
struction, and enforce the payment thereof; and the pro-
prietor of any lot in front of which any railway shall be so
constructed, and the just proportion of the expense of con-
structing which shall be paid by the owner of such lot,
shall be entitled at his or her expense, to have a conve-
nient sideling or turnout made, to enable the occupiers of
such lot to have the beneficial use of the said railway con-
nected therewith.

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Authority
in relation
to chemical
works.

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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for
any person to erect, or assist in erecting any chymical labo-
ratory within the limits of the City of Baltimore, without
the consent of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
first had and obtained ; and the said Mayor and City
Council are hereby empowered to provide by ordinance for
preventing the erection of any such laboratory, and for re-
moving or preventing the use of any that shall be erected,
after the passage ©f this act, and the publication thereof in
at least two newspapers in the City of Baltimore.

CHAPTER 255.

Passed March *^n ac* *° provide for the opening a part of Parkin street, in
8, 183?: the City of Baltimore, or closing the same.

Damage.

Appeal.

Authority Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
granted. ryiand, That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
shall be, and they are hereby authorised to pass such ordi-
nance or ordinances, for the purpose of opening Parkin
street, in the city of Baltimore, between Baltimore and
Lexington streets, prior to the first day of May next, in
such manner, and upon such terms and conditions as they
may deem most advisable ; and for ascertaining and pay-
ing the damages caused by opening said street ; and the as-
sessing, levying and collecting a just proportion of the sum
of said damages and incidental expenses, from each and all
the owners of property benefitted thereby ; Provided al-
ways, That every person who may feel aggrieved by any
assessment of damages or benefits shall be allowed an ap-
peal within a reasonable time, to be limited for taking the
same; and, Baltimore city court, shall exercise such juris-
diction in any case of appeal, as shall be authorised by any
ordinance that may be passed in pursuance of this act.
Conditional Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That if the Mayor and City
repeal. Council of Baltimore, shall not provide for the opening of

the aforesaid part of Parkin street, previous to the day
aforesaid, then the act of December session of the year
eighteen hundred and seventeen, chapter one hundred and
forty-eight, and the act of December session, of the year
eighteen hundred and sixteen, chapter two hundred and

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eighteen, shall he deemed and taken to be repealed, as to

said part of Parkin street. Confirmation

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That no part of this act shall required,
be of any force or effect, until the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore have approved the same.

CHAPTER 257.

Jin act to provide for the opening and extending Fayette street passed March
in the City of Baltimore. l0> 1832«

Section I. Beit enacted by the General Assembly of Ma- Commission-
ryland, That James W. McCulloh, William H. Freeman, ^^^ •
Asahel Hussey, William J. Ward and James Kelley, be, au
and they are hereby appointed cbmissioners, with power to
them, or a majority of them, to open and extend Fayette
street, in the city of Baltimore, from Cove street westward-
ly to Gilmor street ; as laid down upon the plat heretofore
made under the direction of the commissioners appointed
by an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, entitled,
An act relating to the City of Baltimore, passed at De-
cember session, of the year eighteen hundred and seventeen,
chapter one hundred and forty-eight; and the said street,
when opened aud extended, in the manner herein mention-
ed, shall be deemed and taken, and is hereby declared to be
a public sireet and highway, forever thereafter; and the street made
said commissioners, or a majority of them, are hereby re- Publlc«
quired to return a plot of said street, when opened and ex- Plot,
tended, to the office of the register of said city, there to be
filed ; and if a vacancy should occur by the refusal to act,
resignation, death or other inability of any commissioner, Vacancies in
the vacancy shall be supplied by a new appointment or ap- commission-
pointments, to be made by as many of said commissioners ers«
as may consent to act.

Sec 2. And be it enacted, That the aforesaid commis- Assess dama-
sioners, or a majority of them, shall, after having given at ges and bene-
least ten days notice, in the daily newspapers published in fits*
said city, proceed to assess and value, on oath or affirma-
tion, as the case may be, what damages may be sustained
by any person or persons whomsoever, by opening and ex-
tending said street; and shall also declare what sum of
money each individual or company, benefitted thereby, shall
respectively contribute and pay towards compensating

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those who are injnred by the opening and extending said
street, and defraying the expenses incurred in the execution
of this act; and the name or names of the person or per-
sons or company, and the sum of money which they re-
spectively shall be obliged to pay, or which they may be
thereof!™8 entitIe(1 to receive, shall be returned under the hands and
seals of the said commissioners, or a majority of them, to
the Register of said city, to be filed and kept in his office.
Notice re- Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the Register of said city
quired. shall give notice of the said returns, in the daily newspa-

pers published in said city, immediately after the same are
made and by him received ; and all persons or corporations,
considering themselves agrieved, may, within thirty days
after the first publication of such notice, appeal therefrom,
Appeal pro-ky petition in writing, to the judges of Baltimore city
vided. court, praying the said judges to review the same; and it

shall be the duty of said Register to state in his said notice,
that every party interested therein is entitled to an appeal;
and on such an appeal being made, the said judges, or a
majority of them, or the chief judge, if the said court is
not in session, may appoint a day for hearing said appeal,
not less than five nor more than thirty days after the expi-
ration of thirty days, limited for making appeals as afore-
said ; and shall direct the clerk of said court to issue a sub-
-Proceedings poena duces tecum, to the said Register, requiring him to
therein. produce before said court the returns made to him by said

commissioners, or by a majority of them ; and all plots,
documents, books and papers, connected with such returns;
and the said judges, or a majority of them, shall be, and
they are hereby authorised to meet at the time appointed,
and hear, and fully examine the subject, and decide on such
appeals; and may require the attendance of such persons
as they may deem necessary, and may make such amend-
ment, explanation, or addition to said returns, or any of
them, as the said judges, or a majority of them, may deem
requisite ; and the said judges, or a majority of them, shalj,
at the request of any appellant, direct the sheriff" of Balti-
more county to summon jurors, and shall impannel any
twelve disinterested men, so summoned, or attending the
court, under the direction of said court, to try, any ques-
tion of fact, or to ascertain and decide on the amount of
damage or benefit, that may be at issue, in any of said ap-
peals ; and the said judges shall not reject nor set aside
any return made by the said commissioners, or a majority
of them, for any defect or omission, either in form or sub-

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stance ; but the said judges, or a majority of them, may
amend all defects, and supply whatsoever may have been
omitted ,♦ and reduce or increase the amount of damages,
or benefit, assessed; and alter, modify, and correct the
said returns, in all or any of their parts, as to them shall
seem just and proper; and shall cause their proceedings
and decisions on said returns and appeals, certified by their
clerk, under the seal of their court, to be transmitted to
said Register, which shall be final and conclusive in every
respect.

Sec. 4. And he it enacted. That the judges of Baltimore Costs of
city court, shall have full power in their discretion to add appeals.
the reasonable costs of any appeal, or any part thereof, to
be taxed by them, to the damages to be collected for the
opening and extension of said street ; or to require such
costs, or any part of them, to be paid by all or either of
the appellants, as the circumstances of each appeal, shall,
in their opinion justify.

Sec 5. And be it enacted, That if no appeal shall be Direction
prayed within ten days after the time herein before limited coifTcUoif of
for making appeals shall have elapsed ; or if any appeal has sums assessed
been made; then within ten days after the return to said Re-
gister of the decision on such appeals, it shall be the duty
of said Register to give notice thereof in the daily newspa-
pers, published in said city, for at least thirty days; and if
any of the sums assessed as aforesaid, or any part of such
sum, shall not be paid within sixty days after the first publi-
cation of said notice, the collector of said city shall proceed
to sell the specific pieces or parcels of property, on which
said unpaid sum, or sums, shall have been assessed, giving
not less than thirty days notice, of such intended sale, in the
daily newspapers aforesaid ; and the collector on receiving
the purchase mouey on such sales, shall execute deeds of
conveyance therefor, in favour of the purchaser or purcha-
sers; which deeds shall convey the lot, lots or property so
sold and paid for, to the purchaser or purchasers, his or
their heirs and assigns; and such deeds* shall vest in such
purchaser or purchasers, a good and sufficient title, in fee
simple, in the property therein described, and so as afore-
said sold ; and the said collector after deducting the costs of •
sale, advertising and other necessary costs, shall pay over
the balance of such purchase money to said register, who
shall pay over the said balance, after deducting the amount
assessed on said property, to the person or persons entitled
thereto, on demand, without interest.

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Such* assess- Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the sums assessed upon
MenonTthe * ^e ProP3rtv benefitted, shall be a lien thereon; and any per-
property. s°n or persons not claiming title to any lot, or piece of pro-
perty, upon which any sum shall be assessed, as aforesaid ;
may pay the amount so assessed within the time, to said
register, and obtain his certificate of having paid such sum,
without claiming title to the property ; and such payment
shall vest in the person, or persons paying, and his or their
heirs or assigns, the lien on such lot or property.
Allowance on Sec. 7. And belt enacted. That if any person or persons,
payment. within sixty days after the first publication of the notice to
pay, herein before directed to be given, shall pay over to
said register the amount assessed on such person or per-
sons, for the expenses of opening and extending said street ;
he, she or they shall be entitled to a deduction of two per
centum, on the amount assessed on his, her or their lot or
Allowance to ProPerty ? anc* the said register shall be allowed two per

Notice for
payment.

centam on all sums so received by him ; and also, two per
centum, on all sums so received by him, under the fifth
section of this act.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
said register, within five days after the damages and ex-
penses assessed as aforesaid, shall be paid to him; to give
notice thereof, in the aforesaid daily newspapers, and that
he is ready to pay the same on demand, to any person or
Commission- persons entitled thereto ; and the city commissioners shall
ers empower- have full power, and it shall be their duty if the obstruc-
ed to remove tioris in the street so as aforesaid intended and directed to
obstructions. be extende(1) shall not be rem0ved within thirty days after
the first publication of the notice last mentioned ; to pro-
ceed to open Fayette street to the extent hereinbefore li-
mited, and remove all obstructions from and out of the
same.

Sec. 9. And beit enacted, That each of the commission-
ers appointed by, or in virtue of this act, shall be allowed
two dollars per day, for each day they are employed in the
carrying into effect the provisions of this act; and the col-
lector and commissioners of said city shall be allowed such
compensation, as is usually given them for services, simi-
lar to those which they may render under this act, and that
this act shall not be in force or have any effect until the
same shall have been approved by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore.

Compensa-
tion to com
missioners.

Ratification
required.

ACTS OF ASSEMBLY. 13*

CHAPTER 261.

An act, further supplemental to the act of December Session, passed March
eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, chapter one hu ndred 10, 1&32.
and eUven, entitled, An act to regulate sales by public auc-
tion.

Sectiost 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma~ Addition to
ryland, That to the oath or affirmation prescribed by the oath*
eighth section of the said original act, the auctioneer shall
hereafter add. that his account contains a just and true ac-
count of all lands and tenements, vessels or- other chattels
whatsoever, and that he has conformed in all things to the
true intent and meaning of the several supplements there-
to, as well as to the said original act.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That a license to act as auc- License nunc
tioneer within the city of Baltimore, may on the request, Pr0 tunc«
or with the consent of the party, be issued by the treasurer,
nunc pro tunc, so as to avail him for a year, from the day
on which his license expired, or in sucli manner as to avail
him for any part of the interval, the applicant may desire
any tiling in the seventh section of the said original act, or
in the sixth section of its supplement, per act of December
session,' eighteen hundred and twenty eight, chapter' one
hundred ami forty eight, to the contrary notwithstanding;
Provided always, That no license issued as herein autho-
rised, shall acquit the parly obtaining it of any penalty of Proviso,
the said original act, or its supplements aforesaid, if pro-
secution for such penalty shall have commenced before such
license was obtained.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That so much of the tenth Repeal of
section of the said original act, and so much also of the third clauses*
section of its said supplement, as exempts from duty any
lands or tenements, goods or chattels, vessels or other ef-
fects, whatsoever, for any other cause than that they belong
to the state, or the United States, or are distrained for rent,
or sold in virtue of any writ of execution issued out of any
court of this state, or of the United States, or under any
decree in chancery, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That if any of the persons ap- License fee.
pointed by the Governor and Council, as auctioneer in the
city of Baltimore, shall be desirous of pursuing his busi-
ness as an auctioneer, only of furniture and wearing ap-
parel, lands, lots of ground, and tenements, servants, and

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slaves, carriages and horses, books, stationary, maps and
prints, cut goods, jewelry, watches, tin ware, guns, pistols,
lamps, candlesticks and mechanics tools, he shall be autho-
rised so to do at all times upon his first entering into re-
cognizance as is provided in the original act and supple-
ment, and in like manner with two sufficient securities in the
sum of five thousand dollars, and upon his also first paying
to the treasurer of the western shore, the sum of four hun-
dred and fifty dollars as a license fee.
Case of Sec. 5. And be it enacted. That in case of the death of

death. any auctioneer before the time limited in his license is ex-

pired, his copartner or copartners, if he has any, or his per-
sonal representative or representatives, as the case may be,
shall or may continue to act under said license for the un-
expired time of said license.
Case of mis- Sec 6. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons,
demeanor. not appointed and authorised as in the manner by the said
original act, and its supplement, is directed nor in pursu-
ance of a distress for rent, nor in virtue of any writ or de-
cree as aforesaid, of the state or of the United States, shall
sell or attempt to sell any lands or tenements, goods or
chattels, vessels or other effects whatsoever, by way of pub-
lic auction, or vendue, in the city of Baltimore, he, she or
they, shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and be
dealt with in every respect as by the third section of the
said original act is provided.
Constables, Sec. V. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
&c* t0 rePor ' constables and other police officers of, and in the city of
Baltimore, to report to the next grand jury thereafter any
violation of this, or the said original act, or any of its sup-
plements aforesaid, which by any means shull come to their
knowledge.

CHAPTER 265.

Passed March A supplement to an act, entitled, An act relating to the open-
9, 1832. ing of Bottle alley, in the city of Baltimore, and for other

purposes.

Authority Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly ofMa-

granted. ' ryland, That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,

be, and they are hereby empowered to carry into effect the

provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, passed

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at December session, eighteen hundred and twenyone, chap-
ter one hundred and thirty-two.

Sec. 2. Jind be it enacted. That any person, or persons. Appeal pro-
who may be dissatisfied with the assessment of the damages vided-
or benefits made by the commissioners appointed under the
act to which this is a supplement, may within thirty days
after receiving notice of the said damages or benefits appeal
therefrom by petition in writing to the Judges of Baltimore
City Court, who shall have jurisdiction over, and full
power and authority to hear, try and determine said appeals
according to the provisions of this act, and of the act to
which this is a supplement; Provided, that this act ProV,3°«
shall be null and void, unless approved by the Mayor and
City Council, before the first day of May next; And pro-
vidtd, that in the ordinance which the Mayor and City
Council shall pass by virtue and in pursuance of this act,
provision shall be made for a trial by jury in any case of
such appeal, at the instance of the appellant or appellants
in the particular case of appeal.

CHAPTER 289.

An act to provide for the opening of Division street, in Balti- Passed March
more City, and for other purposes. * 18°2,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma- Corporation
ryland, That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore authorisf.d to

r ii I j xi i i A • j m i •• pass ordinan-

•shall be, and they are hereby authorised to pass such ordi- J.eS) for open-
nance or ordinances for the purpose of opening Division ing, &c.
street, in the City of Baltimore, from Biddle street to the
City limits, and also for* opening two alleys running pa-
rallel with Division street, from Preston to Hoffman streets,
and lying respectively to the north and south of Division
street, prior to the first day of May, in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty-three, in such manner and upon such
terms and conditions as. they may deem most advisable,
and for the ascertaining and paying the damages caused Ascertain da-
by opening said street and alleys ; and the assessing, levy- mages, &c.
ing and collecting a just proportion of the sum of said
damages and incidental expenses from each and all the
owners of property benefitted thereby ; Provided always.
That every person who may feel aggrieved by any assess-
ment of damages or benefits, shall be allowed an appeal

134 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.

Appeal pro. within a reasonable time, to be limited for taking the same,
vided. and the City Court of Baltimore shall exercise such juris-

diction in any case of appeal as shall be authorised by any
ordinance that may be passed in pursuance of this act.
Case of no Skc 2. Jind be it enacted, That if the Mayor and City

such ordi- Council of Baltimore shall not provide for the opening of
nance. Division street and alleys aforesaid, previous to the afore-

mentioned, then Michael Riddlemoser, and the other pro-
prietors ot the ground whereon the said alleys and Division
street are located, and each of his and their respective heirs
and assigns, and every of them shall thereafter severally have
Proprietors as ^u" l)inver or right and authority to make any improve*
may improve ments, and to cause any building or buildings to be erected
Ion. upon any and every part of said ground, to them or either

of them respectively belonging, as they, or either of them
would have, if the act of assembly passed at December ses-
sion, eighteen hundred and seventeen, chapter Que hundred
and forty-eight ; and the act of assembly, passed at Decem-
ber session, eighteen hundred and sixteen, chapter two
hundred and eighteen, were hereby and wholly repealed.
Confirmation Sec. 5. Jind be it enacted, That no part of this act shall
required. be of any force or effect, until the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore have approved the same.

.CHAPTER 292.

Pasred March ^n flc* *° Wl&tn ^Variof GaV street, formerly Bridge street,
13, 1832. &* the City °f Baltimore.

Authority to Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
widen. ryland, That the City Commissioner's of Baltimore be, and

they are hereby authorised and required to widen Gay
street, formerly'Bridge street, in said city, thirty feet on
the north west side thereof, from High street eastward ly,
to the city line: and said street, when so widened, is hereby
declared a public street and highway, of the width of
twenty-nine and a half feet, from High street to the east
Declared a line of Union street (now Potter street), and shall be sub-
highway, ject to the like rules and regulations as other public streets
of the city, the footways of which shall be of such width as
the City Commissioners shall fix and determine.

wnain1n°fda* Sec' 2' Md be U enacted> T,,at the Mayor of the City
mages! nff a of Baltimore shall, on or before the first day of April, eigh-

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135

teen hundred and thirty-three, appoint five disinterested
freeholders, assessors, who having first taken all oath he-
fore some justice of the peace, for the city of Baltimore, to
decide without favour, affection or partiality, shall proceed
forthwith to value and assess the damages which may he
sustained hy the respective owners of the lots of ground
upon which the said street shall he so widened, and also to
designate the property to he benefitted thereby, taking in-
to consideration all the advantages and disadvantage*,
which damages they shall apportion amongst the own-
ers of the property benefitted, and make return of their
proceedings, on or before the first day of July, eigh- Proceeding
teen hundred and thirty three, including all necessary directed.
and reasonable costs and expenses incurred, or to be
incurred in virtue of this law, under their hands and
seals, to the Register of the city of Baltimore, who shall
file and keep the same in his office.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the damages when so The dama-
valued and assessed, from time to time, shall be a lien upon g« made
the. property so ascertained and determined to be benefitted, *^" ' on Pr0*
until their respective proportions of said damages shall
have been paid.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the assessors aforesaid, Compensa-
shall be entitled to receive two dollars per day, as a com- tion to assess-
pensation for their services, jn performing the duties re- ovs%
quired of them by this act.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the city collector of Authority
Baltimore, be, and is hereby authorised to collect the said t0 collect-
damages, costs and expenses, in the same manner, that the
city taxes of said city are authorised to be collected, and
in case of neglect or refusal to pay, he shall proceed to
make the same by public sale of the property of the per- Proceedings
son or persons so neglecting or refusing, ascertained and directed.
determined to be benefitted as aforesaid, or so much thereof,
as shall be necessary, he giving at least thirty days notice
of the time and place of such sale previous thereto, in two
or more of the newspapers, published in said city, and
when collected, it shall be the duty of said Register, to pay
over the same to the person or persons respectively, enti-
tled to receive the same in pursuance of the provisions of
this act, and as a compensation for his services, the said
collector shall he entitled to the same commission on the
whole amount by him collected, as he now7 receives for col-
lecting the city taxes of the city of Baltimore.

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Authority
remove ob-
structions.
Proviso.

Appeal pro-
vided.

Proviso.

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t0 Sec. 6. And be it enacted That the commissioners afore-
said, shall cause to be removed all obstructions on that part
of said street ; Provided, no removal of any improvement
shall take place, under or bv virtue of this act, until the
commissioners aforesaid, are lid iy satisfied that the valua-
tion to be made as is herein a!:-/ directed, shall have been
tendered or paid to the person (iferbons authorised to re-
ceive the same.

Sec 7. Jind be it enacted, That any person or persons,
or corporation, who may be dissatisfied with the assess-
ment of damages or benefits which shall be made by the
said commissioners, may within thirty days after the first
publication of the notice required to be given by the fifth
section of this act, appeal therefrom by petition in writing,
to the judges of Baltimore city court, who shall have ju-
risdiction over, and full power and authority, to hear, try
and determine said appeal or appeals, according to the ex-
isting laws and ordinances, in the city of Baltimore, in
such cases made and provided; Provided also, That this
act shall not take effect unless approved by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, at their next annual session;
And provided, That by ordinance to be passed in relation
to this act, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
shall provide for a trial by jury in all cases aforesaid, of
damage or benefit.

CHAPTER 301.

Passed March An act for opening and increasing the width of German
°' 1832, Lane, in the city of Baltimore,

TuToT^r Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
pass°orSdinan° H/'a,'^> That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
ces for open be, and they are hereby authorised, to provide by ordinance
ing. or ordinances, to be passed by them, for increasing the

width of German Lane, in the city of Baltimore, or any
part of it, from time to time, commencing at Sharp street,
and extending the same eastwardly, in such manner and
direction to svich extent, of such width, and upon such
terms, consistent with the provisions of this act, as they
Proviso. may deem most advisable; Provided always, That before
any property of any person or corporation, shall be de-
stroyed, injured, removed, taken or used, for the purpose of
extending the said lane or increasing the width of any

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part of it, the assent of the owner shall first be obtained,
or provision made for paying, or securing to be paid to
such owner, a just compensation for the destruction, injury,
removal or use of his or her property.

Sec. 2. Md be it enacted, That the Mayor and City A™™*^
Council of Baltimore aforesaid, shall have power to pro- g.es aI^ bene.
vide for ascertaining the amount of damages which shall fits,
be sustained by any person or persons, by opening or
widening the said lane, and for assessing such amount with
the necessary expenses incident to the ascertainment of
damages, and opening, extending and widening said lane,
or any part of such damage and expenses which they shall
deem proper, on the persons and property benefitted by
opening or widening such lane, and for collection of the
same : the said persons and property, and extent of benefit
to be ascertained in such manner as the Mayor the Cily
Council aforesaid, shall by ordinance direct ; and they shall A j .
also provide by ordinance for granting appeals to Balti- vided.
more city court, and securing a jury trial before such
court, to every person and coporation who shall, within a
resonable time, not less than thirty days after public no-
tice, in two, or more newspapers of said city, of the ascer-
tainment and return to the city register's office, the amount
of damages and benefits, apply by petition to the said
court, for such appeal or jury trial ; and the said city
court shall be, and is hereby empowered to do all such acts
in. relation to the trial and decision of such appeals, as the
ordinances of the said Mayor and City Council, passed in
pursuance of this act, shall direct.

Sec. 3 And be it enacted, That if it shall become neces- ^nd ma>7u,•;

.,.,,.,, . chase and sell

sary in widening the said lane, to destroy or remove, or houses, &c.

take a part of any house or building, or lot of ground, and that interfere.
the owner thereof shall claim to be compensated for the
whole of such house, or building, or lot of ground, the
Mayor and City Council aforesaid shall provide for the full
valuation thereof, to be ascertained in the same manner as
if the whole house or building, or lot of ground, were neces-
sarily to be destroyed, removed, or taken, with the same
right of appeal as on other valuations ; and such full valua-
tion when finally decided on, shall be paid or tendered to
the owner of such house or building, or lot of ground be-
fore any part thereof shall be destroyed, or removed, or
taken; and the Mayor and City Council shall provide for
the sale or other disposition of the materials of such house,
or building, or of such lot of ground, and for applying the

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proceeds thereof in payment of the damages and expenses
incurred by widening the said lane; Provided however,
that nothing; in this act contained, shall be taken to author-
ise the destroying, or removing any part of any house or
building situate on the south side of German lane, aforesaid.

CHAPTER 310.

Passed March An act relative to Liberty street, in the city of Baltimore.

14, 1832. •''•..

Preamble. Whereas, the commissioners appointed in the twelfth

section of an act, entitled, An act relathe to the city of
Baltimore, passed at December session, eighteen hundred
and seventeen, chapter one hundred and forty-eight, to cause
to be surveyed and laid off, all such streets, lanes and alleys,
within the limits of the city of Baltimore, as they should
deem proper and convenient, have laid off a continuation
of Liberty street, in the said city, from Saratoga street to
Mulberry street, which it is probable will never be opened
on account of the expense which will attend the opening of
the same and for other* reasons, while the ground over which
it is laid off, is by the provisions of the sixteenth section of
the same act rendered totally useless to the proprietors
thereof — Therefore,
Law repealed Be it enacted by the General Jlssembly of Maryland, That
as to opening. t|ie sjxt|, section of the said act, entitled an act relating to.
the city of Baltimore, shall be, and th*e same is hereby re-
pealed as far as the same relates to, or affects that part of
Liberty street, which is between Saratoga street and Mul-
berry street, as located on the plat of the city of Balti-
more, made under the direction of the commissioners nam-
Ratification ed in the said act, but which has not been heretofore open-
required, ed as a street; Provided, That nothing contained in this
act shall take effect unless approved by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore.

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CHAPTER 318.

A supplement fas concerns the city of Baltimore,) to the act, passed March
entitled, An act to provide a summary mode of recovering 14' 18j2-
the possession of lauds and tenements, holden by Tenants,
for years, or at will, after the expiration of their terms.

WheIieas, much difficulty and injury has arisen from the Preamble,
long period of notice now required for the ending of tenan-
cies, from year to year, and for shorter periods ; and from
the vexatious withholding, hy tenants, of the demised pre-
mises, availing themselves of the defects of the act to which
this is a supplement, in reference to the means for the re- -
quisite proof, and to the compliance with the terms and con-
ditions prescribed by that act, for the speedy and rightful
recovery by landlords of the possession of the premises —
Therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma- Term of ten-
ryland, That from and after the passage of this act, every £"c£ «sta-
tenancy, from year to year, or from any lesser period, to ls e '
such lesser period now existing, or that shall hereafter ex-
ist, of any lands or tenements within the city of Baltimore,
shall, (unless it be otherwise specially agreed) be deemed
and taken to be determinable at the election of the lessor or
of the tenant at the end of*Hhe year, or lesser period,
aforesaid, of the tenancy; notice thirty days, and in cases
of tenancies from year to year, ninety days before such „ .
end, being first given by the lessor, to the said tenant, to „^\^ %£'
quit the premises, or thirty days notice by the tenant, in quitting,
either case to the lessor, of the said tenant's intention of
quitting the same.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said notice by said Such notice
lessor, shall suffice to end such tenancy, and at the same made ^S^
time to serve and avail as, and for, and instead of, to every
intent, effect, and purpose, a notice, such as is required by
the act to which this is a supplement, in order to the pro-
ceeding by said act, provided for recovering by the lessor
the possession of the premises demised or let; and that
where by special agreement as aforesaid, a longer or a Case special
shorter time of notice, for determination of the said tenan- aSreernent«
cy shall be provided, such notice shall, in like manner, suf-
fice as, and for, and instead of, and to dispense with, any
notice as required by the act aforesaid, in order to the pro-
ceeding aforesaid.
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Legal service Sec 3. J&nd be it enacted, That the notice aforesaid to
of such no- quit, shall be deemed to be due and proper, and duly serv-

landlord11 e(,> ^ '* be siSnetl by the sai(1 lessor' or by any one as m
his behalf, and left at the dwelling house or place of busi-
ness of said tenant, with any person of the family of, or in
the service or employ of said tenant, or if left with any
person occupying, or inhabiting, or using the demised or
Jet lands or tenements, or if said tenant have no dwelling
house or place of business as aforesaid, in the city of Bal-
timore, or no family in such dwelling house, or no person
in service or employ aforesaid, then such notice shall be
deemed duly served, if set up on some conspicuous part of
the demised or let premises; and any notice shall be deem-
ed sufficient and valid as notice aforesaid from the lessor,
that shall contain a direction or request to the tenant, to
quit, or leave, or go out of, or give up, the said premises,
Specificating without specifying any term, period, time, or dates what-
dispensed soever; and in like manner a notice from the tenant to the
lessor, signifying an intention of quitting, leaving, going
Legal service out 0f, or giving up, said premises, shall, without auy spe-
^^^""cification as aforesaid, be deemed sufficient and valid, as

notice as aforesaid from the tenant.
Authority to Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be law-
toriestCrr0ffa *"u* ^or any ^essor vvno shall seek to avail himself of, or
who shall have instituted, the proceeding aforesaid, allow-
ed by said act for recovery %t possession as aforesaid, of
the said demised or let premises, to file with the justices or
one of them, before whom such proceeding shall be had, or
shall be intended to he had, any interrogatory or interroga-
tories to be answered by the tenant touching the tenancy
aforesaid, or notice aforesaid, or for any matter of evidence
in support of the pretensions of said lessor, in and about and

. for such proceeding ; and such interrogatory or interroga-
For tenants to . • n i & ■• *i u • i * i.

answer an tones shall be answered in writing, on oath by said tenant

oath. before the third day (excluding the day of service) after a

copy thereof shall have been served on said tenant; and such

Copy to be copy shall be held to be duly served, if served or dealt with

served. as is hereinbefore provided, respecting the services of the

notices aforesaid ; and if the person alleged to be tenant as

On fading to aforesaid, shall, after such service, omit to answer as afore-
said, he or she shall be deemed and taken to be "tenant as
claimed and pretended by said lessor in said proceeding,

confession. anc^ *° have had due notice as hereinbefore prescribed, and
to have confessed all such matters favorable to the said les-
sor's pretensions as shall be sought to be derived by such

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interrogatory or interrogatories; Provided however, That Proviso-time
for cause shewn to the said justices or any one of them, exten e "
the time for answering as aforesaid, may hy the said jus-
tices or justice he enlarged, so, however, that the whole
time for such answering shall not exceed eight entire days
from and after, and exclusive of the said day <*f service.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That if in the proceeding afore- C.ase of ver-
said a verdict shall be rendered in favor of such lessor, Ulct'
the jury shall thereupon proceed to assess against the ten-
ant, damages for the holding over of the demised or let namages for
premises, not exceeding double the rate of the rent of said holding orer
tenancy, and also for the expenses of said lessor, in and
about said proceeding over and above the legal costs there- judgment.
of; and shall, for said damages, render a verdict in one
amount against said tenant ; for which amount, as well as
the costs, as provided for by the act aforesaid, the said jus-
tices shall render judgment in favor of the lessor, to be en- Execution.
forced by execution, as in cases of judgment ordinarily re-
covered before a justice of the peace; and in like manner
if the jury shall be of opinion, upon the trial of the case,
that the landlord has not shewn good cause for instituting
such proceedings, they shall so find by their verdict or in-
quisition, and shall assess such damages as they shall deem
just, to be paid by the landlord to the tenant, for which
amount and costs, judgment shall he rendered and enforced
as aforesaid ; and if the said jury shall omit to assess said
damages, the said justices may, at anytime before the Case of omis-
eleveuth day after, and exclusive of the day of rendering sion to assess
the verdict aforesaid, by warrant to the sheriff of their
county, order said jury to be resummoned to make said as- jury resum-
sessment and render a verdict as aforesaid thereon, which moned.
verdict shall have the same effect as if rendered immedi-
ately on rendering said principal verdict; a reasonable no- Notice there-
ticc, however, being given to the said tenant, such as said of to tenent*
justices shall deem proper, of the time of the second meet-
ing of said jury, and the said justices being hereby autho-
rised to summon other jurors in place of any of said jury Complete the
who shall have died, or who shall be returned by the she-pena*
riff as sick or not to be found ; and in all cases of a sum-
mons of a jury, under the said original act, or under this
supplement thereto, it shall be lawful for the said justices Co™Pel at*
to enforce, by attachment, the attendance of the jurors who ten
shall have bceu summoned.

Sec. 6. Jlnd be it enacted, That the provisions of this act This act ex-
shall be taken to extend to the heirs, executors, and admin- tend to he'rs'

executors &c.

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istrators, and assigns, of lessors, and the executors and ad-
Where more ministrators of tenants; and also to cases where there are
l^nt. °nC tC" two or moie tenants °f tne demised or let premises, in
Each one. which case each of such tenants shall be entitled to the no-
tices in tliis act mentioned, and the benefit of each condition
therein contained.
Extend to Sec. 7. And be it enacted. That this act and the act to
several kinds wnjc|, this is a supplement, shall he deemed and taken to
extend to all cases of tenancy, for years, or for a shorter
period, and pur autre vie, and to all tenancies at suffer-
ance, or at will, or for no fixed or definite period or term,
or where no such period or term shall appear in evidence,
Thirty days it being hereby provided that the said notice of thirty days
notice suffi- 8hall be deemed sufficient after the termination of said es-
tate pur autre vie in the place of the notice required by
said original act; and in order to the benefit of the pro-
ceeding aforesaid, for recovery of the possession of the de-
mised premises ; and that no other notice shall, in order to
such proceeding or to terminate such tenancy by sufferance,
or at will or tenancy aforesaid, for no fixed or definite pe-
riod, be necessary as to said tenancy, and that from and
after thirty days from the day of service of such notice,
the tenant, in cases of snch tenancies shall be deemed to
be holding over ; and this act, and said original act shall
tended*©* ex- ^e ta^en to extend to the executors and administrators of
ecutors, ad- said tenant for years or for a lesser period pur autre vie or
ministrators, tenant at will or by sufferance, and all persons claiming
&c of tenants. saj^ demised premises under and by virtue of said tenant
for years or for a lesser period pur autre vie or tenants, at
will or by sufferance before or after such tenant's death,
and the person or persons entitled to said demised premises
in remainder or otherwise, after determination of the ten-
ancy of such tenant, pur autre vie, or other tenancy in
this act mentioned, shall be deemed and taken to be lessors
within the provisions of this act, and of said original act,
and as such to be entitled to the benefits of the same.
Tenants fail- Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That in all cases of tenancy,
mg to quit. as hereinbefore or by the said original act provided, if the
tenant shall after notice fail to quit at the end of the term,
or at the period when he shall begin as aforesaid, to be
holding over such tenant, his executors or administrators
may at the election of the lessor, his heirs, executors, ad-
ministrators or assigns," be held as a tenant, and bound to
Bound to pay PaJ' double tne rent to which the said tenancy was subject,
double rent, and payable and recoverable in all respects, and to every

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effect, as if by the original agreement, or the understanding

as to such tenancy, said double rent were the reserved rent

of the let, or demised premises, according to the terms and

conditions of payment of such originally reserved rent.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That no proceedings under Proceedings

this act, or the act to which this is a supplement, had be- before magis-

fore any justices of the peace, and removed by certiorari to ^^"^gide

any court, shall by such court be reversed or set aside for on appeai for

matter of form ; and any case thus removed by certiorari, want of form.

if the proceedings thereunder shall be set aside, or appear

to be substantially defective, shall be proceeded with in

such county court in the same manner, and to the same

effect upon the claim and complaint, and merits, and upon

evidence to be adduced therein, as it was or might have

i . . • • , • i i xi Court may

been competent to such justices to have proceeded there- amenci,

with ; and the said county court shall have the same power
as such justices as to the summoning and enforcing the at-
tendance of jurors and rendition of judgments in such case; pr0viso.
Provided, however, that such cases may be tried by a jury
from the jurors summoned from the trial of causes at the
term of such court.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That every case of such ctr- Trial at first
tiorari shall be finally determined and proceeded with at term,
the first term, to which such case shall be removed to the
said county court; unless for cause shown upon affidavit,
the court shall otherwise order.

Sec. 11, And be it enacted, That no certiorari as afore- Appeal not

said, shall operate as a stay to restitution of possession, to stay e*e-
c r i xi i * c xi cution vvith-

or of any execution of, or under the judgment ot the jus- out bon(j#

tices of the peace, unless the tenant, his executors or ad-
ministrators, shall enter into bond with surity in form Bond requir-
and manner, and under the regulations prescribed in cases ed-
of appeals, from judgments rendered by justices of the
peace with condition to prosecute the certiorari with effect, v°d
and to answer to the landlord, his executors and adminis- May be sued,
trators, all costs aad damages mentioned in the judgment,
and such as shall be further incurred and sustained by
reason of the proceeding of said certiorari, and of the delay
thence arising; and in all other cases of certiorari upon
proceedings as aforesaid, under the act to which this is a
supplement, no such certiorari shall be granted, unless a
bond with surety be entered into as aforesaid, and ap-
proved by the county court or a judge thereof, with condi-
tion to prosecute said certiorari with effect, and answer all
costs and damages incurred by reason of the proceeding in

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said certiorari, and of the delay aforesaid ; and such bonds
may be recovered before any justice of the peace, as small
debts may be recovered before justices of the peace.

Limited to

Baltimore ^ec. *2, *^"^ be *' enacted, That the provisions of this

city. act shall extend only to the city of Baltimore.

CHAPTER 323.

Passed March

14, 1832. Jin act relating to Free Negroes and Slaves,

immigration Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
°f fPfC hT rylflnd> That after the passage of this act, no free negro or
groes or i . n||1ja^0 snaii immigrate to, or settle in this state ; and no
free negro or free mulatto belonging to any other state,
0 . district or territory, shall come into this state, and therein
longer°Jthan remain for the space of ten successive days, whether, such
ten days. free negro or mulatto intends settling in this state, or not,
under the penalty of fifty dollars for each and every week
Penalty §50 such person coming into, shall thereafter remain in this
per week. state • the one half to the informer, and the other half to the
sheriff for the use of the county, to be recovered on corn-
How recover- p]a|nt and conviction before a justice of the peace of the
county in which he shall be arrested : and any free negro or
j mulatto refusing or neglecting to pay said fine or fines, shall

pay." be committed to the jail of the county, and shall be sold by

the sheriff at public sale, for such time as may be ncces-
Committed sary to cover the aforesaid penalty, first giving ten days
and sold for previous notice ofsucli sale; and the said sheriff after de-
tune, ducting prison charges and a commission of ten per centum,
. . shall pay over one half of the nett proceeds to the informer,
proceeds0" ana< the balance he shall pay over to the levy court or com-
missioners, as the case may be, for the use of the county.
Hiring or em- Sec. ?• ^nd be it enacted, That no person in this state
ploying any shall hereafter hire, employ or harbor* any free negro or
forbid. mulatto who shall immigrate or settle in this state, after
the first day of June next, or any free negro or mulatto
who shall come into this state, from any other state, district
or territory, and continue in this state for the space of ten
Penalty of successive days as above, under the penalty of twenty dol-
§20 for every lars for every day after the expiration of four days, any
da.v- such free negro or mulatto so immigrating and settling in
this state, or so coming into, and so staying in this state,
shall be so employed, hired or harbored, and all fines ac-

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145

crued under this act, may, before any justice of the peace
of the county in which the offence is committed, be reco-
vered by action of debt, each party to have the benefit of Appeai pro.
appeal to the county court, and one half thereof to be ap- vided.
plied to the informer, and the other half to the use of the
county; and if any negro or mulatto shall remove from
this state, and remain without the limits thereof for a space Negroes re-
longrer than thirty consecutive days, unless before leaving moving and

.1 ° , i i 'a. -ii xi i i c j.i • i* i remaining" out

the state he deposits with the clerk ot the county in which 0ftne state 30
he resides, a written statement of his object in doing so, days regarded
and his intention of returning again, or unless he shall as aliens,
have been detained by sickness or coercion, of which he
shall bring a certificate, he shall be regarded as a resident Exception,
of another state; and be subject, if he return, to the penal-
ties imposed by the foregoing provisions, upon free negroes
and mulattoes of another state, migrating to this: Provided,
that nothing contained in this act shall pre\ent any free
negro or mulatto from visiting Liberia, and returning to
the state whenever he may choose to do so.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That nothing in the two pre- Tlio
ceding sections hereof, shall be construed and extend to e{j jn navmf"
any free negro or mulatto that may be engaged in navi-tion — wagon-
gating any ship, vessel or boat, under a white commander, ers . and tra-
or any waeroner or hired servant travelling: with his master ,ve ,ss ser"

i r i rii • i h. , , vants, Sec. ex-

or employer, or such as may lavviully come into this state, cepted.
and be detained by sickness or other casualty.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful from prohibition
and after the first day of June next, to import or bring into against bring-
this State, by land or water, any negro, mulatto, or i"g slaves into
other slave, for sale, or to reside within this State; Pro-X lsstate*
vided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to
alter or annul any of the acts now in force, in relation to
the rights of non-residents to remove to or from, or employ
their slaves upon their islands in the Potomac river; and Exceptions.
any person or persons offending, shall forfeit for every such
offence, any negro, mulatto, or other slave, brought into ^ slave so
this State contrary to this act; and such negro, mulatto, fJnted.and e°n"
or other slave, shall be entitled to freedom, upon condition titled to free-
that he consent to be sent to Liberia, or to leave the State dom«
forthwith; otherwise such negro, or mulatto, or other ?," conditio1*
slave, shall be seized and taken and confined in jail by the state?* infft,>e
sheriff of the county, where the offence is committed;
which sheriff shall receive ten dollars for every negro, mu- Must be com-
latto, or other slave so brought into this State, and for- mitted, &c.
feited as aforesaid, and seized and taken by him, to be re-
covered in an action of debt, in his own name, before any

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justice of the peace, as small debts are recovered from the
Compensa- person or persons so offending; moreover, said sheriff shall
turn to sher- receive five dollars for such negro, mulatto, or other slave,
actually confined by him in jail, and the usual prison fees
now allowed by law; and any person or persons so offend-
Furtherpen- 'nS under this act, shall be punished by indictment in the
alty for the of- county court of the county where the offence shall be coin-
fence, mitted ; and upon conviction thereof, the said court shall,
by its order, direct said sheriff to sell any negro, Mulatto,
or other slaves so seized and taken by him under tins act,
to the colonization society, for said five dollars ; and the
Negro to be Prison fees of any negro, mulatto, or other slave, to be
sold for five taken to Liberia ; and if the said colonization society will
£°lladr.3\ „ not receive such negroes, mulattoes, or other slaves, for
i iona y said five dollars each, and the prison fees of each, upon re-
fusing, said sheriff shall, after three weeks public notice,
given by public advertisements, sell any such negro, mu-
latto, or other slave, to some person or persons, with a
condition that any such negro, mulatto, or other slave,
Or sold out of shall be removed and taken forthwith beyond the limits of
the state. t|)is State, to settle and reside; and said sheriff shall re-
Report of l)or* any 8a*e or sa^es uiade by him to the county court of
sales requir- tue county in which he resides; and after deducting five
ed. dollars and prison fees for each and every negro, mulatto,
or other slave, sold as aforesaid, which shall be settled by
Disposition of an account current, to be settled in said court, said sheriff
proceeds. shall pay over the balance of said sales to the treasurer of the
shore where he may reside ; Provided, That this act shall
fa^oCePf°bnin ,,ot ^e so conS^nlc^ as to prevent any person or persons re-
der and hold- s'dmS *M this or any adjoining State, and who hold their
ers, &c. own right or in right of any other person, lands in both
States within ten miles of each other, from removing their
slaves to and from said lands, solely for the cultivation and
improvement of the same ; And provided, also, 'The names,
ages, and sex, of any slaves so removed, shall be recorded
in the office of the clerk of the county court of such county
in this State, into which the said negroes shall be so re-
moved within thirty days after their removal.
On informa- Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of all
tion of a slave justices of the peace in the county, upon information being
being intro- given them, or any of them, that any negro, mulatto, or
duced. other slaves, hath been brought into this State contrary to
this act, to issue warrant for any person or persons so of-
fending in the name of the State of Maryland, and upon
rectecT"11 an^ Person or persons being brought before him on said

ACTS OF ASSEMBLY. H7

warrant, chargeable with the offence aforesaid, to cause Recognisance
any sucli person or persons to enter into recognizance Cor required.
her, his or their personal appearance before the judges of
the comity court to plead and answer to whatsoever may be
there alleged in that behalf, with such penalty in said re-
cognizance as said justice of the peace shall approve; and
upon refusal to give such recognizance, such person or per-
sons, so offending, shall be committed to the said jail of the _ • ... ,
•i • \- f 4i i n i -i xi Or committal,

county by said justice ol the peace, to be confined until the

next meeting of the county court of the county in which
said offence shall be committed.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That no free negro or mulatto Negroes for-
shall be suffered to keep or carry a firelock of any kind, bid to have
any military weapon, or any powder or lead, without first firelocks, &c
obtaining a license from the court of the county or corpo-
ration in which he resides; which license shall be annually Without li-
renewed, and be at any time withdrawn by an order of said Ce]^cense re-
court, or any judge thereof ; and any free negro or mulatto vokable.
who shall disregard this provision, shall, on conviction
thereof before a justice of the peace, for the first offence penalty.
pay the cost of prosecution, and forfeit all such arms to the
use of the informer; and for the second or any subsequent
offence shall, in addition to such costs and forfeiture, be
punished with stripes, at the discretion of the justice, not
exceeding thirty-nine, or be subject to the penalties 0fstnpes*
felony. .

Sec. 7. And be it enae'ed, That it shall not be lawful for m*^™f
any free negro or negroes, «lave or slaves, to assemble or negroes for-
attend any meetings for religious purposes, unless con- bid without.

Hiirted bv a white licensed or ordained preach 3r or some „
uuuii-u UJ „ l . , Except atten-

respectable white person or persons ot the neighborhood, ^ance, &c.
as may be duly authorised by such licensed or ordained
preacher, during the continuance of such meeting ; and if
any such meeting shall" be held without being conducted as
aforesaid, they shall be considered as unlawful and tu-
multuous meetings ; and it shall be the duty of the nearest in^ucJe™*^
constable, or any other civil officer knowing of such meet- UIflawfuU
in°-s, either from his own knowledge or the information of
others, to repair to such meeting, and disperse the said Duty of con-
negroes or slaves; and if any such constable shall fail to^Mes^&cao
comply with the provisions of this act, he shall be subject ^^ pena\ty
to a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, for neglect-
at the discretion of a justice of the peace of the county in ing.
which he resides, whose duty it shall be to impose the fine, dut^at|is^t
on information being given of such neglect ; and return the the penalty.
19

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ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.

Return pro
ceedings.

Proviso.

Further ex-
ception—Bal-
more and An-
napolis.

Free ne-
groes found
associating in
such unlawful
meetings, lia-
ble *.o be pun-
ished as slaves

Purchasing
from negroes
forbid.

Articles
mentioned.

"Without cer-
tificate.

Penalty.

Recoverable.

proceedings and judgment on the same to the clerk of the
county, who shall enter it upon the proper docket to he
collected and applied as other fines and forfeitures now
are; Provided^ That this act shall not interfere with any
right of an owner or employer of any slave or slaves, to
allow his own servants, or those employed by him or her,
to have prayers or other religious service upon his own
land ; And provided, also, That nothing contained in this
act shall be construed to prevent the assemblage, within
the limits of Baltimore city and Annapolis city, of such
slaves, or free negroes and mulattoes, for the purpose of
religious worship, if said meetings are held in compliance
with the written permission of a white licensed ordained
preacher, and dismissed before ten o'clock at night.

Sec. 8. Jlnd be it enacted. That all free negroes or mu-
lattoes who shall be found associating, or in any company
with slaves, at any unlawful or tumultuous meeting, either
by day or night, or who shall in connection with any slave
or slaves, as principal or accessary, be guilty of, and con-
victed of, any offence for which slaves are now punishable,
before a justice of the peace, such free negro or mulatto
shall be subject to the same punishment, and be liable in
every respect to the same treatment and penalty as slaves
thus offending.

Sec. 9. Jlnd he it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for
any person or persons to purchase of any free negro or mu-
latto, or from any slave or slaves, any bacon, pork, beef,
mutton, corn, wheat, tobacco, rye, or oats, unless such
free negro or mulatto shall, at the time of such sale, pro-
duce a certificate from a justice of the peace, or three
respectable persons residing in the neighborhood of the
said negro, of the county in which such negro resides, that
he or they have reason to believe, and does believe, that
such free negro or mulatto came honestly and bona fide
into possession of any such article so offered for sale, or
unless such slave shall produce a written authority from
his or her owner, employer or overseer, to sell any such
article; and any person thus offending against the provi-
sions of this act, shall be subject to a penalty of five dollars
for every such offence, or a penalty equal in amount to the
value of the article purchased, should the value thereof ex-
ceed the sum of five dollars; the said penalty to be reco-
vered before a single justice of the peace, whose duty it
shall be to return the proceedings and judgment thereon to
the. clerk of the county, to be collected as it hereinbefore

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149

Dutv of ac-

provided ; one half to the use of the informer, and the ba-
lance to be paid to the levy court, or commissioners, as the
case may be, for the use of the county ; it shall be the duty of
tlie person charged to retain and produce the certificate of the cuseX7to r
magistrate, or written authority, in his or her defence, or tain and pro-
account for its loss and contents, either by his own oath orduce certifi-
some competent witness. cate#

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for
any retailer, ordinary keeper, or other person, to sell any „roeaS)\f°p"rei!
ardent spirits, gunpowder, shot, or lead, to any free negro, 'tuous' r,qUors,
mulatto or slave, without, in the case of a free negro, such gunpowder,—
free negro shall produce a certificate in the nature of a li- &£, forbid. ^
cense or permit, from a justice of the peace in the county cific,Ocer0fi-
in which such free negro may reside, directed to the person Cate, if free.
so selling t lie same ; or, in case of a slave, unless such
slave shall produce a written authority from his owner, em- Or written or-
plover, or overseer; and any person so offending shall be ^"ofaskve!
subject to the like penalty, to be recovered and applied in under penal-
exery respect as is provided in the foregoing section of ties,
this bill.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That the judges of the county th^ertds atuQ"

courts and Baltimore city court, shall, at their several ses- withdraw li-

sions, have full power and authority as to the continuing censes for

or withdrawal of any license or licenses to retail ardent selling.

spirits; and may, on application or remonstrance, exercise

a sound discretion relative thereto, and in the recess of the

county court, and Baltimore city court, the judges of the

orphans' court, at their several sessions, shall and may ex- Similar po-w-
. .. ' ., .. , \. . J. er to orphans

ercise a similar power, authority anu discretion, and no C0Urts.

license to retail ardent spirits, shall hereafter be granted to

any free negro or mulatto, except by order or under the Negroes not

authority of said courts, or one of them, at their respective to have licen-

sessions as above: Provided, That this act shall not be so ses t0 sel1 SPJ-

construed as to take from the clerks of the county courts, or nts"

of Baltimore city court, the power of issuing license to any

free white person, nor to effect or alter the dates or time of provfsana 0ry

issuing or granting licenses- as now provided by law; but

no license shall be issued by said clerk to any person from

whom a license shalLonce have been withdrawn by order

of court as above provided, except with the permission of 0

the court: Provide-, also, That such negro or mulatto so*

obtaining a license as above, shall enter into recognizance Farther pro.

with such sureties and in such condition and penalty as the VIS0,

said courts, or either of them, shall approve.

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ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.

Negroes con-
victed of
crimes not
capital, may
be punished
according to
existing laws,
or banished
the state.

Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That if any free negro or
mulatto shall be convicted of any crime committed after the
passage of this act, which may not, under the laws of this
state/ be punished by hanging by the neck, such free negro
or mulatto may, in the discretion of the court, be sentenced
to the penalties and punishments now provided by law, or
be banished from this state by transportation into some
foreign country.

CHAPTER 327.

Passed March An act to condemn and make public a certain piece or lot of
14, 1832. ground therein mentioned.

Preamble. Whereas, it is represented to this General Assembly

by a number of the citizens of Baltimore, that great incon-
venience is suffered by them in common with many others,
in consequence of their remoteness from any of the mar-
kets in said city ; And whereas, a lot of ground was laid
off by the commissioners, acting under authority of an act
of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at Decem-
ber session, eighteen hundred and seventeen, entitled, An
act relating to the city of Baltimore, for a market house,
at the intersection of Howard, Richmond, Garden and Bid-
die streets, which said lot of ground lias never been con-
demned for the said purpose, and the citizens of Baltimore
having applied to have the same condemned and made pub-
lic— Therefore,
Commission- Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Met-
ers^appointed ryland, That James \V. Collins, James Dougherty, Tho-
mas Hazard, Frederick Seyler and James M'Henry, or a
majority of them, be, and they are hereby appointed a board
of commissioners to condemn and make public, a lot or lots
of ground, or so much thereof as may be deemed necessa-
ry at the intersection of Howard, Richmond, Garden and
Biddle streets, in the city of Baltimore, as laid down in a
plat returned by the commissioners, under an act of Assem-
bly, passed December session, eighteen hundred and seven-
ieen, entitled, An act relating to the city of Baltimore,
and which plat is now in possession of the Mayor and City-
Council of Baltimore, and deposited in the office of the
city commissioners, in said city, and whenever a vacancy
in said board may occur, by the refusal to act, the resigna-

to open &.c.

Directions.

Vacancies.

ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.

151

tion, death, or other inability of any of the said commis-
sioners, the remainder of said commissioners, or so many
of them as may consent to act, shall supply such vacancy
by a new appointment or appointments, and a majority of
said commissioners, shall be competent to perform the du-
ties of said board.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the commissioners after Assess da-
having given ten days notice in two of the newspapers, mages and
printed in the city of Baltimore, shall proceed to ascertain benefits.
the value of the lot or lots of ground as aforesaid, and de-
termine the amount to be paid to the owner or owners
thereof, taking into consideration all advantages and dis-
advantages arising therefrom.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners After ascer.
after having ascertained the value and amount to be paid tavmn£-
as aforesaid, and after having added thereto, the commis-
sion to be allowed to the collectors as hereinafter provided
as also an estimate of the probable expenses attending the
condemnation of the said lot or lots of ground, shall pro-
ceed to assess the whole amount necessary to defray the ex- Shall assess,
pense thereof, upon all the property benefitted by the es-
tablishment of said market, having regard to all circum-
stances ; and having completed the said estimate and as-
sessment, the said commissioners shall make a full and par-
ticular return thereof, under their hands and seals to the Make return.
office of the Register of the city of Baltimore, designating
precisely the property which they have assessed as being
benefitted, as also the proprietors of the same as fully as
they can ascertain the same ; a copy of wl ich return cer-
tified by the said Register, under the seal of the city of
Baltimore, shall be evidence of the truth of the several mat-
ters therein stated, in virtue of this act.

Sec 4. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners pubiic notice
before making the return as required by the third section required.
of this act, shall give ten days notice thereof, in two of the
newspapers of the city of Baltimore, after which no claim
for damages shall be allowed, and the said return shall be
final and conclusive.

Sec 5. And be it enacted, That the suns assessed upon Assessment
the property benefitted, shall be a lien thereon, and shall to be a lien,
be collected by the city collector, who shall be allowed
therefor, such compensation or commission, as the commis-
sioners aforesaid shall judge reasonable, and shall be paid
over by him to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
and by them to the persons entitled to receive the same $

153 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.

Collected and the said collector shall give twenty days notice of the time

paid. for payment of the sums so assessed, in two of the news-

papers, printed in the city of Baltimore, which time shall

pavi'nff °r ^e ,n thirty days after the return of the said commissioners
shall be filed as aforesaid; and sliould any of the sums as-
sessed as aforesaid, not to be paid within that time, the
collector shall be, and he is hereby authorised to sell the
property or any part thereof, on which such assessment has

Case °f^on"been laid, giving not less than thirty days notice of such

sale. intended sale, in two of said newspapers ; and the collec-

tor on receiving the purchase money on such sales, shall
execute a deed of conveyance therefor, in favour of the pur-

Proceedine-s cnaser 0l* purchasers ; which deed shall convey all the cs-

directed. tate and interest of the person or persons assessed, and
neglecting to pay as aforesaid, in, or to such property;
and after deducting the costs of sale, advertising and the
other necessary costs, the collector shall pay over the ba-
lance of such purchase money to the said Mayor and City
Council, who shall pay over the said balance, after deduct-
ing the amount assessed on said property to the person or
persons entitled thereto, on demand, without interest.
Oath requir- Sec. 6. Jind be it enacted, That each of the said commis-

ed. sioners shall, on or before one month after the approval of

this act, by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, as
hereinafter provided for, take the following oath or affirma-
tion, before some justice of tiie peace: "I, A. B. do sol-
emnly swear, or affirm, that I will, forthwith, and to the
best of my ability, execute the duties assigned me by the
act entitled, An act to condemn and make public, a certain
piece or lot of ground therein mentioned, without favour or

Case of fad- partiality ; and if any of the said commissioners do not on
or before the expiration of one month after such approval
by the Mayor and City Council aforesaid, take such oath
or affirmation, he or they shall be considered as having re-
signed, and it shall be the duty in such case of such of the
said commissioners hereinbefore mentioned, as may qualify,
forthwith, to appoint one or more persons to supply such
vacancy or vacancies in the said board.
Comnensa- ^ec. 7' *^ heit enacted, That the said commissioners

tion to com- shall receive as a Compensation for their services, two dol-

missioners. lars per day, for every day they may act, which compensa-
tion shall be paid jy the said Mayor and City Council, as
part of the expenses of opening said street, and which shall
be assessed and collected in manner aforesaid.

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153

Sec 8. And be it enacted, That the said Mayor and City d^*J™sent of
Council, shall pay, or tender in payment, to the parties en-canruse3,
titled to receive the same, the damages sustained, or which
shall he sustained hy any person or persons hy reason of, or
on account of the condemnation of said lot or lots of ground
as the same may he ascertained or as assessed hy said com-
missioners, within thirty days after the lists made out by
the said commissioners, in conformity with the provisions of
the third section of this act, shall have heen deposited in
the office of the Register of the City of Baltimore.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That any person or persons. Appeal pro-
or corporation, who may he dissatisfied with the assess- vided.
inent of damages or benefits which shall be made by the
said commissioners, may, within thirty days after the first
publication of the notice required to be given by the fifth
section of this act, appeal therefrom, by petition in writing,
to the judges of Baltimore city court, who shall have juris-
diction over, and full power and authority to hear, try, and
determine said appeal or appeals, according to the existing
laws and ordinances of the city of Baltimore, in such cases
made and provided.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That this act shall be of no ^Ratification
force or validity, unless approved of by the Mayor and re(luirea'
City Council of Baltimore; and by ordinance in which
they shall provide for a jury trial, in the case of the said
appeals, for the parties appealing.

CHAPTER 328.

An act relating to Dngans and JIcFMlerry's Wharves, in Passed March
the City of Baltimore, 14, 1832.

Whereas, a legal dispute exists as to the right to collect preamble,
wharfage on or for the use of a portion of Dugan's wharf
and McElderry's wharf, in the city of Baltimore, and it is
desirable, without prejudice to the rights of any of the par-
ties so claiming, to provide for the collection of such wharf-
age, pending the said dispute — Therefore,

Section- 1. Beit enacted bif (he General Assembly of Ma- chancellor
ryland, That on application of the Mayor and City Conn- ^uth0°I11ised t0
cil of Baltimore, and the assent, in writing, of the indi- ceive^c/6
viduals owning, or in possession of, and claiming to own, wharfage.
the major part n extent of front feet of each of the said

154« ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.

two wharves, exclusive of that portion of Dugan's wharf
owned by the state, or on the application of such indivi-
duals, and the consent of the said Mayor and City Council,
certified by the Mayor, the Chancellor shall be, and he is
hereby authorised to appoint a fit and proper person as re-
ceiver, to collect from all persons using any part of the said
wharves, in regard to which the right to collect wharfage
Bond requir-is disputed, and on such person giving bond to the state of
ed- Maryland, in such form for such amount of penalty, and

with such security or securities as the chancellor shall direct
and approve, for the faithful performance of his duty as
receiver, agreeably to this act, and to such orders and de-
crees as the chancellor shall pass in virtue thereof, he shall
Authorised to De authorised to collect such wharfage on or for the use of
collect. any part of the said wharves, as is or shall be authorised by

law, in regard to other wharves in the said city.
Proceeds to Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the chancellor may au-
be invested, thorise and direct the said wharfage as collected, to be in-
vested by depositing the same in some incorporated bank
or institution, in the city of Baltimore, paying interest on
such deposits, or in such other manner as he shall deem to
be safe, beneficial and convenient, and the proceeds of such
wharfage, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall
be applied, from time to time, to paying the expense of re-
Applied for pairing and improving the said wharves, and deepening and
repairing. cleaning the dock between them, under the direction of the
proper officers of the said city, until it shall be finally de-
cided by the court of appeals of this state, whether any
and which of the claimants has a right to such wharfage or
any part thereof; and the chancellor shall thereupon di-
When suit is rect the payment of the amount or balance of the pro-
decided, paid cee(]s ()f the wharfage collected and invested, after allow-
ing such commission to the receiver, as he shall deem rea-
sonable to be paid to the person or persons, or corporation
entitled to the same, if any shall be entitled under such de-
cision, and if it shall be decided that none of the said claim-
ants are entitled to all or to any part of such wharfage, the
Or reserved same shall be applicable to the improvement of the harbour
for future le- an(] basin of Baltimore, in such manner as the legislature

gislation. shaU nereafter dim;t.

All rights re- Sec. 3, And be it enacted^ That nothing herein contained

served. s|iau De construed to injure or prejudice, in any manner, any

right, legal or equitable, of any person or corporation,

claiming any interest or privilege in any part of either of the

said wharves.

APPENDIX.

MAYOR'S COMMUNICATION,

MAYOR'S OFFICE, 1
Baltimore, January 2d, 1832. 3

Gentlemen of the First and

Second Branches of the City Council :

An all-wise Providence has afforded you another opportunity to as-
semble together in Annual Session, to take into consideration the ge-
neral welfare of our city.

It therefore becomes my duty, in conformity with the charter of the
City, to direct your attention to such subjects as may suggest them-
selves to my mind, requiring your attention.

The health of the city has been unusually good throughout the pre-
ceding year ; notwithstanding the general vaccination that was order-
ed at the annual session, there have been a number of cases of
small pox, owing to the continual influx of strangers to our city, and
the refusal on the part of many individuals to become vaccinated,
when requested by the Board of Health and Physicians. The Board
has been actively and constantly engaged in endeavouring to eradicate
the disease ; they have not however, been able to effect it entirely. —
I would therefore recommend, that there should be an immmediate
vaccination throughout the city, under the direction of the Board of
Health, and if means can be devised to induce every peison, not
heretofore vaccinated, or inoculated, to permit the physician to vacci-
nate them, it would be advisable to enforce such a salutary preventive.
Every physician within the city should also be required, under a pe-
nalty, to communicate to the Board of Health, within a limited period,
every case of small pox that comes under his immediate knowledge,
so that the provisions of the ordinances, providing for such cases, may
be made to have their salutary influence.

In accordance with Resolution So. 6, approved January 24th,
1831, I have effected an arrangement with Cumberland Dugan, Esq.
for the repairs of Dugan's wharf; while the work was progressing,
and after all the contracts were made for the repairs, I received the de-
cision of the Chancellor of Maryland relative to said wharf, which is
herewith submitted. It appears to me, that if the city be prohibited

* APPENDIX.

from collecting as much wharfage as will keep it in repair, the whold
must go to ruin. The State of Maryland, as well as the City of Bal-
timore, is interested in the preservation of that Dock, for it is in pos-
session of from five to six hundred feet, fronting on Dugan's wharf. I
would therefore recommend making application to the Legislature of
Maryland, for the grant of an authority to collect wharfage upon the
public streets, fronting or binding on the water.

The Register of the City will hand you his summary for the past
year, by which you will perceive, that although the collections have
been proportionally better than they were the preceding year, yet the
amount has been less, owing to the Direct Tax having been reduced
to 2f instead of 3 per cent, as it was in 1 830. I am well aware
that the cause of the reduction was the passage of a law at the last
session of the Legislature of Maryland, restricting the Mayor and City
Council to an amount less than their ordinary expenses, without mak-
ing any provision for the magnificent Public works, the City of Balti-
more is patronizing. I would therefore recommend soliciting the re-
peal of that part of the law alluded to, believing that the city authori-
ties of Baltimore will never increase the tax so as to render it oppres-
sive to their Fellow Citizens.

The Commissioners appointed by the Executive of Maryland to ex-
tend the limits of Direct Taxation within the City of Baltimore, have
performed the duty assigned them, and have returned to the Register
of the City a plat upon which is designated the extended limits as de-
termined by them: some provision will be necessary by the Council to
enable the Collector to extend his authority to collect the direct tax to
the property included within the limits as extended and beyond the
line of direct taxation as heretofore designated.

Herewith is transmitted the Fifth Annual Report of the Baltimore
and Ohio Rail-road Company. They have made extraordinary exer-
tions in extending their Road, the past season. On the 1st day of De-
cember last, the road was opened to the City of Frederick, a distance
of sixty miles, on which occasion, such members of the City Council
as could make it convenient, and myself availed ourselves of the polite
invitation of the Mayor and City Council of Frederick, to partake; of
a public dinner, on that day in the City of Frederick. The cordial
and polite manner in which we were received by the Mayor and City
Council and Citizens of Frederick, was extremely gratifying to us, and
complimentary to our city. I hope we will have an opportunity at
no very distant day, to reciprocate their politeness.

The President and Directors of the Company have, by permission
granted at your annual session, extended a line of Rail-road down
Pratt street as far as Cheapside street, but were prevented from pro-
gressing further this season, in consequence of the severity of the
weather. They have made contracts and preparations for car-

APPENDIX. 0

rying the road as far as Market-space this winter. To the ex-
tent they have already constructed the road, there appears to be no
obstruction caused by the rails, in the ordinary business of the street,
but on the contrary, there are many who desire to have the Rail-road
laid in streets for which the Council have not given permission. To
provide for such cases in future, I would recommend the passage of
an Ordinance giving authority to the President and Directors of the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road Company, to lay down a single track,
in any of the streets, lanes or alleys of the city, under certain condi-
tions and restrictions, and thereby obviate the necessity of applying in
each particular case for such permission. It will also be necessary to
permit the Company to construct of wood instead of stone, that part
of the road heretofore authorized, which lies between Stiles street, on
President street, and the City property inclusive, in consequence of
the ground having been recently made, and not sufficiently settled to
receive Stone rails, as required by the Ordinance authorizing them to
extend the road through the city. An appropriation will also be re-
quired to enable the City Commissioners to have President street fill-
ed up, sufficiently high to receive the rails, and also part of Wilkes
street, so as to facilitate the travelling across President street when
the rails are laid on it, as required by Ordinance.

Herewith you will also receive the Fourth Annual Report of the
Baltimore and Susquehanna Rail-road Company, by which you will
perceive that they are progressing with their enterprise. — Seven miles
of the Road has been in operation for a considerable time, for the
transportation of passengers and merchandise. The President and Di-
rectors have availed themselves of the privilege given by Ordinance,
to call on the city for the whole of the subscription heretofore made
by the city to their Company, having previously, however, complied
with all the prerequisites of the Ordinance; I have therefore paid
over to them, the whole subscription of the city, to the amount of
sixty thousand dollars, in advance, they, paying the interest upon the
amount advanced, until the city shall be required, in common with
other stockholders, to pay the same by instalments, as contemplated
by Ordinance.

The experience that we have obtained inlaying the » stone rails
through our streets, must satisfy every mind, that a comparatively
small appropriation would have enabled the City Commissioners to re-
set the curbstones, and repair those parts of the streets which were
left by the Rail-road Company untouched, but require re-paving. I
would therefore recommend an annual appropriation for such cases,
sufficient to enable the City Commissioners to make a thorough repair
of such streets, as the Rail-roads may be carried through hereafter.

The dilapidated state of the Draw Bridge, connecting the City
Block with Fell's Point, will require a large expenditure to repair it

6 APPENDIX,

thoroughly ; I would therefore recommend taking it away altogether,
and substituting in lieu thereof, a Pivot Bridge, at the mouth of Jones'
Falls, either at Alice- Anna street, or Lancaster street ; if at the latter,
then it will be proper to increase the width of that street, to the extent
of the whole front of the Public Property ; so as to render it ninety
or one hundred feet wide. I would also recommend the closing up
entirely of the docks originally contemplated through the city proper-
ty, and conveying the water that now passes down Canal street, by
means of a tunnel into the City Dock ; and further, I would advise the
filling up of the City Dock to the eastward of Canal street. To
avoid the possibility of any contest, about the ownership of water
rights, binding on said Dock, and contiguous thereto; I would recom-
mend soliciting the Legislature to pass a law providing against any
contingency of the kind that might occur. It would be well to pur-
chase, for the use of the city, the sunken lots, so as to entirely remove
the probability of any disease arising from the situation of the proper-
ty, heretofore denominated the " Cove."

At the close of your last annual session, I took the liberty of call-
ing your attention to the situation of Water street, near Jones's Falls ;
the obstructions are still remaining in the street, and the ovvners of
property upon the street, east and west, have paid the full amount of
damages required of them. If the city authorities do not make an ex-
ertion to complete what has been commenced, I cannot conceive how
it is ever to be accomplished; I would therefore recommend attempting
to bring about a compromise with the persons concerned, and at
whose instance the impediments are permitted to remain, in such man-
ner as may be deemed most advisable.

The Mud Machines have been actively and advantageously employ-
ed during the past year. The navigation of the harbour has been con-
siderably improved, and in many parts the width of the channel has
been increased. One "of the machines has been employed in deepen-
ing the navigation at the south end of Washington street, Fell's Point ;
and much yet remains to be done in that vicinity to obtain the original
depth of water : — If it were practicable to procure a place of deposit
for the sediment in that neighbourhood, instead of scowing it round to
the " Cove," as at present, -considerable expense would be saved by
the city.

In accordance with Resolution No. 62, approved April 21st, 1831,
the Presidents of the City Council and myself made an amicable ar-
rangement with Gen. Wm. McDonald, by which he, his heirs, or as-
signs, are permitted, upon certain conditions, to occupy the south end
of South street wharf, for ten years, from the first instant, as by re-
ference to the contract will more fully appear. The extension of the
wharf, and the workmanship of the walling and pavement, seem to be
well, and permanently finished.

APPENDIX. /

The enterprise in which many of our citizens are engaged, in re-
gard to keeping our navigation open during the severest winter, by
means of a Steam Tow Boat, merits, and I am sure it will meet every
encouragement from your hands •, there would, in such an event, seem
to be nothing wanting to give us, even in the severest weather of
winter, all the advantages contemplated by our Rail-roads ; and, in
this particular, even more than was originally contemplated on behalf
of the city. If required, you surely will patronise the undertaking,
as it will be a public benefit to our city, to keep the navigation open
.to the sea throughout the year.

The authority for renting the City Fish Houses expires on the 1st
of May next. I would suggest the expediency of renting them for a
longer period than one year, if sufficient inducement were offered.
The wharf attached to that property requires some considerable
repairs.

Considerable difficulty has arisen, and some expense incurred, at the
Public Spring, corner of Charles and Camden streets, on account of the
pipe that carries off the waste water becoming so obstructed, as to
prevent the water passing from the spring. I would suggest the expe-
diency of authorising the Water Company to make such fixtures, as
will enable the City Commissioners to clear out any future obstruc-
tions in the pipe, by turning a head of water on it, whenever it may
in future occur.

The Springs at the intersection of Washington and Gough streets,
have been collected and secured, as required by Resolution No. 55,
approved April 8th, 1831. The pipe had been laid as far as Market
street, when the Commissioners found that the appropriation would not
enable them to incur any further expenditure. It will be necessary to
make an additional appropriation, so as to complete the work, as ori-
ginally contemplated by the council.

The ordinances for the erection of gas lamps have been but partially
executed. About one half of the number authorised have been erect-
ed, and we suspended the completion of the whole number required
by ordinance, in consequence of the inability of the Gas Company to
furnish a sufficiency of gas until their lower gasometer was completed,
which will probably be the case in a few weeks; then the erection
will be resumed, as contemplated by ordinances.

The vigilance of our fire companies continues unabated, and
their usefulness must be acknowledged by all; yet there are
some irregularities among them, which should be corrected. \
allude particularly to the practice of running part of their apparatus
on the foot pavements, to the great annoyance of the passengers on
the streets, and to the injury of private property, by breaking and mu-
tilating it. They should be prohibited, from running their apparatus
on the foot pavements, under severe penalties.

» APPENDIX.

The old Alms-house property was rented, as authorised by you,
until the 1st November last, when the authority ceased. I would sug-
gest the propriety of authorising the renting that property, from time
to time, as may best promote the interests of the city.

I would respectfully call your attention to the practice of selling
and shooting crackers within the limits of our city. I am satisfied
myself that the only preventive will be to prohibit their sale within
our city, under heavy penalties. Those who shoot them off, are fre-
quently too young to be aware of their pernicious consequences, or
regardless of the evil resulting from its indulgence.

I would suggest for your consideration the expediency of building
an Armory on the lot of ground owned by the city, on part of which
the Belvidere street Watch House is erected ; the construction of an
Armory so contiguous to our City Police, would always render it se-
cure. The Western Watch is now located in a rented house, I would
advise the purchase of a suitable lot of ground, and the building an
Armory over the Watch House for that district. You have authorised
the Mayor to increase the number of watchmen, whenever it may be
found necessary, but you have made no provision for an increased
number of officers. — I would respectfully call your attention to that
subject, as the limits of direct taxation has been increased, it is pro •
bable you may also require the number of watchmen enlarged, in
which case I am of opinion that the number of Lieutenants should be
also increased to /owr, requiring two to be on duty every night. The
Watch House in the Eastern District is owned by the city, and
has an armory over it, and my suggestion is, to make the other two
Watch Houses, similar in this respect, to the Eastern.

The Trustees for the Poor of Baltimore City and County have
presented their Annual Report, which is herewith submitted. The
continued improvement in that establishment is highly creditable to the
gentlemen who have the management of its concerns, and the excel-
lent discipline that they have introduced, has tended greatly to the
decrease of expense. Their report will be examined by you with in-
creased interest.

The City Commissioners, Port Wardens, Commissioners of Health,
Consulting Physician, and Health Officer, have severally presented
their Annual Reports ; they are herewith submitted for your consider-
ation. I will however take occasion to observe, that their respective
duties have been performed with vigilance and alacrity ; to my entire
satisfaction, and highly beneficial to the great interests of the city.

The following statement taken from the books of the Register of
the city, will serve to shew the amount of the city- stock debt, at the
close of the year 1831:

APPENDIX. 9

Amount of 6 per cent, stock, redeemable at the plea-
sure of the corporation, at any time after the 31st
December, 1838, $80,000 00

Amount of five per cent, stock, redeemable at the plea-
sure of the corporation, at any time after the 1 st Jan-
uary, 1832; including $8,514 87 held by the Com-
missioners of Finance, $ 306,037 88
N. B. Arrangements have been made, by which the

above amount of five per cent, stock will be paid off,

and a similar amount issued, redeemable after the 1st

day of July, 1845.

Amount of 5 per cent, stock, redeemable the 1st July,
1838, issued to meet the instalments on the city stock
in the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road Company, in-
cluding the sum of $50,000 held by the Commis-
sioners of Finance, as an operative fund, $ 1 95,00 000

Amount of 5 per cent, stock, redeemable 1st day of
July, 1840; issued to meet the instalments, and ad-
vance on the city stock in the Baltimore and Susque-
hannaR ail-road Company, including $6,000 held by
the Commissioners of Finance, as an operative fund, $100,000 00

Total amount of City Stock debt, 31st Dec. 1831. $ 681,037 88

The Register of the City is preparing, and will lay his accounts for
the year 1831, before you, in the course of a day or two. They
would have been prepared to accompany this, but for the accumula-
tion of work in his office at this time, by the renewal of the five per
cent, stock, and payment of the principal and interest upon the old
stock, neither of which will admit of any delay. You will find by the
accounts, that there is a balance remaining in the hands of the Com-
missioners of Finance of $1,022 14, and a balance of $6,681 65,
in the City Treasury.

Respectfully submitted.

WM. STEUART, Mayor.

10 APPENDIX,

CITY COMMISSIONERS REPORT.

City Commissioners' Office, >
Baltimore, January 2d, 1832. 5
To the Honourable the Mayor

and City Council of Baltimore :

Gentlemen :

The several ordinances and resolutions of the last session of the
City Council, imposing duties on this Board as City Commissioners,
have received attention, and the objects for which appropriations were
made generally accomplished.

It will be seen that the appropriation for cross streets has proved
insufficient, and that a balance of $2,682 49 is yet due for work actu-
ally done, and a further sum of $1,490 13 for paving under contract
which will be completed early in the Spring.

The amount of new paving during the last year, has far exceeded
that of several years preceding ; and, it is hoped that the improved
plan in which this part of the public work has been done, will invite
the scrutiny and approbation of all concerned; and, as there will pro-
bably be an equally large amount of new paving the present year, it is
suggested that an appropriation be made sufficient to meet the expense
of paving the cross streets.

The digging down and filling up at Washington place and Monu-
ment street, in the vicinity of the monument, is under contract, the
work in a considerable state of forwardness, and it is believed that the
appropriation will be sufficient.

The Springs at Washington and Gough streets, has been secured,
and the water conducted in pipes towards the Fell's Point market
house, as far as Market street, the appropriation being insufficient to
accomplish the whole work as directed by the resolution for that pur-
pose : great difficulty was experienced in properly securing the foun-
tains or sources, and it became necessary to employ a number of hands
night and day, for some considerable time, thereby increasing the ex-
penditure.

The fund provided for repairing highways and bridges, without the
limits of direct taxation, is far from being sufficient to gratify the very
many calls of the citizens interested in those repairs, and as the amount
will be lessened by the extension of the limits of direct tax, it is deem-
ed proper to mention the fact.

Very respectfully your obedient servants,

JOHN N. MURPHY,
JOHN DUKEHART,
JAMES CURLEY.

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REPORT OF THE PORT WARDENS.

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Baltimore, January 2, 1832. 5
To the Honourable the Mayor

and City Council of Baltimore :
Gentlemen :

The Port Wardens, in obedience to Ordinance, present their sepa-
rate Annual Report, in relation to the subjects confided to their charge.
The dredging machines have been employed during the past year, in
the Channel, City dock and Jones' Falls, until the 6th December,
when the weather setting in severe, the machinery was laid up for the
winter, since which time the hands have been engaged in levelling the
sediment deposited on East Fall's avenue and Albemarle dock, for the
purpose of filling up President street, and the adjoining lots, a parti-
cular account of which has been kept agreeably to the Resolution, No.
54, approved 8th April, 1831.

The machines have operated very successfully in the City dock and
Jones' falls, except in the vicinity of, and under, the draw-bridge,
where it was found impracticable, on account of the construction of
the bridge, to station them so as to remove the mud which is rapidly
accumulating at that place, and will prevent the ingress or regress of
vessels, except those of very light draught.

The constant attention of one member of the board, has been de-
voted to this branch of their duty, and it is believed that much more
has been accomplished than in any preceding year in consequence.

In order to keep the digging machines in constant employ, it will be
necessary to build another discharging machine this year, which will
be very much facilitated by the plan of keeping a good supply of tim-
ber.

A new copper boiler has been obtained for the steam dredging ma-
chine, and placed on the deck of the vessel, and its efficiency very
materially improved thereby, independent of a saving of twenty-five
per cent, in the article of fuel, as well as of time in cleaning the
boiler, &c.

Lancaster street wharf has been repaired, as also Dugan's wharf,
agreeably to the resolutions in relation thereto.

South street wharf has been widened, and a stone wharf erected in
the most substantial manner, the whole work completed much to the
satisfaction of those persons whose business direct them to that place ;

APPENDIX. liT

it will be seen, however, that the appropriation was insufficient, as
there is yet due the sum of $125 48 for this improvement.

The owners of wharf property on the north and south side of the
east end of Montgomery street, having commenced the wharfing of
their lots at the Port Wardens' line, the Port Wardens have also co 1-
tracted for the piling and logging at the end of said street, agreeably
to the resolution No. 50, of the 6th April, 1829, and a part of the
work is accomplished.

It will also be seen, that a part of the appropriation for securing the
walls of Harford Run has . been drawn, the balance of which can be
usefully applied as opportunity shall offer. The accompanying ab-
stract will shew the amount of disbursements : — All of which is res-
pectfully submitted,

JOHN N. MURPHY,
JONH DUKEHART,
JAMES CURLEY.

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APPENDIX. 17

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF HEALTH.

Health Office, \

Baltimore, December 31, 1831. 3

To the Honourable the Mayor

and City Council of Baltimore:

Gentlemen :

In obedience to the 33d section of an ordinance, approved March
24th, 1826, we have the honour to transmit, herewith, a statement of
our accounts, and, at the same time, to report on the state of the sub-
jects committed to our charge, viz :

The public springs and fountains are in good condition. The streets,
•Sec, have been kept in as clean condition as circumstances would per-
mit. We may here remark, that the sum of four hundred and thirty-
two dollars and seventy- eight cents, ($432.78) returned as undrawn
out of the appropriation for cleaning streets, was unexpended, in con-
sequence of the winter's having set in a month earlier than usual, and
not from too large an appropriation for the object, under ordinary cir-
cumstances.

The Resolution No. 9, approved January 31st, 1831, to vaccinate
the city, has been complied with, as will appear by the subjoined tabu-
lar statement, which is submitted with some remarks.

We consider it important to inform you, that we have had great
difficulties to encounter, in consequence of the prevalence of small
pox, which has called for extraordinary and unremitted exertions
throughout the year; but, on this subject, we beg leave to refer you
to the accompanying report of the Consulting Physician ; we think it
proper, however, to state, that notwithstanding the general vaccina-
tion in the early part of the year, we have been under the necessity of
carrying on almost constant vaccination in the neighbourhood of per-
sons infected with small pox or varioloid. This circumstance, toge-
ther with the necessity we were under to send many infected persons
to the Hospital, as well with a view to preventing the spreading of
the disease, as because, that where the subjects were paupers, which
was very generally the case, they could not be received into the Alms-
house, involves us in pecuniary engagements to an extent much beyond
the appropriation for the year. We found, however, that the duty en-
joined on us, to look to the welfare of the city and the safety of indi-
viduals, by the ordinance of April 2d, 1827, left us no alternative.

The Secretary's annual report of interments is in the hands of the
printer, and will be ready in a few days. This document shows that

APPENDIX,

the deaths are in the proportion of less than one in thirty-five, which,
we believe, is considerably under the general ratio of mortality in oth-
er parts of the United States.

The following tabular statement shows the result of the proceedings
of the Board, under a resolution of the Mayor and City Council for
vaccinating the city, viz :

Vaccinating Physicians.

Wards.

Whiles.

Colored.

Total
vaccin'd

Refused

Henry Morris, - - -

1st Ward,

239

198

437

Walter T. Allender, -

do.

217

189

406

William Poits, - - -

do.

163

125

288

Henry Diffenderffer,

4th

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314

110

424

Peter Snyder, - - - -

5th

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228

313

George B. Mackenzie, -

6th

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153

234

Edward W. Carrere,

7th

do.

136

William Fisher, - - -

8th

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158

128

286

108

Caleb Jones, - - - -

9th

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112

192

John Fonerden, - - -

10th

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199

281

Edward Schwartze, - -

11th

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157

Augustus L. Warner, -

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131

113

244

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1339

3398

• 689

Note. — The reports of the vaccinating physicians (filed in this
office) show the names and residences of, not only all who received
vaccination, but, also, of those who refused to have it done — the latter
were principally whites ; many of whom promised to have the opera-
tion performed, immediately, by their family physicians ; it has, how-
ever, been ascertained that, as on former occasions, many neglected to
do so. Numbers declared their want of faith in the efficacy of vac-
cine matter as a preventive against small pox — others entertained con-
scientious scruples, &c. It is known to the Board of Health, that at
least twenty of the number of persons who refused, have since taken
the sma.ll pox.

Respectfully submitted,

T S. SHEPPARD, -) ComrrCrs
JACOB DEEMS, I of
PETER FOY, J Health.

APPENDIX. 19

HEALTH OFFICER'S REPORT.

To William Steuart, Esq.

Mayor of the City of Baltimore :

Sir,

The season for laying before you, a detail of circumstances hav-
ing connexion with my duties as Health Officer, having once more roll-
ed; around, I beg leave imperfectly to report, that, during the six
months commencing with the 1st of May, and terminating with the
last day of October 1831, there were visited and examined five hun-
dred and eighty-one vessels from foreign ports and coastwise, viz : 46
ships, 175 brigs and 360 schooners and sloops. The receipts from
said vessels, after deducting 10 per centum for collection, have been
duly paid over to the City Register, and amount to one thousand five
hundred and twenty-six dollars, and forty-six cents, ($1,526 46,) as
the law provides. I will here remark, that though the number of ar-
rivals is somewhat less, there has been an increase of tonnage in the
amount of arrivals, as will be perceived by the annexed recapitulation
for 1830 and 1831 compared.

The number of passengers, who have arrived during the six months
before named, is as follows, viz: Foreigners 4381, — Citizens 661, —
making a total of 5042; in which number, as usual, is oomprised
many paupers, a number lame and blind ; this circumstance I feel it
my duty to again represent as a growing evil, arising out of the facility
with which such description of population may be introduced here ;
which in other sea ports is denied to passenger ^ships. Vessels, both
Foreign as well as American, find it to their advantage, to take in
from 150 to 200 passengers for Baltimore, being in ballast, land them
without difficulty, and should no freight offer immediately, are conve-
nient to the Potomac or James river, &c. much to their advantage, but
greatly to the disadvantage of our city. I would not so frequently call
your attention to this subject, if it did not appear like an imposition on
the lenity of our laws, and a violation of hospitality. During the past
season, there has been another instance of the whole number of passen-
gers having been paupers, and sent to this country as such, at the ex-
pense of a European parish; this fact was related to me, by a res-
pectable merchant, whose means of information I presume to be un-
doubted. I must, while on the subject, do the different masters of
vessels, (passenger ships in particular,) the credit, in general, of bring-
ing them, (their ships, &c.,) into port in fine order, and most cleanly

SO APPENDIX.

condition, their health, &c. having been a constant source of care and
attention, for all under different circumstances, are sure to meet with
the necessary detention.

On the 7th May 1831, the brig Medal, captain Peterson, arrived at
quarantine, in 14 days from Jamaica, cargo pimento, coffee, copper,
rum, &c., five passengers on board, two of whom seamen. The captain
reported one death, (a sailor,) with "some eruptive disease;" also,
one man sick below. On examination, found him labouring under the
incipient symptoms of the small pox; I thought proper to detain,
brig, passengers and such, of the cargo, as was likely to communicate
contagious disease, until rendered innocuous, and the clothes of the pas-
sengers were subjected to the action of disinfecting agents. The sick
seaman, (Seth Shaw,) was taken to the hospital at the Lazaretto, pro-
vided for that purpose by the United States, and in two days after, the
eruption developed itself, proving it to be a case of small pox in its
most terrific character, of which he died in 10 days afted his arrival
there. On inquiry, I found this man had never been vaccinated.

The cook of the above brig having never been secured against
small pox, was also detained at the hospital ; I vaccinated him with
recent virus successfully, but on the 5th day thereafter, symptoms oi
small pox were developed, but of the modified, (or varioloid) charac-
ter, and the poor fellow was brought safely through, and discharged at
a proper time in good health; thus, adding another, to the many
proofs, of the value of cow pock, in mitigating the virulence of, as
well preventing the small pox, when properly performed and attended
to. In addition, I revaccinated such as I had the least doubt, were in-
secure against small pox, on board this vessel.

During the course of the season, (six months,) I vaccinated all that
lay in my power of the passengers and their children, amounting to
upwards of 100 on board the different passenger vessels, with a view
to lessen the number of subjects liable to small pox in our city.

Much alarm existed in this city during the past summer, in conse-
quence of the expected arrival of the ship Jane from Russia, she hav-
ing sailed thence, (from Cronstadt,) since the reported existence of a
contagious cholera, having appeared in Russia and its dependencies. —
This ship arrived at this port, on the 23d September last, in 85 days
passage, (via Mandahl in Norway,) with a cargo of hemp and linen, all
hands on board in perfect health, except the second mate, who was la-
bouring under scrofula ; he was sent to the United States' hospital for
seamen, without delay. This ship was detained some days, and sub-
jected to the action of disinfecting agents, and has since discharged her
cargo into warehouses within the city, without the slightest cause of
complaint, though many fears were entertained.

In conclusion, I regret exceedingly the necessity, I am under, of
complaining of the conduct of persons residing near the water, who are

APPENDIX. 21

owners of small boats, visiting vessels at quarantine, at other times let-
ting out those boats, to persons to visit passenger vessels, (and, some-
times the small pox department at the Lazaretto,) while such vessels
are detained below. They have frequently been the cause of much
delay in the discharge of my duty, and might possibly be the cause,
(no doubt innocently,) of communicating much disease to the unwary
or insecure part of our population.

The foregoing; though very imperfect report, is, nevertheless, with
much deference submitted by

Sir, your obedient and humble servant,

SAMUEL B. MARTIN,

Health Officer.

Baltimore, December 29, 1831.
Recapitulation of Arrivals, Receipts tyc, for the years 1830 and 1831.

RECEIPTS.

18S0 — 48 ships, 149 brigs, 413 schooners, &c.— 6;0

J8S1 — 46 " 175 " 360 " 581—29 difference.

ARRIVALS.

1830 from 48 ships— S2«8") Total Si 710— deduct 10
149 brigs — 596 > per cent, leaving a ba-
413 sell's— 826 J lance paid the Register Si 539 00

18S1 from 46 ships— $276") Total gl 696— deduct 10
175 brigs — 700 i- per cent, leaving aba-
720j

>60 sch's — 720 J lance paid the Register S1526 40

difference Si 2 60

PASSENGERS.

1830 ForeisnerS,4084 1

Citizens, 519 J 1

^Difference being an in-

1831 Foreigners,4381 ~> ^ , , v Sf,A„ N crease of 439.
r»'4.' /?--, r Total No. 5042 J

Citizens, 6ol 3

Note. The above statement will shew an increase in the amount
of tonnage, although a decrease in the number of arrivals; which de-
crease does bear its relative proportion to the decrease in the amount
of receipts. We have had very few arrivals from the West Indies,
Colombia, Mexico, and for the last two years, the trade from Philadel-
phia and North Carolina being almostj entirely diverted to the ca-
nals, opening into the waters of the Chesapeake bay ; thereby exclud-
ing them from the operation of the health ordinances : such being the

22 APPENDIX. '

opinion of the counsel for the city, shewing, that the phraseology of
the law has had the effect of rendering it of little avail. The neces-
sity for examining those vessels, is not in the least diminished by their
passing through canals, but rather the reverse.

SAMUEL B. MARTIN,

Health Officer.

Wm. Steuart, Esa.

Mayor of the City of Baltimore.

Baltimore, Dec. 29, 1831.

APPENDIX. 23

CONSULTING PHYSICIAN'S REPORT.

Baltimore, Dec. 31, 1831,

To the Honorable the Mayor

and City Council of Baltimore :

The present year being about to terminate, it has again become my
duty to report upon the health of our city. In doing this, I have the
satisfaction of reporting that, the total amount of mortality has not ex-
ceeded its ordinary extent, allowing for the increase of population and
public works in our neighbourhood, which of course, add to our in-
terments.

We deemed it proper to suggest for the consideration of the Council
for last year a general vaccination — the Council having thought pro-
per to direct it to be carried into effect, no time was lost by the Board
of Health, in offering vaccination to the inhabitants of every dwelling.
The number vaccinated, as appears by the report of the Commission-
ers of Health, was but a very small number below four thousand.

No reflecting person can be insensible of the vast benefit which must
result from this measure, under ordinary circumstances, but, as things
have turned out, it has been attended with incalculable advantages.

There is, perhaps, no circumstance connected writh medical science
better established than, that diseases have their revolutions. So sen-
sible was the great doctor Sydenham of this truth, that he was led to
hope that, careful observation, for a sufficient term of years, would
enable us to ascertain in what particular order of succession, particu-
lar diseases succeed each other; but our highly gifted countryman,
Doctor Rush, has correctly remarked, that while time and observa-
tions confirm the fact, that diseases do assume an epidemic form, and
these epidemics succeed each other, they do not occur in any particu-
lar order ; nor are they at all times, so far as we can discern, influenc-
ed by the sensible qualities of the atmosphere, or seasons.

It is also a fact well known, that small pox, though most certainly a
contagious disease, is not exempt from this epidemic character ; and,
hence it is, that while we readily prevent its extension during one se-
ries of years, in another series its spreading is not to be resisted, in a
large city where the population is perpetually changing.

In proof of the fact, which we have stated, we may call the atten-
tion of the city authorities to the report of deaths, for the last three
years, in which it will be seen, that there has been an increasing pre-
ponderance to diseases of the skin ; measles and scarlet fever in par-
ticular, have gained an ascendancy over bilious diseases, which ordi-

2i APPKXD1X.

narily make the largest number of deaths from fever — thus it will be
seen, that scarlet fever has occasioned considerably more deaths, dur-
ing the two last years, than bilious fever ; and besides this important
fact, it is known that there has been many other eruptive diseases oc-
casionally seen; and, under my own observation, I have seen several
cases of the prevailing influenza wearing the livery of the scarlet fe-
ver of last year. Such being the tendency to cutaneous diseases, we
have a ready solution for the fact, that small pox has spread with
great facility, and created a more malignant force this year than ordi-
nary. We have only to recollect here, that small pox can only affect
those who have a certain condition of the constitution, which is call-
ed susceptibility — this susceptibility being destroyed, the disease cannot
recur; but it is known by the writings of reputable physicians in all
ages, that in some few cases this susceptibility is not wholly destroy-
ed, or it may recur, and the disease may seize such individuals a se-
cond time — cases have occurred under my own observation, and that
of the present Board of Health, of second attacks of small pox.

Since the general adoption of vaccination, it has been ascertained
that the susceptibility to small pox may be Jessened in different de-
grees, and upon exposure to small pox infection, a disease will be
excited, wearing much the appearance of small pox, but milder — this
has been termed varioloid. But if we have seen, that in some very
rare cases, small pox may exist a second time in the same person,
there need be no surprise that the same circumstance may sometimes
be seen after vaccination.

I am sorry to state, that a few cases have occurred where small pox,
(and not varioloid) succeeded vaccination in persons who bore upon
their arms, genuine marks of having undergone the vaccine disease. —
These cases have been so few as not to create any mistrust in the pre-
ventive power of vaccination. Much of the varioloid, there can be
little doubt, is owing to want of care in the business of vaccination —
this may arise from inattention, want of skill, or to some other disease
being present at the time of the vaccine disease.

Having presented these general views, I would respectfully call the
attention of the city authorities to the following facts connected with
small pox.

I have already stated that nearly four thousand persons were vacci-
nated, during the early part of the present year ; but, notwithstanding
this precautionary measure, the small pox has never ceased to exist
within the city since October, 1 830. In addition to the stock of in-
fection which has been traced since that period, there has been four
or five arrivals during the present year.

The Board of Health finding cases of small pox or varioloid from
time to time, in various parts of the city, promptly caused the several
neighbourhoods to be vaccinated, and, although they have been some-

APPENDIX. 26

what disappointed, in seeing small pox spreading so soon after a gene-
ral vaccination, they, with myself, have derived much satisfaction
from the fact, that none of those who were vaccinated under their su-
perintendance, in the early part of the year, have been affected with
small pox or varioloid. And they are sorry to acknowledge, that not-
withstanding the faithful discharge of the duties imposed upon the
physicians who vaccinated, and their own personal attention in most
cases, upwards of six hundred refusals ; and some few persons could
not be made to take the disease. But the constant influx of strangers,
amongst the lower orders, together with the births daily occurring,
rapidly fill the city with new subjects for this disease. After all, it is
manifest, that the difficulty which has attended all efforts at prevention
was, and is the epidemic character of small pox, during the present
year.

By reference to the report of the Board of Health, it will be seen
that the commissioners, in that Board, have been compelled, in com-
pliance with an ordinance of the 2d of April, 1827, to vaccinate all
persons in the neighbourhood of affected persons. This has called
for an amount of labor and expense considerably beyond their ordi-
nary amount, since it has been necessary to vaccinate nearly two thou-
sand persons since the general vaccination.

The result of our joint experience in the Health department is, that
vaccination, when well conducted, does secure'JTrom small pox, or mo-
dify it .into a mild disease, in those few individuals who may have some
share of susceptibility remaining.

For my own part, I am satisfied that the present epidemic constitu-
tion of the atmosphere, will presently pass away, and then we shall
have less trouble with the small pox ; but, while it continues, any
abatement of the present preventive measures will fill the city with la-
mentation and wo. Let us but look at the fact of about six thousand
persons having been secured from the small pox, by the money neces-
sarily expended, and we shall see this subject in its true aspect. Nor
will we be apt to overlook the fact that the measures of which we are
speaking, have added a vast amount of duty to those common 1o the
Commissioners of Health. This additional duty has been performed
with an amount of fidelity, humanity and success, which entitles the
Commissioners, in my humble opinion, to much praise. All which is
respectfully submitted.

HORATIO G. JAMESON,

Consulting Physician.

26 APPENDIX

ABSTRACT OF EXPENDITURES

By the Commissioners of Health.

Health Office, Baltimore, December 31st, 1831.

To the Honourable the Mayor

and City Council of Baltimore:

Gentlemen :

The Commissioners of Health respectfully submit the following ab-
stract of expenditures of the funds entrusted to them the present
year, viz:

Appropriation for the Health Department, - - - 82,500 00

Of which the following sums have been drawn, viz :
For Bargemen's wages, repairs of Health Officer's

barge, Office Rent, &c. - - - - §803 25£

Interments in the Eastern Potter's Field, - 459 25

Ditto Western do. do. - 235 73$

Collecting the weekly interments for eleven

months, - - - - - - 137 50

Conveying paupers and vagrants to the Alms-
house, ------- 278 00

Support of, and clothing for patients, in lieu of
clothes burned at the Hospital, in case of
small pox, - - - - - 178 10

Vaccination, 376 25

Sewers, lime, See, ----- 23 10—2491 19

Leaving an undrawn balance of 8 8

Appropriation for removing nuisances, - - 81,200 00
From which deduct so much at the disposal of

the Mayor for taking up swine, - - 200 00 — 1000 00
Of which the following sum has been drawn, viz :
For removing nuisances from streets, lanes, al-
leys, wharves, and sewers, &c. - - 987 03

Leaving an undrawn balance of 12 97

Appropriation for cleaning streets, ----- g5000 00
Of which has been drawn, ... 4567 £2

Leaving an undrawn balance of - §432 78

APPENDIX. 27

Amount expended out of the appropriation, as

above stated, - - - - - S4567 22

To which add cash received for street dirt, as

per street manure account, - 945 95\

Total amount expended for cleaning streets

this year, 85513 17J

Appropriation for vaccinating the city, - 600 00

Of which has been drawn, ------ 600 00

Note. — The sum of one hundred and eight dollars and seventy-five
cents (8108 75) has been received by this Board, during the present
year, for interments in the Eastern and Western Potters' Fields, &c, the
disbursement of which will appear by the Secretary's account current,
transmitted herewith.

Respectfully submitted,

By your obedient servants,

T. S. SHEPPARD,-) Comm'ra
JACOB DEEMS, V of
PETER FOY, 1 Health,

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3-fc APPENDIX.

REPORT
OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE POOR

BALTIMORE CITY AND COUNTY.

To the Mayor and

City Council of Baltimore :

Gentlemen :

The Trustees for the Poor of Baltimore city and county, in obe-
dience to the act of Assembly passed at December session, 1817, chap-
ter 122, present their annual Report:

The following statement of moneys received and expended on ac-
count of the city, for twelve months, ending the 30th April, 1831, the
period to which the annual appropriation was calculated to extend, is
respectfully submitted. And also an estimate of the money that will
be required from the city, for the year, commencing on the 1st May,
1832, and ending the 30th April, 1833.

The balance due by the city, per last report, $ 2,836 64

The city's proportion of articles purchased for
food, clothing, and fuel, of which a state-
ment is herewith given, marked A, for sup-
plying an average per month of 432 j^ pau-
pers, fds of 101 A J strangers, including the
expense of conducting the farm, ($1442.34)
and deducting the amount of sales of sun-
dry products of the same, ($1443.18,) $ 9,646 53

Carried forward, $9,64C 53 $2,836 64

APPENDIX. 35

Amounts brought forward, $9,646 53 $2,836 64

The city's proportion of articles purchased
for hospital stores and medicines, for sup-
plying an average per month as above, a
statement of which is included in docu-
ment marked A, - - - - 813 26

The city's proportion (J) of the expenses of
the house, including salaries, wages, re-
pairs, and contingencies, - 2,929 57

For keeping lunatics in Maryland hospital, 84 87

For paying 117 city pensioners, - - 1,S14 25

For donations — incidental relief, - - 11 9 22

For donation at joint expense of city and

county, 100

For half the amount expended in erecting
sundry improvements, partly with pauper
labour, - - - - - - 102 26

For half the amount expended in erecting a
weaving apartment, in part with pauper
labour, ------ 23 54

For per diem of city Trustees, - - 362 00

For half the amount of interest paid for the

year on the Calverton debt, - 1,108 17

17,004 67
$19,841 31

CREDIT.

Cash received, during the year, from the

city, - - - -."--•- $ 18,000 00
Cash received from city paupers, - 89 62

18,089 62

Leaving a balance due by the city, on the "> * 1 „„ RQ

30th April, 1831, of - 5 tfV&l b»

From the foregoing statement it will be seen, that there was ex-
pended during the past year, on .account of the city, for the support
of its poor, towards the erection of certain permanent improvements,
and in payment of the city's portion of interest on the debt arising
out of the purchase of the Calverton farm, the sum of seventeen
thousand and four dollars, and sixty-seven cents, and that there was a

36 APPENDIX.

balance due by the city on the 30th April, 1831, of one thousand se-
ven hundred and fifty-one dollars, and sixty-nine cents.

From the amount of the twelve months' expenditure, above stated,
and the experience of the Trustees, as far as they have advanced in
the operations of the current year, they are of opinion, that the sum of
eighteen thousand dollars will be required for the year commencing on
the 1st May, 1832, and ending the 30th April, 1833, included in
which, are six hundred and seventy-five dollars for interest, leaving
the actual demand for the support of the poor, and for contingencies,
seventeen thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Although the number of admissions into the Alms-house, from the
increase of population and other causes, has been gradually augment-
ing, the Trustees are gratified to find, on refering to their reports for
several years past, the demand for the ensuing year, upon the funds of
the Mayor and City Council, to be less than that of preceding years.

The table marked G., will shew that the expenditure per head, for
supporting the poor, for the year ending the 30th April, 1826, was
$37.63 r4<fo2o5 and that the same has been gradually reduced, until, for the
year ending the 30th April, 1831, it amounted only to $25.72 r5o9^, per
head. In this estimate are included all charges for farming expenses,
permanent improvements on the estate, repairs, salaries, and contin-
gencies, excepting only the interest on the Calverton debt.

The reduction of expenditure is principally to be attributed to the
increased productiveness of the farm, and to the quantity and value of
the articles made up, or manufactured, in the house, furnishing not only
supplies of food, clothing, &c, for the use of the institution, which
would otherwise be purchased, but affording a considerable quantity
for sale. The carpenter's and other mechanical work done by the
paupers, forms also a large item in the avails of the establishment,
which serve to lessen the demand upon the public funds. By making
personal examination into the merits and circumstances of the appli-
cants for out-door relief, impositidhs have, in a good degree, been pre-
vented, the stipends of many have been reduced, and others have been
stricken altogether from the pension list. Very considerable saving
has also resulted from the attention paid by the officers in the employ-
ment of the Trustees, to economy, and the preservation of order and
cleanliness. It is proper to add, that the comfort of the paupers has
suffered no diminution.

Beside, however, reducing the cost of maintaining the paupers, the
requisition of some sort of labour from all such as are able to work,
has a still more beneficial and important effect, as it tends to prevent
an increase in the house, of the idle and lazy, who are able to main-
tain themselves.

Since the date of their last report, the Trustees have been enabled,
from the avails of wood cut on their farm amounting to three hun-

APPENDIX. 37

dred dollars, and from receipts to amount of thirteen thousand dollars
on account of sales of lots, part of the old Alms-house property, and
which have been carried equally to the credit of the city and the
county, to pay to the Mechanics' Bank of Baltimore, thirteen thousand
three hundred dollars on account of the Calverton debt.

The Trustees having disposed of the residue of the old Alms house
property, indulge the hope that the amount of negotiable notes and
other securities which they hold, together with the interest accruing
thereon, will enable them, when realized, to discharge, in the course
of four or five years, the balance of the Calverton debt, now amount-
ing to twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars, and to erect the
buildings contemplated by the law, and demanded by the public inte-
rest, for the more effectual securing and keeping to labour, a certain
description of paupers, as well as to complete an apartment for the
separate accommodation of the children.

The Trustees would again call the attention of the Mayor and City
Council to the debt due to the Trustees on account of the purchase of
the old Alms-house, and part of the adjacent property, for the purpose
of a House of Industry, and which, with interest, amounted on the 30th
April last, to five thousand nine hundred and nineteen dollars, and
seventy-two cents — a statement of which is herewith given, marked H.

The long time the above debt has been due, renders it unnecessary
to apologise for again urging a settlement. Taking into consideration
the object for which the property above mentioned was sold, and the
circumstance, that the trustees have received no portion of the inter-
est on this debt, they cannot now, it may easily be shewn, be indem-
nified, by a settlement at simple interest. To the county, which has
no indirect interest, or concern, as is not the case with the city, the
delay of settlement has been peculiarly injurious, compelling her, in
effect, to the payment of her portion of the interest on the Calverton
debt, at a compound rate, on just so much thereof as her portion of the
above claim would liquidate.

The Trustees having so frequently adverted to the fruitful source of
nearly all the pauperism that comes under their notice, the intemper-
ate use of ardent spirits, need now merely refer to the document
marked J, in corroboration of all that has heretofore been advanced
on that subject. They have the satisfaction to add, that the rule of
the Institution forbidding the use of any vinous, spirituous, or fer-
mented liquor, as an article of diet, has been strictly enforced, and
that the late harvest at the farm, which employed several hired hands,
was secured without any such allowance.

The table, marked B, will shew that there were admitted into the
house during the year, ending the 30th April, 1831, including 21 births,
1160 paupers, discharged 387, bound 30, deceased 287, eloped 447,
leaving 567 paupers, including those before in the house.

38 APPENDIX,

The table, marked C, exhibits the monthly average for the City to
be 432 11-12 city paupers, and 101 11-12 strangers, the city being
charged with two-thirds of the latter.

The document, marked D, exhibits the articles made up or manu-
factured in the house by the paupers, together with the value of the
same.

The document, marked E, exhibits the products of the farm for the
six months, ending the 30th April, 1831, those of the preceding six
months having been included in last year's report. This document
also contains an account of work done during the year, under the di-
rection of the farmer.

There accompanies this report an account, marked F, of the medi-
cal and surgical cases in the house during the year, shewing the num-
ber cured, relieved, &c.

The documents, marked K, L, M, N, and O, give the places of birth
of the paupers admitted during the year, and other particulars.

All which is respectfully submitted,

JOSEPH CUSHING,
JOHN KELSO,
FRED'K SHAFFER,
ARCH'D STIRLING,
JOSHUA HUTCHINS.

Baltimore, December 28th, 1831.

APPENDIX.

(A)
STATEMENT OF ARTICLES CONSIDERED " SUPPLIES,"

Including such as are ordered by the Attending Physicians as " Hospital
Stores " for the use of the sick, and purchased for the whole establish-
ment for twelve months , ending 30th April, 1831.

2 doz. Awls

1 packet Pins

2 lbs. Bristles

6 pair Scissors

2 doz. Bowls

6 gross Shoe Tacks

h doz. Basins

6 skeins Silk

1 doz. Glass Jars
3 doz. Lasts

2 doz. Spectacles
18 doz. Handkerchiefs

2 doz. Medicine Mugs

1,508 lbs. Soal Leather

H doz. Pitchers

71 sides Upper Leather

6 doz. Plates
1 Pepper Mill

464 galls. Lamp Oil
9 boxes Candles

1| doz. Tubs

1 bbl. red oak Bark

1 doz. Tumblers

75 lbs. Hops

18 doz. Spoons
10 lbs. Alum

80 lbs. Pepper
4,470 lbs. Rice

10 lbs. Copperas
10 lbs. Chalk

214 lbs. Barley
280 lbs. Java Coffee

24 lbs. Rosin

12 boxes Chocolate

4 boxes Tin

1,2471 lbs. H. S. Tea

28 lbs. Solder

1 1 lbs. Gunpowder Tea

51 lbs. SaltPetre
85 lbs. Wool

10,678 lbs. common Sugar
360 lbs loaf Sugar

4,200 lbs. Raw Cotton

1,853 galls. Molasses

3 boxes Sewing Cotton
36 yds. Bagging
160 Blankets

146 bushels Salt
30 lbs. Starch
1,536 lbs. Soap

1U yds. Check
910 lbs. Flax

268=1 galls. Vinegar
1,157 lbs. Tobacco

185^ yds. Flannel

89 lbs. Snuff

2,039| yds. Muslin
259 yds. Plaid

6 galls. Spirits
10U do. Whiskey

70 yds. Ratlin

2 do. Holland Gin

36 £ yds. Towelling
12 pieces Tape
28 yds. Linen

30 do. T. Wine

U doz. Porter
4 J do. Lemons

12 gross Button Moulds

4 do. Knives and Forks

1 lb. Knitting Needles

5 do. Mustard

APPENDIX.

5 lb. Nutmegs

1,300

81 lbs. Cheese

500

3 bbls. Herrings

55,417

4 do. Mackerel

10,103

4 Sheep Skins

17a1

9 stone Wire

412

652 lbs. Pilot Bread

679 bbls. Fine Flour

36 do. Super Fine Flour

39 do. Second Rye

Flour

lbs. Corn Meal
do. Buckwheat Meal
do. Beef
do. Pork

cords Pine Wood
do. Oak Wood, including
that cut off the Farm
Reams Wrapping Paper
for putting up Medicines

APPENDIX.

TABLE (B)

Shewing the number of Paupers received, discharged, fyc. for the year
ending April 30, 1831.

■d

Date.

-a

•a

s
o

•■a
u
a.

3
Jo

PP
1

May,-— 1830, -

116

June, -

July, -

August, -

112

September, -

127

129

October, -

133

135

•21

November, -

107

111

December, -

123

January, — 1831,

February, -

March, - - - -

189

April, - - -

387

2
30

1139

1160

2*7

447

1151

In the house, April 30th, 1830,
Ingress,

Egress,

Leaving in the house, 30th April, 1831, including those before
there, -------

558
1160

1718
1151

567

APPENDIX,

TABLE (C)

Shewing the Monthly average of Paupers in the Alms-House, for the
year ending April 30th, 1831.

WHITE.

COLOURED.

WHERE FROM.

Date.

137

c
u

c
5

o
58

c
OJ

p
19

Total.

523

3
O

01
■n

Total.

May, 1830.

174

103

416

523

June,

154

175

526

416

526

July,

146

179

501

395

501

August,

162

173

526

396

526

September,

198

178

563

397

115

563

October,

224

185

602

422

118

602

November,

250

188

100

638

427

138

638

December,

270

191

103

687

468

150

687

January, 1831.

280

189

712

478

159

712

February,

255

200

108

718

490

148

718

March,

155

199

100

590

451

590

April,

132
2363

199

103

432

66
709

228

558
7144

439
5195

558

2230

U82

726

1223

7144

12)7144

595 4-12 Total average per month,
12)5195

432 11-12 City's average per month.
12)726

£0 6-12 County's average per month.
12)1223

101 U-12 Strangers' average per month.

APPENDIX.

Statement shewing the articles made up, or manufactured in the House,
Carpenters'* work, fyc. during the year ending the 30th April, 1831.

56 ft. 10 in. f ledge door

21 lintels

84 " 7 " | rebated " jambs

139 lights £ 8 by 10 sash

114 " narrow casings

1 wash stand in surgical ward

68 " 8 in. reveal boards

Cutting away roof for new trap

75 " | ledge door

door

76 " wide casings and window

Cutting away floors and ceiling

benches

for flues

225 " * plinth

1 medicine case for Mens'

2091 " 3 in. £ flooring & joists

Infirmary

261 " do. 1 do. " do.

2 plate trays

487 « do. | do. do.

3 gates hung

1073 "shelving

2 doors altered and hung

77 " 9 in. 1 door frame

2 flood gates

43 " 10 in. f lined door

1 oak trough

223 " 10 in. | window frames

Repairs of floors

657 " rounded oak bars

50 bottoms to iron bedsteads

48 " 6 in. sunk window sill

1 ley for flying shuttle

66 " 5 in. Venetian shutters

1 gate and gate posts

116 " 7 in| S. F. shutters

1 cover to large boiler

24 " 6 in | door

2 cart bodies

774 " ribs for circular ceiling

Repairing roof of cow shed

93 " tasseling framed

Repairing do. of wall roof

117 u bond timber

296 coffins

135 " cornice

625 cubic yds. digging founda-

1175 " roofing

tions

50 " barge board

241 perches of stone quarried

21 " 4 in. palisade fence, fancy

and laid in wall

heads

40 perches of stone quarried

1027 " rough fencing

and sold

76 " 8 in. latticed screen

1 1 stone arches

31 " 3 in. splayed door casings

3 Stone sills set

22 " double beads

Tearing down slone waH at bank

10 " 3 in. } S. F. shutters

1 hearth laid

24 " inside shutters

43 ft. 3 in. stone capping, dress-

29 " 4 in | folding sash door

ed edges

38 " £ steps and risers

2 stone caps to chimneys

62 " slate partitions

4033 square yds. spinning and

316 " oak timber, hewn

weaving

APPENDIX.

566 pairs stockings spun and
wove

126 ft. 6 in. flues built in wall
Tearing away walls for flues

340 yds. paving and hauling sand

1 27 ft. tinning around wash boards
m cells

303 yds. plastering and hauling

sand
694 yds. of painting
201 lights and glazing

Valued at

3378 ft. stoning $• gravelling road
6 pair Headles woven
150 lbs. dipped candles
70 bbls. soap
410 lbs. wool picked

6 hair mattrasses made
501 pieces tin ware
1019 pairs shoes made
572 " do. repaired
2228 garments made

$3,648 81

AI'PI'.NDIX.

(E.)

Statement, shewing the Products of the Farm for the six months ending
the 30th April, 1831.

158 1-4 quarts of new Milk.
8,661 3-4 " skimmed Milk.

722 " Butter-Milk.

149 pints of Cream.
706 1-2 " of Butter.

10 Calves.
102 bushels Wheat.
100 " Rye.

Work done under the direction of the Farmer, during the year ending
the 30th April, 1831.

136 cords of Oak Wood cut and hauled.
436 loads of Manure hauled from town.
350 bushels hauled to and from mill.
50 perches of Ditch cleaned.

APPENDIX.

(F.)
A SUMMARY

medical, jmjtb surgical cases.

Treated in the Alms House of Baltimore City and County , from the 1st
May, 1830, to the 1st May, 1831.

DISEASES.

be
a
'a

£
c

Apoplexy,

Arachnitis,

Aneurism,

Asthma,

Abscess, -

Amputation,

Amenorrhae,

Ascites,

Anasarca, -

Arthrosia,

Anthrax, -

Anitus, ( Complicates,)

Bronchitis,

Bucuemia,

Burns,

Chorea, St. Viti,

Cataract, -

Cephalalgia, (Rheumatica,)

Cholera Morbus, -

Cholera Infantum,

Carces, -

Cynanche Trachealis, -
" Tonsillaris,
" Laryngea,

Catarrh,

" Pneumonic,

Convulsions,

Carcinoma,

Colic,

Cerebrates,

Colitis,

Contusions,

dysentery,
Diarrhae,

e delirium tremens,

102

694 560 28 64 45

APPENDIX.

(F) continued.

-i.

DISEASES.

-a

c
'a
'e3

«-,

<_>

Q
64

pel

Amount brought forward, -

694

560

Dislocations, -

Dysuria, ---___

Dyspepsia, _____

Dysmenorrhae, _____

Dead, or dying when admitted,

Dropsy, universal, head, heart and lungs,

Entertis, _____

Eucurisis, ------

Euteralgia, - - - -

Epilepsy, ______

Ecthyma, _____

Exzema, ______

Erisipelas, -

Erythema, - - - - -

Fever Intermittent, -

« Remittent, -

" Gustrica, -

" Inflammatory, - - _ .

" Typhus, -

" Puerperal, _'•---.'_

" Rheumatic, -

Fractures Simple, -

• 9

" Compound, -

Fistula, --____

Gangrene, Epidemic and Traumatic, -

Gonorrhae, _____

Glaucoma, _____

Gastritis, -_--__

Ganenopsis, -

Gastralgia, - -

Hernia, - -

Hydrothorax, -

Hydrocele, - -

Hepatitis, - _

Hemiplegia, -

Hemorrhage, Uterine, - _ _ _

* Various,

Hemoptisis, _____

Hysteritis, _____

Hysteria, _____

Ischuria, _____

Icterus, (Jaundice,) -

Insania, -

Iritis, ---_-_

1456

1140

139

APPENDIX.

(F) continued.

DISEASES.

"a3

Amount brought forward, .

1456

1140

139

114

Inflammations, Local and Various,

Leucorrhea, .....

Lithiasis, ......

Lumbago, .....

Melana, .....*

Mania, ......

Melancholia, .....

Nephitis, . . . .

Neuralgia, ......

Opthalmia, .....
Olitis and Odontalgia, ....

Psorapthalmia, .....

Palsy,

Pneumonia, various, ....

Pleuritis, . . . . ■» .

Plurodynia, .....

Psoriasis, ......

Phymosis and Paraphymosis,

Polapsus, Uteri et Recti, ....

Peritonitis, ......

Porrigo, ......

Phtisis, Consumption cohfirmed before admission,

*10

" Incipient, ....

Pernio, Chilblain, ....

Parturition, . . .

f20

Pertussis, Whooping Cough,

Rheumatism, Acute and Chronic,

Rubeola, Measles, ....

Roseola, Rose Rash, ....

Scarlatina, Various forms,

Struma, Scrofula, ....

Spinitis, Inflammation of the Spinal cord,

Splenitis, . .....

Syphilis, Various forms,

Strictures, Uretha and Rectum,

Still-Born, .....

Temulence, Protracted Intoxication,

Turpanitis, Symptomatic,

Titanies, ......

Tumors, Various nature,

Urticaria, ......

Ulcers, Various forms, ....

115

Varicella, . . . . ...

Wounds, ....

2527

1869

144

286

228

'Temporarily restoied.

t Safely delivered.

APPENDIX.

(G)

Comparative estimate of the cost, or expenditure per head, for supporting
the Poor of the City of Baltimore, from the year 1826, to the year
1831, inclusive.

Respective periods of Expenditure.

Respective Poor.

Total
Poor.

Aggregate [
Expenditure.

Average cost per
head.

Year end. Apr. 30, 1826

Paupers, 322

Pens'rs, 137

Strang's, 21

480

818,064.57

837.63rVoV

Year end. Apr. 30, 1827

Paupers, 356|
Pens'rs, 160
Strang's, 29-J

546

817,340.05

S3 1.75 AW

Year end. Apr. SO, 1828

Paupers, 403|§
Pens'rs, 142
Strang's, 33T9¥

_•

579J,

816,926.26

829.20 ^V

Year end. Apr. 30, 1829

Paupers, 409T\
Pens'rs, 157
Strang's, 44j°

611 !\

818,087.52

829.58 /T

Year end. Apr. 30, 1830

Paupers, 423^
Pens'rs, 156
Strang's, 56

6S5A

817,359.90

827.33 ^A

Year end. Apr. 30, 1831

Paupers, 432}^
Pens'rs, 117
Strang's, 68

1 617*1

815,896.50

825.72/o-U

50 APPENDIX.

(H)

Statement of debt due to the Trustees for the Poor on account of the sale
of the Old Alms House, and part of the adjacent property, for the
House of Industry.

Note dated 27th May, 1822, payable 1st May, 1826, with

interest from 1st May, 1823, - - - $2,500

Add interest for 3 years, - - - - 450

Due 1st May, 1826, ----- $2,950

Note dated 27th May, 1822, payable 1st May,

1827, with interest from 1st May, 1823, $2,500 '

Add interest from 1st May, 1823, to 21st Oc-
tober, 1824, 1 year, 5 months, 21 days, 221 25

$2,721 25
Deduct payment on account of this note blade

21st October, 1824, - - 1,261 20

§1,460 05
Add interest on $1,460 05 from 21st Octo-
ber, 1824, to 1st May, 1827, 2 years,
6 months, 9 days, - • - - 221 19

Due 1st May, 1827, - 1,68124

Interest on $2,950 from 1st May, 1826, to

1st May, 1831— 5 years - - 885 00

Interest on $1,681 24 from 1st May, 1827,

to 1st May, 1831— 4 years, - 403 48

1,288 48

Due 1st May, 1831, .... $5,91972

. APPENDIX.

DOCUMENT (J)

Shewing the habits of the Paupers admitted into the House during the
year ending the SOth April, 1831.

Adults of temperate habits

" intemperate habits -

" whose habits in respect fo temperance are unknown

Children of temperate parents - - - 18

intemperate parents - - 119

the habits of whose parents as to temperance

are unknown

960

1,006

Total,

(K.)

Places of Birth of the Paupers admitted into the Alms-House, during
the year, ending the 30th April, 1830.

Alms House,

Brought forward,

670

Baltimore County,

86 North Carolina,

Baltimore City,

200 South Carolina,

Eastern Shore of Maryland,

107

West Indies,

•

Other parts of Maryland,

120

East Indies,

Canada,

England,

Maine, -

Ireland,*

349

Massachusetts,

Scotland,

Rhode Island, -

France,

Connecticut, - ?

Spain,

New York, -

Portugal,

Nsw Jersey,

Germany,

Pennsylvania, -

Holland,

» +

Delaware, -

South America,

District of Columbia,

Africa,

Virginia, -

Unknown,

Carried up,

670

Total, -

m m

1160

53 APPENDIX.

TABLE (L,)

Shewing the Ages of the Paupers admitted during the year.

Under 1 year, including births, . . \ . . 44

1 year and under 5 years, 48

5 years " 10 " 32

10 " " 15 " .... 30

15 " « £0 " 55

20 " «' 30 " 276

30 " " 40 " 279

40 " " 50 " 191

50 " " 60 " 83

60 « " 70 " 54

70 " " 80 " ..... 36

80 " " 90 " ..... 9

90 " " 100 " .... 8

Over 100 " 5

Unknown, ----.... 10

Totai, 1160

TABLE (M)

Shewing the periods of residence in City or County.

Under 1 week - - - - - 121

1 week and less than 1 month - 66

I month and less than 3 months - - 48

5 " (( " " 6 " - - - 46

6 " « " " 1 year ... 42
1 year " C( " 2 years - - • - - 64
Over 2 years ----- 466
Children born in the House and other

natives of City and County

Total, 1,160

Vd7

APPENDIX,

(N.)

Admissions and Births, distinguished as to Sex and Colour.

White. Coloured. Total.

Males, 641 .... 91 732

Females, .... 318 ... 110 428

Total, .. 959 .... 201 1160

(0.)

Elopements distinguished as to Sex and Colour.

White.

Males, 324 . .

Females, 61 . .

Coloured.

Total.

. 38 * . .

. . 362

24 . .

. . . 85

Total,

385

447

54 APPENDIX,

OF THE

VISITERS A1V1> GOVERNORS

OF THE

£AHIL ®2» HJ&MTHSiKDIBIi (9©WSrW<

To the Mayor and

City Council of Baltimore :

The Visiters and Governors of Baltimore County Jail, present
their annual Report, with the gratifying reflection, that the condi-
tion of the institution entrusted to their care, has considerably im-
proved during the pffst year.

The system adopted by the Board previously to the commence-
ment of that period, and detailed in their last report, has been car-
ried into execution by the warden, Mr. David W. Hudson, with so
much diligence and skill, that we have had but little duty to per-
form other than a general supervision of the establishment. A
wholesome discipline has been maintained — liquor has been ex-
cluded— peace and quiet promoted, and broils and quarrels among
the prisoners prevented. The warden has been essentially aided
by the faithful services of Mr. George Myers, Clerk of the Jail,
in keeping the books, and attending to the collection of fees at the
office. The diligence and fidelity of these two officers in perform-
ing this part of their duty is manifest, from the increased amount
of fees collected, and accounted for. In consequence of the addi-
tional accommodations afforded by building the Warden's house,
the prisoners have been much better classified, than they have ever
been heretofore. Every attention has been paid to keeping the
jail and premises neat and clean. And the Board sincerely believe
that in the important objects of economy, discipline and security
of the prisoners, the jail is at this time as well regulated, as is
possible, under existing laws, and with the present construction of
the building.

APPENDIX. 55

The document hereto annexed, marked A, presents a condensed
statement of receipts, and expenditures of the jail, from 26th Nov.
1830, to 26th Nov. 1831. From this statement it appears, that the
whole expense for maintenance of prisoners, salaries of officers, and
incidentals, amounts to £6,824 35. That the portion of this amount
properly chargeable to Baltimore City, being five-sixths, (regard
being had to the number of persons committed from the city, and
the expense of their maintenance) is S5686 95 : that the whole
cost of repairs made during the year, is S755 46, of which one
half is chargeable to the City, viz : — S377 73, making the total
amount chargeable to the City, S6,064 6S. To pay this amount,
the Board have appropriated five-sixths of the balances on the se-
veral dockets, viz : S3, 576 92, consisting of fees, 6cc. received at
the office of the Jail, and the sum of S2,4 87 76, which has been
drawn from the City Treasury. It will be perceived that of the
money drawn from the City Treasury, there remains unexpended
the sum of Si 19 91, which will be carried to the credit of the city
in the next year's account.

The City appropriation to defray the expenses of the Jail, from
26th February, 1831, to 26th February, 1S32, was S3, 500. Three-
quarters of the year have expired, and there is still remaining of
this appropriation, the sum of Sl,705 89, of which it is believed
that S 1,000 will be available towards the expenses of the year,
commencing on 26th February, 1832. The tax on licenses to re-
tailers of spirituous liquors, which is appropriated by act of As-
sembly to the expenses of the jail, will probably produce S 1,000
more: whatever additional sum may be required, will be levied on
all the assessable property within the limits of the city, under the
provisions of the ordinance approved 25th April 1831. The board
propose, that Si 500 be raised by this tax for the expenses of the
Jail from 26th February 1832, to 26th Februaryl833.

On the 2d of August last, the Board drew on the Register of
the city in favour of Joseph Townsend, John Hillen, and George
Decker, for S2744.46, being the amount of the appropriation made
in 1830, for the payment of the city's portion of the Jail expenses
incurred previously to 26th February, 1830.

In presenting the document marked B, we beg leave to be in-
dulged in a few remarks, which appear naturally to result from its
perusal. Of the whole number of persons committed to jail dur-
ing the past year, being 2322,-424, almost l-6th, came into jail
in a state of intoxication. The population of a jail is so constantly
changing, that the officers have little opportunity of inquiring into
the habits of its inmates ; but the Warden is decidedly of opinion,
from the best information he could obtain, that at least 8 in 10,
although not actually drunk when admitted, are addicted to intem-
perance.

56 APPENDIX.

This document, we conceive^ offers a strong argument in favour
of the abolition of imprisonment for debt, except in cases of fraud.
It appears that during the year, 959 of our fellow citizens have
been deprived of their liberty for this cause : more than half of
them for debts under S10, and only 34 of the whole number for
debts exceeding $100 : more than one half have been discharged
from prison by taking the benefit of the insolvent laws, or by the
creditor declining to pay maintenance money : and the records of
the prison present only 81, as having been discharged by paying
their debts. The expense of boarding these debtors is Si 430.40,
and the amount of debts paid in jail, only §486.06. The Board
does not pretend to say that this is the whole amount recovered by
imprisonment for debt, but it is all which the records of the jail
exhibit. The inference we draw from this statement is, that little
money is recovered by imprisonment for debt, and that any ad-
vantages which may possibly result from the practice, are greatly
overbalanced by the loss which the community suffers, in being
deprived of the services of its members, (amounting during the
past year to 7657 days, which should have been appropriated to
productive labour,) in paying for their support while imprisoned,
and in the baneful effects which imprisonment is calculated to pro-
duce on the individuals who are its subjects.

Of the 951 committed for want of security to keep the peace,
assault and battery, keeping disorderly houses, and larceny, we
hazard nothing in asserting that intemperance, ignorance, or idle-
ness, or all combined, have been the causes of consigning them to
the walls of a prison : to contribute to remove these causes, and
rescue from shame so many of our fellow beings, is the duty of
every good citizen, but more especially of those entrusted with
authority. The number of those to whom it has been necessary to
apply the sanctions of criminal justice, is small, only 53 having
been sentenced to the Penitentiary during the last year.

The Board is convinced that an efficient system of prison disci-
pline will have a tendency to diminish crime, and cannot but hope
that the improvement in our jail has already produced some effect.
We have before remarked, that our very efficient Warden has car-
ried this improvement as far as possible, under existing laws, and
in a badly constructed prison. It becomes us, therefore, to make
known our views on the changes which we deem expedient.

The law for the appointment of a Warden of Baltimore county
jail, under which we are acting, is considered defective, in not suf-
ficiently defining the duties of the Visiters and Governors, and of
the Warden. Our present system having been found to answer
remarkably well, it would be wise to have it sanctioned by express
legal enactments, and in order to give permanence and efficiency

APPENDIX. 51

to litis system, the Board of Visiters should be incorporated. The
mode of levying the county's portion of the jail expenses ought
to be altered : they are not levied until the end of the year during
which they have accrued, and are not collected and paid over to
the visiters, until the expiration of another year. This proceed-
ing subjects the Board every year, to the necessity of borrowing, on
the private credit of its members, a sum sufficient to defray these
expenses, which are repaid after they are levied and collected.
Were the county commissioners authorized by law to provide a
fund in advance as is now done by the city, the Board would be i*e-
lieved from a duty which ought not to be imposed on men who give
their time and attention to the public business gratuitously.

The present construction of the jail is such, as not to afford to
the officers having it in charge a sufficient opportunity of super-
vision ; and is essentially defective in the sleeping apartments of
the prisoners. While a number of prisoners are allowed to sleep
in the same room, the jail must necessarily continue to be a school
of vice, where the old offenders will instruct their younger compa-
nions in every species of villany ; the only mode of remedying this
evil, is to provide a sufficient number of cells, to confine the pri-
soners separately at night.

Although they have not so unrestrained an opportunity of con-
taminating one another in the day time, as at night, a number of
vicious men who pass their time together in idleness, may plot
much mischief, and give and take many lessons in iniquity, even
during the day : how much better would it be for them and for the
community, if they spent their days in some useful employment.
A power of exacting work from the prisoners, is therefore consi-
dered highly important.

It is not supposed that all the prisoners should be made to work,
or that all should be confined in separate cells at night. The se-
lection ought to be made by competent persons, and if made with
discretion, we doubt not the system would produce results benefi-
cial to the community, and to the prisoners themselves.

It would enable the visiters to furnish clothing to those who re-
quired it : many prisoners come to jail in the most filthy condi-
tion imaginable ; numbers of them remain for weeks without a
change of raiment : to give them clothes under existing circum-
stances, would afford an additional inducement to the commission
of breaches of the peace, and other offences, for the purpose of be-
ing committed to jail, which is now considered by many as a pre-
ferable residence to the poor house, simply because they are made
to work in the one, while in the other they spend their time in
idleness.

58 APPENDIX.

It would have a considerable influence in lessening the number
of prisoners. When the description of persons who now consti-
tute the greater part of the inmates of the jail found out that they
would be compelled to work, and would be cut off from associating
with their companions, they would be much more careful how they
subjected themselves to imprisonment than they are now. And
may we not hope that some poor intemperate wretched beings, af-
ter enjoying the benefits of sobriety, cleanliness, and regular work,
and such instruction as it may be in the power of the visiters to
afford, will leave the jail better men than they were when com-
mitted.

It may be objected, that it is unjust to compel men to work in
jail, when they are convicted of no crime. We can only answer,
that imprisonment itself is a punishment, and we can see no in-
justice in compelling those who have subjected themselves to this
punishment, to contribute by their labour to their own support and
comfort, and in cutting them off from corrupt associations.

The Board respectfully request the appointment of a committee
of the City Council, to visit the Jail and inspect its accounts.

JAMES CARROLL, Jr., -\
JAMES W. M'CULLOH, / Visiters
GEORGE WILLIAMS, V and
CHARLES JONES, I Governors.

STANDISH BARRY, J

Baltimore, Dec. 27, 1831.

APPENDIX.

(Document A..)

Expenses of Baltimore County Jail for twelve months, ending the 26th
day of November , 1331.

CURRENT EXPENSES.

For subsistence of Warden's family, the
Officers, Sick, and the Prisoners who
pay private board, -.--"-

Subsistence of Prisoners in common,

Hospital Furniture, &c.

Incidentals,- -

Officers' salaries, -

Physician,

Counsel, ------

f- chargeable to Baltimore City,

REPAIRS.

Total amount of repairs, -

ji chargeable to Baltimore City,

RECEIPTS.

Balance civil docket,
** county docket,
" city docket, -
" accommodation docket, -
" United States, -
" runaway, -

£ appertaining to Baltimore City,

Amount chargeable to Baltimore City, -
Received from the Register balance of last

year's appropriation, -
Received on the present year's appropria-
tion,

Amount unexpended, -

$916 17
2,763 94$
7 18|
331 91±
2,355 14
350 00
100 00

$6,824 35

$755 46*

$1,338 06|
338 82
846 61$
495 31
999 35
274 15

$5,686 95f

377 73

$4,292 31

$6,064 68£

$693 66
1,914 02

$2,607 68

3,576 92j

$2,487 76|

119 91^

$2,607 68

APPENDIX.

(Document B.)

A statement of the Committals, Discharges, and persons remaining in
Baltimore County Jail, — with the amount of Board, and every thing
else appertaining thereto, during the year ending the 26th Novem-
ber* 1831.

Whole number of persons committed,
Men, -
Women, -
Children,- -

Number of white persons, -
" of colored persons, -

Number of days confinement of debtors,

a ft " other than debtors,

The whole number of days in confinement,

" amount of board, ___*-,
" " of commit, and releases, at 27 cts. ea.

Number of persons came in intoxicated, -

Daily average number of prisoners, -

1972

299

1435

887

7657
21,866

$6,372 60
626 94

2322

29523

424

Number of debtor's for $1 and less, -

" " for more than $1, and less than $5,

10, « " 20,

" " « 20, « « 100,

100,

For 1 day and less, -

More than 1 day, and less than 5 days,
« 5 u « 10 "

" 10 " « 20 " - . -

« 20 " " 30 «

30 days, --_.--,

Discharged by creditor or his attorney, -
" by paying debt, costs, &c. -
u by commissioners of insolvent debtors,
" by creditors not paying maintenance,

Remaining in jail 26th November, 1831, -

Amount of debts of those discharged, -
costs " " -

53
306
219
179

168
34

100
517
118
142
41
41

353

213

295

$33,830 49 £
2,641 62 £

959

APPENDIX.

(Document B — continued.)

Number of persons committed, brought forward, -

of debtors, " "

Amount of board at 20 cents per day, -

» paid by creditor, - - $637 15

" « " by debtor, - - 319 21 £

« «* « by city, - - 456 43

" « " by county, - 17 60£

debts paid in jail, -
costs « * -

debts of those remaining in jail,
costs, » " »

board, " " "

Persons committed for various offences :
Murder, men, -------

Rape, men, _______

Arson, men, --____ 2

f woman, ------ i

f boy, - - 1

Highway robbery, men,
Kidnapping, men,
Burglary, men,
Larceny, men,

" women,

** boys,

Passing counterfeit money, men, -
Riot on the rail road, men,
Keeping a disorderly house, men,
" " te women,

Gambling, man, -
Assault and battery, men,
? <f women,

168
65
10

184
40

Selling liquor without licence, men, -

Bastardy, men, -------

For want of security to keep the peace, men, 345

" " " women, 101

boys, 8

Misdemeanor, men, - -

Various offences under the laws of the United States,

$1,430 40

$466 06

162 14

$4,977 11
86 27 £
103 50

243

224

454

2322

959

1095

APPENDIX,

(Document B — continued.)

Number of persons committed, brought forward,
" of debtors " "

<c of persons for various offences, u

Amount of board of those discharged, -

<* " paid by defend'ts, - $594 91

'< * paid by city, - - - 2,162 14

" « paid by county, - - 523 30

*} » paid by United States, - 290 25

Remaining in prison, -
Amount of their board,

Persons committed as runaway slaves, men,
" " " " women,

children,

Amount of board of those discharged, -
" " paid by owners, -

7 " paid by the state,

#295 25
231 50

emainmg in prison,
Amount of their board,

Servants and slaves for safe keeping, men,
«* " (( is women,

« » " " children,

#3,570 60

#355 10

99
41
14

#526 75
#526 75

#28 50

65
31
18

959
1095

154

114

1322

2322

114 servants and slaves committed for safe keeping. Amount of board paid
by their owners, #357 75.

Number of persons sent to the Penitentiary, from the Jail of Baltimore County,
during the year ending 26tfi day of November, 1831.

White men,

" women,
Coloured men, -
« women,
boy, -

APPENDIX. 63

REPORT

COUNSELLOR FOR THE CITY,

Baltimore, 3d January, 1832.
Sir,

Agreeably to the ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, I enclose you a statement, shewing the number of suits now
depending in the different courts of this State, in which the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore are parties, or interested, to be right,
viz., one in the Court of Chancery, and seven in the Baltimore county
court.

Also, a statement shewing the decisions, which have been made in
the past year, on the construction of the ordinances of the corporation,
or affecting its corporate rights.

I remain very respectfully

your obedient servant,

JOHN SCOTT.
Hon. William Steuart, Esa.

Mayor of the City of Baltimore.

(H APPENDIX.

STATEMENT

Of cases now depending in the courts of law and equity of this state,
in which the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are parties, or in-
terested, in the subject matter in controversy.

IN CHANCERY.

The President, Directors and"
Company of the Bank of the
United States, and Henry
Thompson,

vs.

The Mayor and City Council of

Baltimore.

This suit was instituted to re-
strain the Corporation by Injunc-
tion from causing a part of Chats-
^>worth street to be paved.

The Injunction has been dis-
solved, but the case is still depend-
ing.

IN BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT.

Thomas Parks, S

vs. p l •

Ruth Carroll, Adm'x of Aquilla f replevin.

Carroll. J

Thomas Sprigg, 2 cases, ") A , r T , r

® f Appeals from a Judgment of a

Cumberland Dugan. £ Justice of the Peace'

These cases were instituted for the purpose of trying the right of
wharfage on Dugan's wharf, but that question has been decided by the
Chancellor in the cases of Cumberland Dugan, vs. the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, and of the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, vs. Cumberland Dugan, and it is now of no importance to have
these cases tried, as the question of right of wharfage, can be better
brought before the Court of Appeals by an appeal from the decree of
the Chancellor, than by trying these cases, and taking an appeal in
them.

APPENDIX. 65

James McDonnell,

vs.

The Mayor and City Council of

Baltimore.

This suit was instituted to reco-
ver the amount assessed for the
>Plaintift' by the Commissioners,
under the Act of Assembly for the
widening and connecting of King George and Water streets, and
which was collected by Thomas Rogers, Esq. late City Collector,
and not paid over to the plaintiff. At the time that this suit was insti-
tuted, the plaintiff also brought an action of assumpsit, against Eliza-
beth Rogers administratrix of Thomas Rogers, for the amount so col-
lected, and has obtained a judgment for the assets in hand. He also
filed a bill on the equity side of Baltimore county court against the
heirs of Thomas Rogers, for a sale of his real estate, for the payment
of his debts. At the time of the institution of these suits, the said James
McDonnell also caused suits to be instituted in Baltimore County
Court, in the name of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, for
his own use against the securities of the said Thomas Rogers in his
Collector's bonds, to recover from them the amount so collected for his
use — on the trial of one of these cases in the County Court, the Court
decided that James McDonnell was not entitled to an action on the
bond, and an appeal was taken from that judgment. At June Term,
1831, the judgment of the County Court was reversed, and the cases
against the securities are now for trial in the County Court.

James Curtis and Sarah his wife,^| These cases are similar to those
2 cases, | of William Dawson, and of John

vs. [Barron, survivor of John Craig,

The Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore

which were decided by the Court
of Appeals at December Term,
1830, in favour of the Corporation.
James Biays, "} The said parties have removed

vs. > those cases to the Supreme Court

Same. 3 °f tne United States, and these

cases will be continued in the County Court until those are disposed of.

SATEMENT

Of cases decided in the different Courts of Law and Equity of this State,
in which the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore were parties, or
interested in the subject matter of controversy.

IN THF COURT OF APPEALS.

The Mayor and City Council of "| § The right of the Corporation to
Baltimore, (impose a tax on billiard tables, and

vs. [the sufficiency of the Ordinance

Dederick Koster. J for that purpose, were fully esta-

blished in this case, and the judg-
9

66 APPENDIX.

ment of Baltimore County Court to the contrary was reversed. This
case also involved collaterally the validity of the Ordinance imposing
a tax upon nine-pin alleys.

William W. Hall, "^ In this case the right of the Cor-

vs. ! poration to distrain for taxes was

The Mayor and City Council of [recognised and established, and the

Baltimore. J judgment of Baltimore County Court

to that effect was affirmed.

IN CHANCERY.

Cumberland Dugan and Thomas"!

McElderry,

vs.

The Mayor and City Council of

Baltimore.

Cumberland Dugan and the heirs^
of TInmas McElderry, !

ilC .»

VS. i

Same. J

The Mayor and City Council of "J
Baltimore, !

vs.
Cumberland Dugan J

The object of these suits was to test the rights of the parties re-
spectively to collect wharfage upon Dugan's and McElderry's wharves,
and the Chancellor has decided that there was no such right in either
of the parties, and has dismissed the bills. As yet no appeal has been
taken on either side, and it rests with the Corporation to decide whe-
ther the cases shall be removed to the Court of Appeals.

IN BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT.

Charles Guildener,

vs.

The Mayor and City Council of

Baltimore.

This case was similar to that of
Koster, and the plaintiffhaving died,
>and the Court of Appeals hav-
ing decided that he had no claim,
and could not recover back the money which he had before paid for a
billiard table license, his death was suggested, and the case went off
under the suggestion.

APPENDIX. 67

IN BALTIMORE CITY COURT.

George J. Brian, ^ This was an appeal from a judg-

es. | ment of Nicholas Brewer, Esq., a

The Mayor and City Council of ^Justice of the peace, for a fine of
Baltimore, $20, for obstructing the Officers in

Asa Crocker, Informer. J the execution of the Dog law, and

the judgment was affirmed.

All of which is respectfully submitted,

JOHN SCOTT, Counsellor and Attorney
of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Read and referred to the consideration of the City Council.

WILLIAM STEUART, Mayor.

January 3, 1832.

APPENDIX. 69

THIRD ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

TO THE

CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE.

Gentlemen :

The Commissioners of Public Schools, have the honour to trans-
mit their Report for the year 1831, being tneir third annual Report.

Upon the organization of the board, in January last, Mr. Cushing
was chosen president, and Mr. Cohen secretary and treasurer.

The Commissioners immediately entered upon their duties, with a
renewed hope of usefulness, encouraged by the consciousness that
their efforts, in the year just gone by, had not been wholly without
success, and had received the approbation of that body, from which
they had received, and to whom they are accountable for their trust.

It will be found, by reference to the last annual Report, that at the
commencement of the present year, we had three male and two fe-
male schools in successful operation, having an aggregate of 402 scho-
lars. The male school No. 1 , under Mr. Willigmann was considered
full; the male school No. 3, under Mr. Coffin, and the female school
No. 2, under Miss McConky, enjoyed the confidence of the public,
and a rapid increase in these schools was anticipated ; the male school
No. 2, under Mr. Chappell, and the female school, under Miss Ran-
dolph, had considerably declined in numbers since the beginning of the
year, then drawing to a close ; they did not appear to*enjoy the confi-
dence and favour of the public in equal degree with those just mention-
ed, and appearances were so unpromising, that the commissioners
could not flatter themselves, as to them, with any very rapid or per-
manent increase. If the condition of these schools, (we speak now of
their paucity of numbers) had arisen from any well grounded objec-
tion to the teachers themselves, or to the organization and conduct of
the schools, the correction would have been easily and promptly ap-
plied. But this, the commissioners ascertained by frequent visits and
examinations not to be the case ; they satisfied themselves of the zeal
10

70 APPENDIX.

and industry, and reassured themselves as to the ability of the teachers,
and found such a state of improvement in the scholars as ought, in
their opinion, to have satisfied every reasonable expectation. They
did hope, therefore, that the unfounded prejudices which appear to
have prevailed in that quarter of the City, whether against the teacher
or the system, would eventually have given way to the evidence of
fact ; and that in the male school, particularly as more immediately
necessary to the wants of the community in which it was located, the
efforts of the teacher, would have been cheered by a gradual increase.
This has been the case to a certain extent with the female school, for-
merly under the care of Miss Randolph, and now under the care of
Miss Miles, to which there has been an accession of seventeen scho-
lars, against a diminution of two, whose quarters expired, and who left
the school the day after she took it in charge, and two that have left
for the winter, shewing an increase, under all the disadvantages of a
very severe winter, so unfavourable to the attendance of young female
children, of thirteen since the 22d of September last. The aspect of
things in this school, therefore, affords some encouragement to our ef-
fort, but in Mr. ChappelPs school, notwithstanding he brings to his
task, a degree of ability as far as his literary pretensions extend, sel-
dom surpassed, and a zeal and industry which neither sickness nor
weariness, nor opposition can subdue, the hopes of the commission-
ers have been disappointed. Notwithstanding all Mr. ChappelPs
efforts, his school has continued to decline. The number of scholars
on the 1st January 1831, was sixty-one. Thirty-six new scholars
have been admitted, twenty have remained throughout the year, fifty-
two have been withdrawn, and there remain forty-five, shewing a di-
minution of sixteen.

The board is anxious to continue the experiment some time longer,
but as the male school, is a heavy charge upon the school fund — a
charge altogether disproportionate to the number of scholars — should
our fellow citizens of that section of the City remain indifferent to the ad-
vantages which the school offers, the commissioners in the exercise of
a sound discretion, will be called upon to determine, whether it will
not be their duty to discontinue this school for a season at least ; that
the funds now almost uselessly expended for its support, may be ap-
plied when they will produce more important results. The female
school under Miss Miles, being on the increase, and even with its pre-
sent numbers leaving but a small charge upon the fund, it is hoped that
as to that, no such necessity will exist. If a discontinuance of the male
school should be found necessary, the scholars may be transferred to
No. 3, until other provision shall be made, and thus any inconvenience
to those parents who have relied upon that institution, for the education
of their children, will be avoided.

Having so far disposed of this business, the Commissioners proceed
to a general detail of their proceedings, which naturally arrange them

APPKNDIX. 71

selves under the following heads. 1. The management of the schools
— 2. The establishment of new ones. — 3. The erection of new build-
ings.— 4. The management of the school fund.

And first, as to the management of the schools — which includes the
interior arrangement of the rooms — the discipline of the schools, and
the mode of enforcing it — the studies to be pursued, the books to be
used, the mode of imparting instruction — the duty of the monitors and
the general system that has been adopted, on all of which some ob-
servations will be made.

The internal arrangement of the rooms (we speak of those construct-
ed for the purpose) is perfectly uniform and regular. The floor is an
inclined plane, rising about 4 feet, in its whole extent, as it recedes
from the master's desk : the master's desk is upon an elevated platform,
standing at the lower end of the room in a space of 12 or 14 feet in
length, where also, are two smaller desks, occupied by the monitors
general. There are two ranges of desks and seats receding from this
space, at which the scholars sit, with their faces towards the master,
so that, what with the rise of the floor and his own elevation, he can
command a full view of any scholar in the room. There is a narrow
passage, or middle aisle between the two ranges of desks to facilitate
the communication with them, and a wider passage or aisle on either
side. There are 20 desks in each range; the seats are single, detach-
ed and separate, so as to prevent the boys from pressing upon and in-
commoding each other, and that they may disengage themselves more
readily when drawn out into the aisles. Each of the 40 desks accom-
modates 9 boys, and there is a single desk somewhat raised attached
to the end of, and placed athwart the longer desk, at which the moni-
tor of the class sits ; so that the whole school is divided into two bat-
tallions of 20 decades each, besides the 2 monitors of order or moni-
tors general.

Each desk with its range of nine seats, occupies «i space in the
length of the room of 3 feet, including the space between the seats and
the desk immediately in the rear, which is sufficiently wide for the
boys to pass to and from their seats, without confusion or danger of be-
ing hurt. The tops of the seats are about 8 inches by 6, and the legs,
which are of plank, spread out a little, and are firmly battened to the
floor.

The whole length of room required for a school of 400 scholars,
upon our plan, is as follows: — 14 feet for the space upon which the
master's platform and the two monitors' desks (placed somewhat in ad-
vance of the master's desk, but below the platform on the common
floor) are situated ; leaving, of course, a suitable part of that space in
front, between them and the first range of common desks — 60 feet for
the ranges of 20 desks and seats, having a space of 3 feet from the
front of one desk, to the front of another, and from 4 to 6 feet at the

72 APPENDIX.

upper end of the room for the purpose of communication — making in
all, a length of 78 to 80 feet The breadth of the room, which is from
45 to 49 feet, is occupied as follows : — space between the two ranges
of desks, or middle aisle, 3 feet — length of each desk, including that
of the monitor, 15 feet 6 inches — two of which make 31 feet, leaving
a space of from 5j£ to 1% feet for each of the side or exteriour aisles,
clear of the range of monitors' seats. As the classes are drawn out into
the side aisles for reading and mental arithmetic, the larger space is to
be preferred, that each scholar may be distinctly seen, and that they
may not crowd too closely upon one another.

Every scholar has a space of 18 inches at the common desks; the
monitors desks occupy about the same space ; they have a falling lid
and a compartment underneath, sufficiently large to hold the reading
and copy books, the pencils and other utensils of the class, except the
slates, when not in use. The common desks have no such compart-
ments; there is a small flat range of about four inches width on the
top of the desk, into which the inkstands are sunk, one for every two
boys ; and into a recess in that flat range and in front of each boy,
the slates are carefully deposited when they have done using them. —
All the rest of the implements are in charge of the monitor. The face
of the desk has a very gentle slope, that a ledge to prevent things from
sliding off may be dispensed with, and should be so low with respect
to the seats, that the boy may sit erect and without constraint, when
his arm and elbow are resting upon it.

Eight or ten moveable ventilators of large size are placed in the
ceiling ; the windows are large, and in the house now building are
made upon the French plan, and are divided into 4 parts or casements,
that the whole or a part may be thrown open at pleasure. The room
is 16 feet high at the lower, and 12 feet high at the upper end, so that
ample provision has been made for the proper admission and distribu-
tion of air and light. Tt is better to have no windows at either end.
The entrances are two, one on each side of the master's platform, on
the common level of the floor, and each door opens into a small recess
or bulk head, for the sake of privacy in summer, and to break the cur-
rent of air in winter.

We have been thus particular in describing the interior arrangement
of the room, because much of the success of the system depends upon
it It is found, that order cannot be maintained in a large school that
is not methodically arranged. The method above described is, we
think, in some small particulars, superior to any we have seen publish-
ed, and it may be of use in the different school districts of this state,
should this report fall into the hands of those who have the direction
of them, to know the precise plan which we have found to be suc-
sessful.

The discipline of the schools and the mode of enforcing it, have
presented some difficulties, and been an object of great solicitude to

APPENDIX. 73

the board. Strict and ready obedience — silence and quietness are indis-
pensable in our public schools. Without these, it would be impossible
to direct the operations of so large a number of scholars with any ef-
fect. It is equally obvious, that if the measures usually resorted to in
the common schools — that is, of punishing every slight aberration, by
more or less of corporal suffering, were adopted, the master of four
hundred scholars would have little time for any thing else ; whilst he
was correcting and contending with one of the boys, the rest would
fall into confusion, and he himself, from lassitude of body and weari-
ness of spirit, would soon sink under the task.

The experience of our own schools has shown, that in the attempt
to inflict corporal punishment upon the larger boys, whom it is the
most difficult to control, the original fault is soon lost sight of in the
increased disobedience, and sometimes insolence, which such violence
excites, and the punishment is necessarily carried in point of severi-
ty, in order to subdue the irritated feelings and wounded pride
of the young offender, much beyond what the original offence either
deserved or required. Under these circumstances, the master having
entered into the contest, thinks that he must not suffer himself to be
overcome, and the consequence is, that in the struggle, some blows
will fall where the tender skin is not sufficiently protected by the
clothing, and will fall heavier than they ought. Marks are left, which
corroborate the specious and exaggerated tale of the young sufferer to
his parents, by seeming to betray a degree of violence wholly inex-
cusable. The fault is lost sight of, or- considered a poor apology for
the act. The parent forgets the chastisement he has himself inflicted ;
he does not reflect how slight, a blow will mark the delicate skin of a
child when it is unprotected, and that in the struggles of the child,
some blows may have fallen, where they were not intended. —
Highly excited, the parent proceeds to the school ; threatens and in-
sults the master, and a scene ensues unbecoming to all parties. It can-
not but be, that, for a time at least, the dignity of the master sinks in
the estimation of his scholars. It is in vain for him either to apologize
or explain. The irritated feelings of the parent are deaf to reason, and
vent themselves in reproaches. A formal complaint is made to the
Board. The subject is investigated. It is found that the punishment
was not so severe as was represented, and was such as the boy entail-
ed upon himself, and rendered necessary by misconduct in the first in-
stance, and subsequent obstinacy and resistance. The master is neither
reprimanded nor dismissed. The complainant dissatisfied, and the
child is taken from the school.

If a boy voluntarily insult and defy his master, there is, perhaps, no
reason why he should not be chastized upon the spot. It is the fate he
would probably meet with among his companions, and what he may
expect to meet with, when he goes abroad into the world, and the les-

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son may be of use to him as long as he lives. But there are are few
such refractory spirits in any school, and when they do exist, it would,
perhaps, be as well that they should have leave to withdraw, in the
hope that they may return with better feelings ; for it is hardly proba-
ble that the parent would suffer such severity of infliction as might
possibly reclaim or subdue them, to be applied by any other hand than
his own ; and it is not right that the feelings of the whole school
should be wounded and their studies interrupted, by the froward dis-
position of a single individual.

But whatever may be thought of such extreme cases, would it not
be better sometimes to overlook little aberrations, or to check them
only by reproof, leaving the improvement of the offender to the silent,
but unerring operation of sympathy and example, than to resort to
corporal infliction ? Or, if misconduct be still persisted in, to set the
offender aside as at present unfit for the business of the school ; and,
if that have no effect, to send him home to his parents, with a note
expressive of his misconduct ? It is in accordance with these views,
that the Board have discouraged, as much as possible, the employment
of corporal punishment, and have directed that it shall be used only
in the last resort.

Diffident of themselves in this particular, they are fortunate in the
coincidence of opinion now almost universally entertained throughout
France, Germany and England. In all these countries, the practice
of flogging their children in their schools, is fast giving way to more
humane feelings, and a better knowledge of our common nature. —
Even in the system of criminal jurisprudence, severity of pain, for-
merly so much relied on as a corrective, has ceased to be inflicted on
offenders, or if in some instances still visited upon the guilty, it is
done in terrorem — to deter others from the commission of crime, and
not from any hope of reclaiming the offender. In England, the sub-
ject has of late years been most laboriously investigated ; the most
experienced teachers in public and private schools, academies and
foundations, were called upon to give their opinions in writing on the
subject, and the result of the whole was, that the practice of corporal
punishment in schools was condemned, as not only inefficient, but po-
sitively injurious.

If we compare the well educated man, with the one wholly unedu-
cated, in order that the contrast may be the more striking, a remarka-
ble difference will be found. The former is, in general, more intellec-
tual— more under the influence of reason and reflection. The latter
is more animal in his feelings — more easily hurried away by sentiment
and passion. Hence the violent ebullition of popular feeling in popu-
lar assemblies, always just and generous in its source, but often fierce
and ungovernable in its effects, and liable to be misdirected. It is not
that the faculties of both have not been cultivated, perhaps for the

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same time and in equal degree. The intellectual faculties of knowing,
analyzing, comparing and judging, are exercised out of school as well
as in, and frequently with greater intensity ; but then, out of school —
in our intercourse with the world, with friends and enemies, with
companions and strangers, — in our struggles with animate or inani-
mate nature, self is always concerned and mingles in the strife. The
passions, the propensities, the sentiments, some of which are low and
selfish, and all of which are blind, are called into action, in every
lesson which we receive as a lesson of experience, and are more or
less concerned in every observation that we make upon the things
around us ; and although the intellectual faculties cannot be altogether
silent at any time, and at other times may be most strongly excited,
still it is in conjunction with the lower propensities of our nature: the
intellectual faculties act, on these occasions, a subsidiary or secondary
part, and if the lower propensities be unusually strong, there is dan-
ger, if a boy's training be only what the wide world gives, that they
will hurry him away, and that the intellect may not have power to
control them. This is the discipline which every boy and every man
receives, throughout life, in his intercourse with the world ; the object
of school exercises and silent study, is the very reverse of this. For
the space of seven out of his fourteen, waking hours, the child is, as
it were, stolen from himself; the intellectual — that is, the knowing,
comparing and judging faculties, are exercised by themselves and for
themselves, and the passions are at rest. He is required to observe,
examine, and remember, facts and objects that do not concern him as
an individual — he is required to compare events and trace them to
their causes, in which he has no immediate nor peculiar interest — he
is called upon to investigate principles that are immutable and eternal,
and would be so, if he and all whom he loves or venerates, or fears or
hates, were no longer in existence. In a well regulated school, the
passions ought to have no play, the lower propensities no object, the
baser sentiments no excitement ; and even the higher sentiments should
be but little cultivated there. The object of a school is, to exercise,
and, by exercising, to invigorate, the purely intellectual faculties of
our nature ; and any one who reflects upon it, and understands what
that nature really is, may easily perceive, what a happy and lasting
influence so many hours of the day, so employed, through the whole
period of life from infancy to manhood, must have upon the future
conduct of the child.

This is the condition of a well regulated school, so long as studies,
properly selected, are steadily and quietly pursued; but the moment
corporal punishment is threatened or inflicted, the picture is reversed ;
the boy himself — those that are near him — perhaps the whole school,
is roused and excited ; the angry passions are let loose ; anxious and
painful emotions are excited; the intellect is little exercised, or if* ex-

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ercised at all, it is only in conjunction with the lower feelings and pro-
pensities of our nature — hope and fear — courage and a spirit of en-
durance—perhaps hatred and revenge — and it frequently requires a
long period, before confidence and quiet are so far restored, that the
intellectual pursuits, the proper object of the school, can resume their
wonted course.

For these reasons, and with a view to make our schools a real bles-
sing to the individuals educated in them, and to the community to
which they are indebted for their existence — by raising the moral and
intellectual powers of our young citizens, and suppressing their lower
passions and propensities — we have been desirous, as far as possible,
to banish the disturbing force of corporal punishment from our schools,
and leave them to the full influence of better principles than that of
fear. We are afraid, however, that so long as parents continue to set
examples of violence and unregulated passion to their children, and,
neglecting their higher feelings and sensibility, are satisfied if they go-
vern them at all, to govern them by force alone, this consummation,
however to be wished for, cannot be achieved.

Rewards are objectionable and nearly on the same principle, though
not in equal degree, with punishments. They are addressed to the cu-
pidity, and flatter the vanity of him that receives them, and create
envy and disappointment in those that do not. They have also this
capital defect, that they come at so late a period, generally at the close
of the year, that they can have but little influence upon the previous
conduct of children who are little influenced by consequences appa-
rently so remote. But when they do come, a generous boy frequently
feels more pain in beholding the mortification of his companions who
have received none, than pleasure in the gift that has been conferred
upon himself.

They are wrong in principle, and place the child in a false position
with respect to his teacher or parent, and are calculated to give him
wrong impressions as to his duty and obligations. After he has done
all that he can, and been as attentive and docile as he may, he has
done no more than his duty, and is entitled to no reward. The benefit,
if any, is to himself, and carries with it its own gratification. Now a
reward is an acknowledgment of some favour or benefit received from
another, and is seldom, if ever, intended as a compensation. But it is
placing the child in a false position with respect to his parent or teach-
er, that they should reward, when in reality the obligation is, and must
for ever remain on the other side.

Besides this objection to the principle, the practice is nugatory. In
every school where premiums are awarded to success, a few boys,
sometimes a single one, bears away all the prizes. These, unfortu-
nately, are they who require no stimulus; they would be distinguished
amongst' their fellows and would work ahead of them, if there were

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ho such things in existence as rewards and punishments. Sometimes
they are positive evils, for these extraordinary youths stand in need of
a curb rather than a spur. On the other hand, those who la» behind^
notwithstanding all the efforts they can make — who are sensible they
have done their best, and yet receive no reward, are retarded , dispi-
rited, and depressed. There are other objections that have also great
weight. It is difficult to determine upon what principle premiums
ought to be awarded — whether to capacity, to industry, to good con-
duct, or to general improvement ; and when the principle of distribu-
tion is settled, it is impossible to weigh the merits of the parties so
impartially and perfectly, as not to be guilty of some injustice, Upon
the whole then, it is best to be sparing, both of rewards and punish-
ments, and to leave the children to the slow, but irresistible effect of
the superior mind that rules the good influences that surround them.
In one of the most successful schools of which we have any account,
neither praise nor blame, neither rewards nor punishments are allowed*

We come now to the studies that are pursued in our schools ; in
male school, No. 1, in Kutaw street, which is now in charge of Mr.
McCurdy, there are 136 boys. Mr. McCurdy, in his report to the
Commissioners says : — " The studies of mornings generally consist iri
the rehearsal of lessons in grammar, geography, tables, and definitions
committed to memory ; after which we read and spell, and cipher on
slates. Several of the boys keep a sum book, in which they set down
their work. We have one black board, on which some of the junior
classes alternately exercise in arithmetic. In the afternoon, We read
and spell, or some, more advanced, cipher (reading but once a day,)
and write copies. The higher classes attend to my own lectures on
grammar and arithmetic, once m twice a day ; but those black boards
which I think essential to our advancement in these branches are wanting.*1

In male school, No. 2, at FelPs Point, under the care of Mr.
Chappell, the course of study is as follows :

Orthography. — Spelling and defining, and spelling from reading les-
sons.

Reading. — Reading and answering questions on what is read.

Writing. — On slates and paper.

Arithmetic. — Both mental and with the slate.

English Grammar. — Recitals, analysing and parsing.

Geography and History. — Reading the subjects, and answering ques-
tions on what is read.

In answer to the question of general improvement, one of the sub-
jects on which information was asked by the board, Mf. Chappell
says : " it is impossible for me to state with accuracy the amount of
improvement that has been made by the different classes. The only
way to make an exhibit of the progress of the pupils in their respec-
tive studies is, by an examination of the school, from time to time by
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the Board. This course has been pursued, and it only remains for me
to state, that the same assiduous care and attention have been bestow-
ed, and the same results witnessed since my last report, as had been
manifested previously. I beg leave to refer the Board to the gentle-
men (members of their own body) who have occasionally visited the
school and had opportunities of witnessing its operations."

In the school in Aisquith street, male school, No. 3, under the care
of Mr. Coffin, the studies are as follows: " the course of studies are
a regular progression through all the English branches, under the re-
spective heads of Orthography, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Gram-
mar, Geography, Book-keeping and the Mathematics. Our exercises
are conducted individually and collectively ; individually by the moni-
tors and myself as far as possible, and collectively by myself, in which
all are engaged at the same time in a simultaneous recitation of some
lesson or explanation, &c. from the desk."

In answer to the question of general improvement, Mr. Coffin says,
"if my own assertion on that subject will be satisfactory, I can assure
you that I have been highly gratified to see an improvement surpass-
ing, in many instances, my most sanguine expectations, and in several,
such as had called forth the acknowledgments of parents ; but there
are many who do not seem to derive much benefit from our instruc-
tions, and learn but little. In a class, whicji perhaps is rapidly pro-
gressing, there will be some one or two who are exceptions, but the
duty of the instructor is not to create powers, but to develope those
already existing, by exciting them to action — not to infuse knowledge
into the brain of the pupil, but to direct him in acquiring it, &c."

The studies in the female schools are the same, so far as they are
appropriate, as in the male, and nearly the same methods of instruction
are adopted, but the discipline, in consideration of the age and sex of
the pupils, is less strict. Miss Miles, of female school, No. 1 , at Fell's
Point, says, " my plan of teaching does not differ materially from that
of my predecessor. When practicable, I devote a part ot the day to
impart instruction to the whole school at once in Geography, English
grammar and arithmetic ; for that purpose I have introduced the use
of the black board with success. I will give an example to illustrate
my meaning ; I write a simple sentence on the board, the children tell
me of how many words it is composed ; they next spell it and tell me
the syllables, then the letters, which letters are vowels, and which
consonants ; and afterwards tell me the parts of speech, and give me
definitions as far as they are able. A similar course is pursued in Ge-
ography and arithmetic, and their improvement in these branches is
very perceptible, and gives universal satisfaction."

Female School, No. 2, in Saratoga street, is in a flourishing condi-
tion. In this school, there are a number of small boys, between four
and seven years of age. Miss McConky says, in her report — " the

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unusual severity of the weather, and the great distance that some of
the children had to walk, have induced several of their parents to
withdraw them for the present; this has reduced our number from 120
to 97. The plan pursued with regard to these children and their stu-
dies is substantially the same as at the last report. From the continued
patronage this school has received, I presume the general improve-
ment of the pupils has been such as met the approbation of their pa-
rents and guardians."

Needlework is taught two days in the week in each of the female
schools.

It may be proper to mention in this place, since it was not publish-
ed at the time, that an examination by the Commissioners, of all the
schools, took place preparatory to the holidays in August last. This
examination occupied the forenoon of three days. The children con-
ducted themselves throughout, with the greatest decorum. Every in-
dividual present was examined in all the departments to which he be-
longed, and the Commissioners feel great pleasure in assuring the Coun-
cil, that the result was highly satisfactory to them and honourable to
the teachers. The examination preparatory to the Christmas holidays,
was prevented by the prevailing malady, under which several of the
Commissioners and teachers, and many of the children were at that
time suffering. With returning health, however, an examination, in
lieu of the one omitted, will be held.

The best elementary works our press affords, have been presented
to the schools. A larger and a smaller geography are in use ; the
larger, with a handsome atlas, being confined to the more advanced
classes. The Board have it in contemplation to provide large maps,
executed in oil colours, so as to admit of being washed, that the ob-
jects they represent may remain clear and distinct. They will be con-
fined, in the first instance, to maps of the world, of North America,
and of the United States, and will represent in a bold outline and upon
a large scale, the principal political and natural divisions of the globe,
and the aiost prominent features of a country, only. These maps will
be suspended in \\ew of the whole school, and to them reference will
be constantly had, in teaching the elements of the science from the
desk.

In learning to write, the children begin with a pencil upon the slate,
but as soon as they can form their letters and join them tolerably well
together, they write in copy books, which are liberally supplied.

In Male School No. 3, treatises on book-keeping and mensuration
have been introduced, and some very fine boys, having been carried
through a regular set of books by double entry, and having made
some progress in the mensuration of surfaces and solids, have been
withdrawn, to enter into the business of life.

As to the mode of imparting instruction generally, we think some
little improvement has been made. The leading principle we have

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acted upon is, to teach as much as possible, and not merely set the
children down to learn. With this view, all the branches of instruction
that admit of it, are taught by the master or one of the head monitors,
from the desk, simultaneously to the whole school. In these exercises,
teacher and scholars are all actors; the dull are quickened by the ac-
tivity of the more ready; they comprehend, as it were, by sympathy
with each other, and a general spirit of intelligence diffuses itself
through the whole school. As they are required, in these exercises,
to write down upon the slate what is dictated to them orally — or point-
ed out, letter by letter, or written before them on the black board —
or to answer questions proposed — or to repeat after the master, the
tables and definitions he recites, — their curiosity is awakened, their at-
tention is kept alive, and they are held, alternately, in a state of quiet
and pleasing expectation and vigorous action. They'are never weary
of these exercises ; are seldom inattentive, and scarcely ever require
to b,e reproved so long as they are going on. The tedium — the ner-
vous irritability, which invariably seizes upon children, who are set
down upon a low and inconvenient bench or form, to pore for hours
over a book, is avoided. That craving for action which belongs to all
young animals, is satisfied, and, instead of preying upon their spirits
and disposing them to transgress, is made subservient to their improve-
ment,

Any one'of these exercises having continued for half an hour or an
hour at the utmost, a slight tap of the bell calls the whole school to
Order ; a short pause ensues— ^the boys sit erect and look towards the
Telegraph —the Telegraph moves, and by its dictation the implements
in use are collected by the monitor of each class, and a transition is
niade to some other duty. This method has been found applicable in
conjunction with the methods in common use to all the more important
branches that we teach ; even to writing and reading ; to the first,
when they copy the sentence that is elegantly written before them
with chalk on the black board, and to the latter, when they repeat the
same aloud, or write down upon the slate the words and sentences
which are dictated to them orally from the desk.

Persons are apt to confound the monitorial system with the system
of mutual instruction; they maybe, but they are not necessarily, the
same. Our system is a modified monitorial system, and the plan of
mutual instruction is but little used The instruction imparted in our
schools is derived from elementary treatises and other books directly,
and directly from the master himself, and the monitors are required to
supply very little if any knowledge from their own stock. The duty
of the monitor of the class, is to admonish the boys when they are dis-
orderly, to report them, if the disorder continue, to the master; to as-
sist in the transition from one study to another, by distributing the
books and other utensils to the class as they are wanted, and recollect

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them when they are done with, and depositing them in his desk. By
this process, much noise and confusion are prevented, and but little
time is lost, because little is consumed. No practice can be better
calculated to show to the boy that is engaged in it, the advantages of
order and arrangement in every thing, and induce him to observe them
for himself. It is a mistake then to suppose, that even the executive
or mechanical duties of a monitor, are of no use to him. Besides, the
same duties that he performs on one occasion for others, are perform-
ed upon another occasion for himself; every boy that is competent be-
ing called upon in his turn to act as monitor in that branch in which
he is found to excel. Thus he learns the salutary lesson, that labour
is to be requited by labour, and that he owes something to society for
the benefits he receives.

If we turn to that part of the monitor's duty, which may with some
propriety be called teaching, the advantage to the monitor himself is
still more apparent. This duty consists in reading the reading lesson
to the class as it stands in a circle around him in the aisle ; in hearing
the boys read it in their turn, and in correcting them when they read
amiss, — in prepounding questions in mental arithmetic, according to
Pestalozzi's method, and seeing that the answers given, by the boys
correspond to the answers in the book. For these duties he is pre-
pared by previous instruction from the master himself when it is ne-
cessary, and it cannot be doubted, that -these duties are as profitable
to the monitor as to the class.

There is nothing that calls upon us more loudly to inquire into, and
ascertain the state of our own knowledge on any subject, than being
required to teach it to another. Self-examination lifts the veil which
self-love threw over our ignorance, and we find out for the first time, that
we did not understand a subject, by attempting to explain it. The mo-
nitor of arithmetic, generally superintends the class with which he
ranks, and performs the same task as the rest. His duty as monitor,
when he has done his own sums, is, to go in front of his class, and as-
certain by inspection, that the answers the boys successively present,
agree with the answers in the book, and that the operations are cor-
rectly performed. Even where a monitor of arithmetic is sent, which
is sometimes the case, to superintend a class not so far advanced as
himself, he is not prevented from pursuing his own course, and the
time taken up in examining and directing the work of the class, is
amply repaid by giving him a knowledge of numbers, and a dexterity
in handling them, which he would not acquire in any other way.

Upon the whole, we are satisfied, that as monitors are used in our
schools, their improvement, so far from being retarded, is advanced,,
with this further advantage, that what they do know, they are likely
to know thoroughly. In reference to this subject, Mr. Coffin says, "I
have had much difficulty with parents ; many will not suffer their chil-

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dren to be monitors, and some have withdrawn them on that account.
I have laboured to overcome these difficulties, by taking every advan-
tage possible to produce an improvement arising from the duties of
monitors, which I am happy to find has a good effect." We have
thought it proper to make this explanation, because we wish the Council
and the public to know, that our confidence in the monitorial system
of our schools is unimpaired, and to understand upon what foundation
that confidence is built.

It was the intention of the Board to have established one or more
additional female schools, but rooms could not be had, and they now
find they must build them for themselves. The importance of these
schools is becoming, every day, more and more apparent to the Board.
Independent of the propriety of providing for the female, as well as
the male, children of the city, (a propriety which is the more striking,
when one of our fellow citizens happens to have daughters only,) it
will be recollected that little boys of from 4 to 7 years of age, are
admitted into these schools-, thus making use of them as primary
schools for the education of boys. A plan, which, if we can make it
general, will have the happiest influence on the older schools. Two
or three years of the mild discipline and qualified restraint of these
schools, under the charge of polished and exemplary females, will
soften the manners of the boys, and prepare them to slide more easily
into the stricter discipline of -the schools to which, at the proper age,
they will be transferred — and the first rudiments of letters they will
bring with them, will enable them to take their places at once in the
ordinary duties of the male schools, and lighten the labour of the teacher.
A female school is much wanted in the neighbourhood of No. 3, and the
Commissioners are anxious to build one there. The cost of a handsome
building for 250 scholars, would not be less, including the fitting up,
than $1500 ; but, once in successful operation, it would not be any
charge upon the city.

The Commissioners fully expected to have had the school now build-
ing at the N. E. corner of Green and Fayette-streets, in operation by
Christmas. It was to have been finished by the terms of the contract
on the first day of November last; but the contractors met with un-
expected difficulties; they were retarded in the first instance by an
insufficient supply of stone, and prevented afterwards from redeeming
the time, by the early setting in of winter ; so that they could not
complete their contract by the day. The building is nearly up to the
square; the whole of the carpenters work is ready, including the fram-
ing of the roof. There is nothing to prevent its early completion in
the spring, and we shall lose no time in fitting it up and putting it in
operation. The main floor will be arranged for four hundred boys,
and the basement room, which is about three-fourths the length of the
building, is intended for the female school, and will accommodate

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three hundred scholars. The nature of the ground is so favourable for
this arrangement, that the entrances into these two schools and the
yards attached to each, will be entirely distinct. The basement of the
building is of rough granite in range work; the upper part including
the pilasters, (except the capitals, which are of free stone), is to be
rough-cast in the best manner. When finished, the whole will have a
handsome effect, will assist in giving dignity to the school establish-
ment, and be another ornament to the city. The whole cost, including
the fitting up the yard, &c. will be about $5000. And here we can*
not help remarking, the advantages we enjoy in building, over our sis-
ter city of New York ; the cost of their school houses, which are
large, but have no pretensions to beauty, or architectural design, are
respectively, $18,100, (without the lot on which it stands,) $18,912,
—$12,884,— $14,816,— $12,272,— $14,990, — $17,634, &c. these
last including the lots. — One of them is as high as $21,422.

We come now to the management of the school fund. A reference
to the particular and general abstracts, hereunto annexed, furnished by
the Treasurer, will show the items of expenditure and receipt. If the
school now erecting had been finished at the time expected, the fund
would have been insufficient ; as it is, all pressing claims, including the
first instalment on the new building, have been paid, and there remain
unpaid, a few bills for stationary, &c. which have been introduced into
the statements, that the whole expenses of the year, so far as we have
been able to ascertain them, may appear in the proper place.

The whole amount of tuition money received throughout the year,
is $2090 — if to this be added $137 received at No. 3 only a few
days before the close of the year 1830, the whole will amount to
$2,227. Which, being divided by 4, the annual payment of each
scholar, gives the average attendance of scholars throughout the year,
viz. 557, so far as the quarterly payments have been received ; but
in consequence of arrearages due, broken quarters and sums lost, there
is no doubt that this number is too small ; and, combining this with
other sources of information, we may safely set down the average an-
nual attendance at 657. The receipt from the schools for the year
1830, deducting the above 137, was $1123 25. This by the same
rule, shows an annual attendance for that year of 281 scholars, which
being increased by 50 for the causes above mentioned, amounts to 331.
The average annual attendance, therefore, this year, has been nearly
double in amount what it was in the preceding year.

In 1831 - - - - 657

In 1830 - - - - 331

Increase in 1831 - - - 326

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The cost to the City in 1830 for the yearly tuition of each

scholar was - - - - - - $3 21

In 1831, it was - - - - $3 19

The present state of the schools is as follows :

Male school, No. 1, Mr. McCurdy, - - - 136

Male school, No. 2, Mr. Chappell, - - - -45

Male school, No. 3, Mr. Coffin, - 300

Female school, No. 1, Miss Miles, - - - - 49

Female school, No. 2, Miss McConky, 97

Whole number of scholars, Dec. 31, 1831, - - - 627

The average yearly attendance in No. 3 (Mr. Coffin's school) has
been about 300 — say 100 less than the whole number the school will
hold. This deficiency has modified, as we intimated in our last, it
probably might, the favourable result we expected, and still expect to
arrive at — so far, however, this school has not wholly sustained itself.

The current expenses of the year were - $1709 25
The receipts from tuition were - - - 961 00

748 25

Deduct from this deficiency the sum of $ 1 37

above mentioned, - - - * 137 00

Actual deficiency, - - ft 611 25

This deficiency, however, does not belong altogether to the current
year ; it consists, in part, of a very considerable sum for books and
stationary, far exceeding what we had allowed in our estimate. But
it must be remembered, that the bills alluded to, are for what the
school required at its establishment, as well as for the consumption of
the year; and that at least one half of the amount is for things of per-
manent use^ — for slates, for example — and that in the next, and each
succeeding year, this item will be considerably diminished, and may,
we think, be brought down, so far as the current expenses are con-
cerned, to $ 1 for each scholar. Some loss of books has been oc-
casioned by the constant fluctuations in the schools ; for the task books
are frequently lost when the scholars are withdrawn.

This fluctuation may be judged of by the fact, that since the 8th
day of December, 1830, the day Male School No. 3 was opened,
there have been admitted 558 pupils : time, however, will remedy this
inconvenience ; so long as the school flourishes, the number of perma-
nent scholars must increase from year to year, until it reach its maxi-

APPENDIX. 85

mum, which, from obvious causes, we think will never exceed two-
thirds of the average number in attendance. It is an encouraging cir-
cumstance, therefore, that out of 137 scholars, with which this school
re-commenced on the 1st of January, 1831, 92 have remained the
whole year.

We come now to the state of the fund and the estimates for the en-
suing year. There will be wanted for the operations contemplated by
the Board for 1832, as follows:

To complete the edifice now building, ...... |j 4000

For the erection of a new Female School near Male

Sehool No 3, - - - - ' - - 1500

For the erection of a new building to have apartments
for both sexes, either in the South-Eastern or
South- Western section of the city, ... 5000

For the support of the schools in operation, - - 1500

Total amount required for 1832, - g 12,000

To meet this expenditure, the school fund presents the following
aspect, supposing the same tax to be continued, and no new appropria-
tion to be made.

Amount of fund for 1831, as per last annual report, - g 4,455 94

Add balance of tax for 1831, not included in the above, 2,250 00
Excess in our proportion of* State School fund received

this year over the sum estimated, - - - 169 92

Total amount of School fund for 1831, -

Nett amount expended in 1 831 , - g 3,706 08

Bills unpaid, - - 904 68

Balance of School fund unexpended, De-
cember 31, 1831, -

Tax (12| cts.) for 1832, the whole of which, toge-
ther with arrears of former years, included in
above balance, may be made available by antici-
pation, if necessary, -----

Our proportion of State fund for 1832 — say,

6,875 86

4,610 76

2,265 10

4,250 00

480 00

Total amount of school fund available for 1832, - - 8 6,995 10

This sum compared with the sum required for the operations of the
year, shows the necessity of an additional appropriation by the Coun-

8(5 APPENDIX.

cil, if they wish the increase of the schools to go on upon the scale we
considered fixed, and should be sorry to depart from, viz. the addition
of one male and one female school every year. If no additional appro-
priation be made, the Commissioners will be obliged to confine them-
selves to the completion of the new school, now far advanced, at the
corner of Green and Fayette streets, and put off' the building of any
more new ones to the year 1 833.

This deficiency again reminds us of the old Alms House property,
and of the rightful claim the Commissioners think they have upon that
fund. They are surprised to learn that an attempt is making
to divert the fund to 'another object, by an application to the Le-
gislature of Maryland now in session. The Commissioners cannot
for a moment suppose, that such a proceeding will be sanctioned by
the City Council. The Council has already legislated under authority
of the act of the General Assembly, passed December session, 1827,
c. 83, which gave the power to appropriate the proceeds of the pro-
perty, (after paying the debt due upon it) towards the support of public
schools. The Commissioners have also considered the fund as appro-
priated in aid of their means, and they have acted under this belief —
it has entered into their calculations, and they have relied upon it in
their contracts. The very able report made last year by a Committee
of the City Council, and which will be found in the proceedings of the
First Branch, page 135, is respectfully referred to in support of the
claim; and with full confidence that the property in question will not
be wrested from its proper object, but that the Council will give its
aid in preventing such a result, they have thus briefly touched upon the
subject, considering it sufficient to call the attention of the Council
towards it.

Before we close our report, we cannot refrain from mentioning an
act of politeness and liberality conferred upon us by Mr. Hinkley,
professor of Mathematics, and Dr. Cohen, professor of Mineralogy
and Geology, in the University of Maryland. Each of these gentle-
men has presented to the schools ten tickets of admission to his
course of lectures, now delivering at the University room, in the Athe-
neum. These tickets wTere distributed to such of our scholars as, in
the opinion of the teachers, were most likely to profit by the opportu-
nity they would afford.

The disinterested zeal these gentlemen and their colleagues, profes-
sors attached to the faculty of Arts and Sciences in the University of
Maryland, have manifested in the cause of science and letters, by de-
voting themselves to their cultivation, with so distant a hope of re-
ward, is entitled to our highest praise. The compliment they have
paid us, is a proof of the harmony that exists, and an earnest of that
cordiality which we hope ever will exist, between their institution and
our more humbje, but not less useful one, and leads our thoughts to

APPENDIX. 87

that period, we hope not very remote, when it may be desirable and
proper for us to open to every youth of the city, whose parent or pro-
tector may desire it, access to the higher walks in the temple of sci-
ence, upon terms almost as easy as those upon which he i's now permit-
ted to enter within its sacred precincts.
Respectfully submitted by

JOS. CUSHING, President.
EDWARD DENISON,
F. LUCAS, Jr.
WILLIAM HUBBARD,
JOHN REESE,
J. I. COHEN, Jr.
Baltimore, December 31, 1831.

Jan. 9, 1 832. Referred to the consideration of the City Council.

WILLIAM STEUART,

Mayor.

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ORDERS DRAWN ON THE REGISTER.

1831.

Jan. 11

In favour

of the Treasurer, -

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do ...

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Mar. 1

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Metzger & Boyd, -

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Aug. 3

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APPENDIX.

Dr.

Commissioners of Public-Schools of the City of Baltimore,

1831.

Jan.

To cash paid

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Mar

. 1

April 1

W. Willigmann, teacher Male school No. 1,
Gulley & Emick, for stoves, &c. Male school

No. 3,
John Currey, 1 month's attendance, M. No. 3,
John Gill colouring exterior of M. No. 3,
Robert Graves, fixtures at Female, No. 1,
Trustees 3d Presby. Church, one quarter rent,

M. No. 1,
John Soran, desk chair, M. No. 3,
W. H. Coffin, hat-hooks & sundries, M. No. 3,
Carrollton Brick Company, paving brick at

No. 3., -

Cornelius Deems, tin cups, buckets, &c. No. 3,
Towson, Anderson & Co. spout stones, No. 3,
Sarah Lloyd, one month's (Jan.) attendance,

F.No. 1, -
John Elbert, cleaning stove pipe, F. No. 1,
W. H. Coffin, advance of salary, M. No. 3,
Rev'd. Mr. Morris, for lease and buildings/J3a-

ratoga-st. for F. No. 2, -

Howard &. Read, one quarter ground rent, F

No. 2,
Mary Lloyd, one month's attendance, F. No.l
Alfred Armstrong, for glass and glazing, F.

No. 1, -
John Curry, services at M. No. 3,
Thos. Dunlop, paving sand, at M. No. 3,
Sands & Neilson, printing for M. No. 3,
Margaretta McConky, quarter salary, F.No. 2,
John White, cleaning stovepipe, -
Sarah Lloyd, attendance one month, F.No. 1,
W. Hubbard, wood, &c. F. No. 1, $4 87

do do M. No. 2, 4 50

W. Willigmann, quarter salary, M. No. 1,

Joseph Robinson, for printing,

Stephen Wafers, repairs and fixtures, F.No. 2,

W. H. Coffin, quarter salary, M. No. 3,

S. Jackson, 1 month attendance, &c. M. No. 3,

Metzger & Boyd, in full for additions and al

terations, &c. M. No. 3, - -

William Cook, for book-case for M. No. 3,
H Merker, repairs, &c. at M. No. 1,
John Fister, one month's attendance, M. No. 1,
H. D. Randolph, quarter salary, F. No. 1,
Sarah Lloyd, one month's attendance, F.No.l,
Trustees 3d P. C. one quarter's rent, M.No. 1,
J. K. Chappell, one quarter salary, M. No. 2,
Alfred Armstrong, glass and glazing, F. No. 1,
S. Jackson, 1 mo. attendance, &c. M. No. 9
W Mulkey, lecturer on Orthoepy, $40,

do for maps and books,

Amount carried over.

$1718 61

APPENDIX.

101

in account with J. I. Cohen, Jr. Treasurer.

Cr.

1831.

Jan

balance in

hand this day,

$39 06

tuition rece

ipts, per W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3,

64 00

order on the Register,

100 00

tuition receipts, per M. Williggman, M. No. 1,

$32

((

Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,

Miss McConky, F. No. 2,

55 00

W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3,

329

J. K. Chappell, M. No 2,

49 00

Feb

Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,

Miss McConky, F. No. 2,

24 00

By Order on the Register,

150 00

Byl

tuition receipts, per W. H. Coffin, M, No. 3,

15 00

J. K. Chappell, M. No. 2,

gl2

Miss McConky, F. No. 2,

15,By

Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,

25 00

22|By

W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3,

17 00

Mar

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$31

Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,
Miss MeConky, F. No. 2,

lBy

—

60 00

1 By Order on the Register,

150 00

8 By tuition rece

ipts per W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3,

23 00

15 By

W.H. Coffin, M. No. 3,

$45

15By

Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,
Miss McConky, F. No. 2,

15 By

86 00

15By Order on the Register, in favour of Metzger &, Boyd,

615 50

22 By tuition rece

ipts per W. Willigmann, M. No. 1,

27 00

Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,

J. K. Chappell, M. No. 2,
W. H. Coffin, M. No 3,

124 00

AprL

I 5

Miss McConky, F. No. 2,

19 00

Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,

20 00

W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3,

42 00

Miss McConky, F. No. 2,

17 00

26
26

J. K. Chappell, M. No. 2,
Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,

$29
12

41 00

May

W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3,

$80

Miss McConky, F. No. 2,

107 00

Miss Randolph, F. N. 1,

W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3,

29 00

Miss McConky, F. No. 2,
Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,

$19

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26 00

Amount carried over,

$1924 56

102

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Dr.

Commissio7wrs of Public- Schools of the City of Baltimore,

1831.

Amount brought over,

#171S 61

April 20

To cash paid Sarah Llovd, 1 mo. attendance, F. No. 1,

1 00

W H. Coffin, in advance of salary, M. No. 3,

100 00

May

W. F. Small, services at building, Aisquith-st

100 00

Isabella Carnahan, services 1 month, (April/
F. No. 2, -

1 50

John Fister, attendance and contingencies,
M. No. 1, -

3 56

Hugh McFaddon, fixtures at F. No. 2,

31 64

Miss McConky, 1 qr. salary, F. No. 2,

50 00

do for additional salary for 6 mos.

F. No. 2, ----- -

25 00

Sands & Neilson, printing for M. No. 3,

2 50

T. Randolph, for books, F. No. 1,

4 50

Sarah Lloyd, 1 mo. services, F. No. 1,

1 00

S. Jackson, 1 mo. services, M. No. 3,

3 00

W. Willigmann, contingencies, M No. 1,

2 62

W. Willigmann, 1 qr. salary, M. No. 1,

150 00

June

John Fister, 1 mo. services, M. No. 1,

1 50

D. Harryman, painting, lettering, &c.

21 14

W. H. Coffin, qr. salary, M. No. 3, -

200 00

George Ruckle, contingency, M No. 3,

1 00

City Commissioners, establishing lot, corner
Fayette and Green-streets, -

5 00

Metzger & Boyd, desks and fixtures at build-
ing No. 3, -

160 51

Henry Hook, for glass and glazing, at
M. No. 1, - - - - p 31

Henry Hook, for painting and lettering

F.No.2, - - - 7 25

for lettering at M. No. 3, - 8 52

21 08
1 50

J. J. Carnahan, 1 mo. services (May) F. No.2,

S. Jackson, 1 mo. services, M. No. 3,

3 00

J. J. Carnahan, 1 mo. services, F. No. 2,

1 50

July

H. D. Randolph, qr. salary, F. No. 1,

62 50

Sarah Lloyd, 1 mo. services, &c. F. No. 1,

1 12

Dougherty & Wheeler, paving,

22 50

Trustees 3d P. Church, 1 qr. rent, M. No. 1,

35 00

John Fister, 1 mo. services, M. No. 1,

1 50

J. K. Chappell, 1 qr. salary, M. No 2,

150 00

do contingencies, M. No. 2,

2 50

S. Jackson, 1 mo. services, M. No. 3,

3 00

Joseph Gushing, contingencies, F. No. 2,

4 25

do for wood, &c. purchased, F.

No.2, -

6 13

Trustees Associated Reformed Church 12 mo.
ground rent, M. No. 3,

64 50

Howard &. Read, 2 qrs. ground rent, F. No.2,

30 00

Thomas McKinley, brooms, M. No. 3,

John Fister, 1 mo. attendance, &c. M. No \3
Amount carried over,

1 75

$2996 85

APPENDIX.

103

in account with J. I. Cohen, Jr. Treasurer — (continued.) Cr.

1831.
May 31
June 7
7

7
7

Amount brought over,
By tuition receipts per W. Willigmann, M. No. 1
By do J. K. Chappell, M. No. 2,

By do Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,

By do Miss McConky, F. No. 2,

By do W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3,

July

Aug. 3

« 3

Sept. 6

" 13

« 20

" 27

« 27

By Order on the Register, ------

By tuition receipts, (arrears due Dec. 31, 1S31,) per W.

Willigmann, M. No. 1, - - \
By do (arrears due July 5, 1831,) per W.

Willigmann, M. No. 1, 33

Oct.

By
By

do
do
do

By .

W.H. Coffin, M. No. 3,
W. Willigmann, M. No. 1,
Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,

Miss McConky, F. No. 2,
W.H. Coffin, M. No. 3,

J. K. Chappell, M. No. 2,
Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,
J. K Chappell, M. No. 2,
Miss McConky, F. No. 2,
Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,
W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3,

W. Willigmann, M. No. 1,

Miss McConky, F. No. 2,

over,

$1924 56

84 00

$24

—

141 00

71 00

#23

—

26 00

$23

—

75 00

6 00

14 00

16 00

$16

$23

By Order on the Register, -

By do Miss McConky, F. No. 2,

By do W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3,

By do Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,

2y
By

By
By
By

do
do
do
do

do
do

lo
do

J. K. Chappell, M. No. 2,
J. D. Bird, M. No. 1,
Miss Randolph, F. No. 1,
Miss McConky, F. No. 2,

W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3,
Miss Miles, F. No. 1,

J. D. Bird, M. No. 1,

Miss McConky, F. No. 2,

W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3
J. K. Chappell, M. No. 2,
Miss Miles, F. No. 1,

$27

$90
6

$20
18

$17

55 00

26 00
500 00

71 00

300 00

115 00
16 00

70 00
96 00

38 00

39 00

Amount carried over, $3683 56

104

APPENDIX,

Dr. Commissioners of Public-Schools of the City of Baltimore,

1831.

July 27

To cash paid

Aug. 3

u 3

« g

Sept. 12

" 13

" 27

" 26

" 27

Oct 4

" 17

K 1?

" 18

" 21

" 25

* 25

" 25

" 26

Nov. 1

T«

« 11

« 15

« 21

re 22

« 24

» 30

" 30

Dec. 2

« 2

w 14

Amount brought over, $-2996 85

I. J. Carnahan, 1 mo. attendance, F. No. 2 1 50

T. Randolph, for books, M. No. 3, 18 75

do do M. No. 2, 6 75

Sarah Lloyd, 1 mo. attendance, F. No. 1, 1 00

W. Wijligmann, quarter salary, M. No. 1. 150 00

Sarah Lloyd, contingency, F. No. 1, 4 00

Miss McConky, quarter salary, F. No. 2, 62 50

W. S. Birch, Venitian blinds, M. No. 3, 12 40

W. H. Coffin, quarter salary M No. 3, 2C0 00

S. Jackson, 1 mo. attendance & extras, M. No. 3, 6 00

I. J. Carnahan, 1 mo. services, F. No. 2, 1 50

H. D. Randolph, quarter salary F. No. 1, 62 50

Trustees 3rd Presb. church, 1 qr. rent, F. No. 1, 35 00

John Soran, chairs, F. No. I, - - 4 50

J. K. Chappell, quarter salary, M. No. 2, 150 00

do contingencies,, M. No. 2, 75

Mary Lloyd, 1 mo. services, F. No. 1, 1 00
Gross & Welsh, on acct. building corner Fay-
ette and Green- streets,
David Greves, for wood, &c. F. No. 1, $4 75

do do M. No. 2, 4 25

John D. Bird, salary in full, M. No. 1,
I. J. Carnahan, 1 mo. services, F. No. 2,
Cushing & Sons, books and stationary,

M. No. 1, $132 76

Cushing & Sons, books and stationary,

F. No. 2, - - - 140 8i

Cushing & Sons, books and stationary,

M. No. 3, - - - 127 5*

Thomas Ruckle, glazing, F. No. 2,

William Pirdy, for repairs, M. No. 3,

John Fister, 1 mo. services, M. No. 1,

Mary Lloyd, 1 mo. services, F. No. 1,

John Shick, white-washing, &c. M. No. 1,

Henry Hook, glazing, M. No. 1,

P. Littig & Son, brushes, F. No. 2,

John Fister, 1 mo. attendance, M. No. 1,

George Keck, contingency, F. No. 2,

A. Dulany, wood, &c. M. No. 3,

J. G. Hammer, ground rent, M. No. 3,

R. C. Phillips, glazing, M. No. 1,

M. McConky, quarter salary, F. No. 2,

I. J Carnahan, 1 mo. services, F. No. 2,

Lydia Hollings worth, 6 mos. ground /rent, on

corner Fayette and Green-streets,
Firemen's Insurance Co., renewal of policy

M. No. 3, -
Mary Lloyd, 1 mo. attendance, F. No. 1,

Amount carried over, $5498 47

APPENDIX.

in account with J. I. Cohen, Jr. Treasurer — (continned.)

105
Cr.

1831.

Oct 18

« 21

" 25

« 25
P 25

« 25
Nov. 8
« 15
" 29
« 29

" 29

Dec. 6

« 20

" 27

Amount brought over, #3683 56
By order on the Register, - , - 200 00

By do do favor of Gross and Welsh, 1050 00

By tuition receipts, per J. D. Bird, M. No. 1, $33

By do W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3, 20

By do Miss McConky, F. No. 2, 12

By order on the Register, -

By tuition receipts, per Miss Miles, F. No. 1,

By do Miss McConky, F. No. 2,

By do J. K. Chappell, M. No. 2, $10

By do W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3, 61

By order on the Register, -

By tuition receipts, per Miss McConky, F. No, 2,

By do Miss Miles, F. No. 1,

By do W. H. Coffin, M. No. 3, $51

By do Miss McConky, F. No. 2, 26

65 00

500 00

10 00

7 00

71 00

300 00
20 00
11 00

77 00

Amount carried over,

$5994 56

106

APPENDIX,

Dr. Commissioners of Public-Schools of the City of Baltimore,

1831. |
Dec. 15 To

" 15 To

" 16 To

« 16 To

" 19 To

« 20 To

" 20 To

w 20 To

« 20 To

" 20 To

» 20 To

« 28 To

do
do
do
do

do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do

* 31 Balance,

Amount brought over,
W. H. Coffin, for salary, ^c INI. No. 3,

do do for contingencies, M. No. 3,
Robert Graves, carpentry, M. No. 2, $24 06

do do do F. No. 1, 1

Abner Pope, glazing, M. No. 3,

William Schwatka, stove fixtures, M. No. 2,

Alfred Armstrong, glazing, F. No. 1,

John Glass, blackboard, F. No. 1,

Daniel Greves, for wood, &c. F No. 1,

do do do M. No. 2,

Gas Light Company, for coke, M. No. 3,
Frances R. Miles, qr. salary, F. No. 1,

$5498

150 00

198 48

$5994 56

Note. — Accompanying this general account, are statements marked A to G in-
clusive, shewing separately the expenditures and receipts of each school ; the
particular sum disbursed for account of each building; for general incidentals ;
and the sums received from the Register this year :

A. Male school, No. 1 — shews Expenditures

B. do No. 2 do

C. do No. 3 do

D. Female schl. No. 1 do

E. do No. 2 do

F. Disbursements from school fund :

For general incidentals, $256 85
For building on Aisquith-st, 995 77
For building now erecting, 1157 00
For Saratoga-st leasehold, 100 00

$853 54— Receipts

Orders drawn on the Register this year,
Which with amount in Treasurer's hands,

on opening the acct., -

And the amount now in Treasurer's hands,

as above, ------

474 50
1212 69

279 22
466 51

2509 62

198 48

do
do
do
do

$371 00
174 00
961 00
178 00
406 00

Making an aggregate, as per general acct., $5994 56

$3865 50
39 06

$5994 56

(e. E.)

Baltimore, Dec. 31, 1831.

J. I. COHEN, Jr. Treasurer.

APPENDIX. 107

in account with J. I. Cohen, Jr. Treasurer — (continued.) Cr.

Amount brought over,

$5994 56

1831.
Dec. 31 By balance,

(e. E.)
Baltimore, Dec. 31, 1831.

$5994 56

$198 48

J. I. COHEN, Jr. Treasurer.

APPENDIX.

109

City Register's Office,

Baltimore, 9th January, 1832.

To the First and Second Branches

of the City Council of Baltimore :

Gentlemen,

In obedience to an Ordinance entitled " An Ordinance for the ap-
pointment of a Register of the City, and prescribing his duties" ap-
proved 8th April, 1826, the Register has the honor to transmit here-
with his annual statement of monies received and disbursed by him, for
the year ending the 31st December, 1831.
Very respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

EML. KENT,
Register of the City of Baltimore.

110

APPENDIX.

Of all monies received and expended by him for the year ending De-
cember S)st, 1831.

Emanuel Kent, Register of the City, in account with the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, for the year ending 31 st December,
1831.

DR.

To Cash paid expenses of City's Poor,

do
do
do
do
do
do

do
do

do
do
do
do

do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do

- $

si-")

do City Court for 1827,

do do for 1828,

do do for 1829,

do do for 1830,

do do for 1831,

Jurors in Baltimore County Court, on City busi-
ness, 182'
do do do do 1828,
Criminal prosecutions removed to adjoining
counties, 1827,
do do do do 1828,
Clerk Baltimore County Court fees, 1828,
Wm. Ball, late sheriff, do do 1828,
Expenses of the Jail, balance due by the insti-
tution on'th 26th Feb. 1830, appropriated per
ordinance, No. 30, approved April 26, 1830,

do do for 1 831 , (including a balance of 7
$693 66, appropriated 1830,) " S

Mayor's salary,

City Counsellor's

Health Officer's

City Commissioners and clerks,

Health do do

Consulting Physician,

City Messenger,

Justices of the Night Watch,

Weighers of Hay, -

City Bailiffs,

Keeper of Gunpowder,

Keepers of Springs,

do
do
do
do
do
do
do

18,000 00

74 00

8 00

1,484 09

5,005 58

6,736 45

52 00

285 00

33 32

17 66

110 89
213 30

2,744 46

2,607 68

2,000 00

1,500 00

600 00

2,900 00

2,300 00

400 00

500 00

300 00

750 00

715 00

600 00

APPENDIX.

Ill

To cash paid Keeper of Fish House, including balance due,
do do of Public Square,
do Superintendants of Streets and Pumps,
do Clerks of the several Market,
do Editors of Newspapers, -
do Ground Rent at Lexington Market, -
do do do at Run alley, -

do do do at City Hall, -
do do do at Fleet street
do. Removing curb stones, Franklin street,
do. Assessors of additional Tax for 1331,
do. do. of Specific do. 1831,
do. Interest on 5 and 6 per cent. City Stock, -
do. Cleaning streets, -
do. Health Department, -

do. Removing Nuisances, ...

do. Officers Fees, Bills of Costs, &c.
do. Costs incurred against Steam Boats, -
do. Fuel for City Offices, -
do. Relief of Widows and Orphans of those who fell

in defence of the city, - - -

do. Receiving of lost Children, -
do. Incidental expenses of Springs and Centre Fountain,
do. Expense of Elections, - - -

do Repairs of Pumps and Wells, -

do
do
do
do
do
do

Streets,
do.

its of direct taxation,

of Bridges,

of Paved

of Unpaved

of Sewers, -

of Wharves, -

of Highways and Bridges without the lim-

do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do

do of Charles Street Spring,

do of Dugan's Wharf,

do of Sewer at Hanover Street,

do of Hanover Market House,

Paving Tax, Rock

do do Pearl

do do Orleans

flo do Eden

do do Ensor

do do Pine

do do Baltimore

do do Lombard

do do Green

do do Forrest

Street,
do -
do
do -
do -
do

do West, -
do
do
do

19
53

100 00
100 00
2,250 00
2,066 74
450 00
228 00

12 50
469 20

14 80

75 00

300 00

150 00

29,778 86

4,567 24

2,491

1,131

488 78

279 96

199 87

285 00

39 50

53 22

370 00

5,409 31

249 92

4,872 39

49 39
199 66
499 58

860 16

30 23

2,262 76

100 00

214 26

144 55

- 49 18

1,217 45

1,082 09

57 90

13 03
1,101 40

50 92
3,199 44
1,033 52

112

AIM'KNDIX.

To cash paid paving tax, Chattsworth street,

do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
•do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do

do
do

do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do

do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do

German
Fayette
Hanover
N. Gay
Aisquith
Monument
Chcsnut Alley,

do
do
do
do
do
do

Gravel
Cathedral
Long
N. .

Buran Lane,
Long do
Footways,

do
do
do
do
do

823

2,435

1,290 66

412 70

1,171

521

156

187

380 32

141

107

649

118 89

4,126 00

150 00

Paving Cross Streets,

do Repaving Mulberry Street,

do Gravelling Ann Street,
Loan obtained per Resolution No. 36: Approved
9th March, 1831, in anticipation of Auction Duties
for 1831, to be received from the Treasurer,
Western Shore, Maryland, including the sum of
$490 40 cts. interest paid from time to time, 20,490 40

Interest on loan obtained by authority of Ordinance ~)

No. 36, approved 25th April, 1831, and Ordi- V347 74
nance,No. 2, approved 23rd August, 1831, }

Deepening and preserving the Harbour, § 24,445 12

Repairs of Lancaster street Wharf,

525 36

Winding and oiling Town Clock,
Repairs of Alarm Bell,
Portrait of Jacob Small, late Mayor,
Insurance on Belvidere Bridge,

do on Fish Houses,

do on City Hall,
Walling Harford Run,
Public Schools, ....
Commissioners of Finance, viz. rent of 1

City property for 1830,
Premium on 5 per cent Stock, redeem

able 1838,
Premium on 5 per cent. Stock redecma

ble 1840,
Balance of appropriation for 1829,
Appropriation for 1830,

do for 1831 to 1st July,

24,970 48

50 00

- 40 00

100 00

- 25 00

13 50

- 20 00

143 75

4,086 51

S682 4$
1,500 00

j 3,420 00

5,043 44
6,000 00
3,000 00

19,645

APPENDIX.

113

To cash paid Instalments to Bait, and Ohio Rail Road, 50,000
do do Baltimore and Susquehannah Rail Road, 88,000

do Damages for opening Monument street, - 18,417

do Diary of the City Council - 5,391

do Certain* expences for 1829 per ordinance No. 13, ? « „*„
approved 9th March, 1830, $ '

Certain expences for 1830 per ordinance No
approved 9th February, 1831,
Fire Companies annual appropriation,
Liberty Fire Company special appropriation,

do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do

do
do.
do.

do.
do.
do.

do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.

do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.

Independent do do do

Mechanical do do do

Deptford do do do .

New Market do do do

Flagg Stones -

Water rent at Centre Fountain to 1st May, 1831,

do Plusrs at Centre and Hanover Markets ?

H 4,490

4,275
500

- 250
200

- 250
500

- 20
450

00
00
53
50

00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00

to 1st May, 1830, 5

Copying Original Port Wardens Journal - 100

Enforcing Ordinances relative to Dogs, - - 615
Enclosing city property on Monument and Forrest

streets, - - - - 149

Gass Light fixtures at Baltimore Monument, - 158

Expenses relative to Land Warrants, - 370
Erecting bridge over the run west of Republican

street, ^ - - - - - 125

Erecting bridge over Chattsworth run in German-st. 261

do. foot bridge at Centre Fish Market, 600

do. do. in Saratoga street, - 15

Repairs of Bridge in Lombard street, - 200

468

40 00

Extending limits of direct taxation,

19,

Costs, &c. allowed by Ordinance, No

proved 5th April, 1831,

Watching and lighting the city,

Erection of gass lamps, . -

Assistant Counsel employed,

Vaccination, - -

James Ramsay, special appropriation,

William G. Lyford, do. -

Ann White, do.

Jno. Wimmell & S. Darden, do.

William Grover's heirs do.

Deputy Marshal's returning census,

Owen Boulden for a platt, -

Robert Oliver, certain taxes released,

Ashton Alexander do. do.

Trees planted, Market street, Fell's Point,

Printing, incidentals and Stationary, -

ap-

30,561

238

2,600

600

119

200

190

108

1,799

00
00

10
75

00
17

00
00
00
00

93
50
00
00
00
00
00
00
12
75
00
50
77
50
05

114

APPENDIX,

To cash paid, City's proportion for openingMonument-st,
da do. do. on Jail property for do.
do. Improvement of City Hall,
da Sewer leading from do.
do. Widening of South street wharf,
do. Improving Springs at Washington and Gough

streets, - -

do. Erection of Pumps and Wells on acct. Pump Tax
do. Removing earth from Washington Place,
To Balance in the Treasury,

724 27

248 62

4,367 78

45 00

1,979 93

2,000 00

503 64

2,056 90

6681 65

CR.

By balance in the Treasury, 1st January, 1831,

Cash Taxes on vacant property for 1822, ^23, '24,

'25 and '26, - " -

do do for 1827, per resolution No. 63, approved

21st April, 1831,

do do for 1815 and 1816, of Cumberland Du-

gan by City Attorney, -
do do for 1819, '20, of Charles L. Boehme, do.
do do of John Thompson's heirs, -
do do of Jos. Clemm's heirs, paving Cove-st,
do City Court Tax for 1827,

do
do
do
do

do City Poor

do do

do County

do do

do Direct

do do

do Public Schools

do do

do Specific do

do do do

do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do

1828,
1829,
1830,
1831,
1828,
1829,
1830,
1831,
certain expenses of 1327,

do
do
do

1828,
1829,
1830,
1831,
1830,
1831,
1828,
1829,
1830,
1831,

1828,
1829,
1830,

$436,121 71

$15,092 17

19 26

155 00

474 38
318 01
104 72
150 38
135 98
453 18
1,298 61

- 4,553 26
7,217 63

589 09
1,948 00

- 6,829 74
10,826 29

412 12

820 27

2,845 82

4,510 98

1,706 30

7,509 19

31,769 34

39,642 89

1,422 98

2,255 51

6 44

300 24

803 57

956 88

39 28

306

495

561

2,228

150 00

2,000 00

2,475 23

6,859 65

218 00

157 00

191 25

576 74

108 75

75 27

APPENDIX. 115

By cash, Highways and Bridges without the limits of direct
taxation, for 1828, -

do do do do 1829, -

do do do do 1830,

do do do do 1831, -

do Tax for erection on new Pumps and Wells,
do Cost of suit, the Mayor and City Council, vs. Wm.

Dawson, C. Dugan and others, by City Attorney,
• do Rent of old Alms House, -

do Dividend of Ihe City's Stock in Baltimore and

Ohio Rail Road Company, - - - - 1,875 00
do Wm. M'Donald Received by arrangement of the

Mayor and Presidents of the Councils, agreeably

to resolution No. 62 : Approved 21 st April, 1 831 ,
do Tonnage returned by Collector of the Port,
do do do do Harbour Masters,

do Establishments of Boundaries by City Com.
do Sediment raised from the Harbour,
do Hire of Mud Machine, -
do Rent of City property for 1831, -
do Board of Health, -

do Improvement of the Cove, -
do State of Maryland for Auction Duties, 1831, 20,000 00

do Dividends from Turnpike Roads, viz: Reisters
Town, York, and Frederick Town for one year,

to 1st July, 1831, 1,207 50

do Licenses granted to Ordinary Keepers by City

Court, - 8,438 99

do Licenses granted to Retailers by Keepers, use of

the Jail,

do Five per cent. Stock redeemable, 1 838,

do Premium on ditto do do

do Five per cent. Stock redeemable, 1 840,

do Premium on do do do

do Interest from Baltimore and Susquehannah Rail

Road on Stock advanced by the City,
do Licenses in general, -

do Rents of the several Markets,
do City Seals, -•.-.-
do Fines, -
do Weighing Hay, -

do Storage of Gunpowder, -
do do of Fish, -

do Permission granted to Vessels under Quarantine

regulations, -
do Theatrical and Circus peribrmances,

1,054 58

50,000 00

1,500 00

88,000 00

3,420 00

652 34

9,646,00

9,624 20

246 25

486 36

1,342 86

793 94

3 20

1,526, 40

1,255 00

116 APPENDIX,

By cash Tax on dogs, - - - - - -

do Paving Tax, Rock street, - -

do do Pearl do

do do Orleans do
do do Eden do-
do do Ensor do - - -
do do Bait. do West
do do Pitt do
do do Lombard do -
do do Ross do -
do do Green do -
do do Forrest do

do do Chattsworth street - - - -
do do German do
do do Fayette do-
do do Hanover do
do do N. Gay do - - - -
do do Aisquith do
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do do Chesnut alley

do do P do

do do Gravel do

do do Cathedral do - . -

do do N do

do do Long do

do do Long lane

do do Buran do -

do do Footways

do Trustees of A. B. Murray & Co. - - - -

do. State of Maryland, the City's proportion of the

Free School Fund for 1 831 ,

do Persons claiming dogs which were taken up, -

do Damages for opening of Monument street, - 1

do Loan obtained agreeably to Ordinances No. 36, 1

approved 25th April, 1831, and No. 2, approved [-20,900 00
23rd August, 1831, )

do Loan obtained agreeably to resolution No. 36, ap-
proved March 19, 1831, in anticipation of Auc- ^20,000 00
tion duties, for the use of the Harbour',

566

120 93

1,217

1,612 72

1,116

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1^033 52

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2,435

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380 32

649

107 70

24 75

280 10

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3,925

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8436,121 71

Errors Excepted.

Respectfully submitted,

EML. KENT, Register y

of the City of Baltimore.

APPENDIX. 117

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RETURNS

OF THE

DIFFERENT OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION,

For 1831.

Tannage on Wharves. 1831. Western District.
THOMAS SPRIGG, Harbour Master.

Port tonnage,

82,102 31

Bowly's Wharf,

3,553 29

McElderry's do

544 81

Dugan's do

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Light-st. do

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Pratt-st. do

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Commerce-st. do

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Oliver's do

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Jones' Falls,

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$8,268 18

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653 63

Expense against Steam Boats, &c. -

25 28

Cleaning Dugan's

Wharf,

4 75

1,683 66

86,584 52

130

APPENDIX.

Tonnage on Wharves. 1831. Eastern District.

Port Tonnage,
Public Wharf,

Pitt-st.

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County

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do
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PETER DAVIS, Harbour Master.

50 per cent, commission off,

$265 19

83 81

12 06

20 90

56 05

6 05

21 45

76 59

542 10

271 05

$271 05

Centre Market revenue for 1831.
GEO. S. EICHELBERGER, Clerk.— JNO. BEARD, Assist. Clerk.
88 Butcher Stalls, licensed at $5 each,

42 Permanent do

do 5 "

38 Eave do

do 5 «

66 Moveable do

do 5 "

11 Cucumber do

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35 Fish do

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Returns of Rents, &c.

by the Clerk, -

Do per diem do

Assistant do

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$440 00

210 00

190 00

330 00

55 00

175 00

3,008 94

2,102 04

&6,510 98

APPENDIX. 231

Lexington Market revenue for 1831.

WILLIAM BALL, Jr. Clerk.— JOHN D. MILLER, Assist. Clerk.

58 Butcher Stalls, licensed at 85 - - 290 00

51 Permanent do do 5 - 255 00

48 Eave do do 5 - 240 00

43 Moveable do do 5 - - 215 00

11 Fish do do 5 - - 55 00

Returns of Rents, &c, by the Clerk, - - 1,223 25

Do per diem do Assistant do - 735 59

$3,013 84

Hanover Market revenue for 1831.

CHARLES BROWN, Clerk.

43 Butcher Stalls, licensed at 85 - - - 215 00

28 Permanent do do 5 • - 140 00

36 Eave do do 5 - 180 00

7 Fish do do 5 - - 35 00

Returns of Rents, &c. by the Clerk, - - - 1,233 45

81,803 45

FelVs Point Market revenue for 1831.

ABRAHAM BALDWIN, Clerk.

22 Butcher Stalls, licensed at 85 - - - 8110 00

39 Permanent do do 5 - - 195 00

7 Moveable do do 5 - 35 00

5 Fish do do 5 - 25 00

Returns of Rents, &c by the Clerk, - - - 1 ,044 26

81,409 26

132 APPENDIX.

Belle- Air Market revenue for 1831.

THOMAS MULLEN, Clerk.

10 Butcher Stalls, licensed at 85 - - 850 00

1 Permanent do do 6 - - - 5 00

Returns of Rents, &c. by the Clerk, - - - 277 08

8332 08

Butter and Lard inspected, 1831.

PHILEMON TOWSON, Inspector.

9,365 kegs of Butter,
12,896 do Lard,

22,261 at 61 cents per keg, 81,391 31

Beef and Pork inspected, 1831.

ELIJAH P. BARROWS, Inspector.

4,753 bbls. Beef Baltimore packed

103 half bis. do do do

354 bbls. do Foreign do

4 half bis. do do do

1,678 bis. Pork Baltimore do

IS half bis. do do do

3,382 bis. do Foreign do

10,290 at 10 cents per bbl. $1 ,029 00

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APPENDIX. 133

Turpentine Inspected, 1831.

JOHN TRIMBLE, Inspector.
2346 Bbls. at 3 cents per barrel, ... $70 38

Inspection of Flaxseed, 1831.

JAMES CHALMERS, Inspector.
638 Hhds. at \U cents, - - - - S79 75

Pot and Pearl Ashes inspected, 1831.

ROBERT AITKEN, Inspector.

62 casks Pot Ashes,
102 do Pearl do

164 Weighing Tons, 28, 19, 0, 16. Compensation - S73 44

Lime and Charcoal inspected, 1831.

THOMAS MAYBURY and DAVID S. TRUMBO, Inspectors.

Loads Lime. Loads Charcoal. Compensation,

T. Maybury, 1,41-2 470 S792 12£

D. S. Trumbo, 1,473 525 829 37

2,885 995 -

184 APPENDIX.

Long and Dry Measures inspected, 1831.

WILLIAM BANER, Inspector.

New Measures sealed,
Old do do -

Yard Sticks do

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84 00

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8385

681

Weights, Beams, and Liquid, Measures inspected, 1831.

JOHN LAMB, Inspector.

2680 fifty-six pound weights
687 fifty do do

3367 weights - at 10 cents

1022 twenty-eights do do 5 do

260 four pound do do 4 do

684 setts - 25 do

68 beams 44 inches 37 £ do

206 do 36 do - 25 do

730 do 18 do - 12k do

1088 measures - 6* do

Compensation

S336 70

- 51 10

10 40

171 00

25 00

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91 25

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8817 45

Storage of Gunpowder, 1831.

JOHN KEYS, Keeper.

4952 Quarter casks received during the year,

4 Quarterly returns for storage, - - $793 94

Assayer of Silver Plate, 1831.

SAMUEL STEELE, dssayer.
8,074 oz. at 5 cents per ounce, - - - 8403 70

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APPENDIX.

135

Inspectors of Staves and Heading, 1831.

EASTERN DISTRICT.

Wm. Diamond
Samuel C. Smith,
William Monk,

Robert Smiley,
Richard Green,

Hhds. Staves
and Heading.

22,130

2,366

10,758

Pipe Staves
and Heading".

3,826

WESTERN DISTRICT.

23,059

No return.

2,465

Bbl. Staves
and Heading.

153,919
78,939
83,342

55,590

Compensa-
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g95 57
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49 71

47 94

Hay Weigher's returns for 1831.

Amount returned. Compensation.

R. Diffenderffer, weigher Eastern Scales, $757 60 $450 00

C. E. Lockwood, do Western do 585 26 ' 300 00

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OFFICERS

OF THE

CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE,

APPOINTED FOR THE YEAR 1832.

WILLIAM STEUART, Mayor.
EMANUEL KENT, Register.

Members of the First Branch of the City Council.

Henry R. Lauderman,
JohnH. Browning,

John E. Stansbury*,
William Hubbard,

William H. Hanson,
Thomas P. Alricks,

Benedict J. Sanders,
Elijah Stansbury, Jr.,

Henry Myers,
William Roney,

John B. Morris,
Samuel Moale,

John I. Donaldson,
Isaac Munroe,

George Gardiner,
Louis William Jenkins,

Noah Ridgely,
Alexander Russel,

George Baxley,
Willian Gwynn Jones,

McClintock Young,
Corbin Amoss,

James Blair,
.Valentine Dushane,

A. Cook, Door-keeper,

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| Sixth

> Seventh do.

> Eighth do.
? Ninth do.

*Tenth do.

Eleventh do.

I Twelfth do.

THOMAS PHENIX, Chief Clerk.
HENRY W. GRAY, Assistant do.

138 APPENDIX.

Members of the Second Branch of the City Council.

William Inloes, 1st Ward.

Philip Moore, 2d do.

William Reany, 3d do.

Joshua Mott, 4th do.

Baltzer Schaeffer, 5th do.

James Beatty, 6th do.

Fielding Lucas, Jr., Tith do.

Samuel Moore, 8th do.

Richard Bevan, 9th do.

Mark Grafton, 10th do.

Henry Stouffer, 11th do.

Thomas SeweJl, 12th do.

T. H. BELT, Clerk.
H. Rudolph, Door-keeper.

Fielding Lucas, Jr., ? Directors on the part of the City, in the Balti-
Hugh McElderry, $ more and Ohio Rail-rodd Company
John Diffendprff X Director on the part of the City, in the Balti-
' 5 more and Susquehanna Rail-road Com^py.
Joseph Cushing, -j
Edward Dennison,

WHliarn Hubbard1* "' ^Commissioners of Public Schools.

John Reese, J

J. I. Cohen, Jr., J

John Reese, ? Distributors of the Fund for the Widows and Or-

Joseph Jamieson, 3 phans of those who fell in defence of the City.

Sohn Scott, Attorney and Counsellor for the City.

Francis J. Dallam, City Collector.

Samuel Myers, do. Messenger.

John N. Murphy, 1

John Dukehart, > City Commissioners and Wardens of the Port.

James Curley, 3

Peter Foy, 1

Jacob Deems, > Commissioners of Health.

Thomas S. Sheppard, 3

Horatio G. Jameson, Consulting Physician.

Samuel B. Martin, Health Officer.

Thomas Sprigg, Harbour Master, Western District.

Peter Davis, do. do. Eastern do.

Philemon Towson, Inspector of Butter and Lard.

James Chalmers, do. of Flaxseed.

Elijah P. Barrows, do. of Beef and Pork.

John Lamb, do. of Weights and Liquid Measures.

APPENDIX.

139

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do.
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of Turpentine.

of Lime and Charcoal,
do. of Staves and Heading, Eastern.

Robert Aitken,

John Trimlle, Jr.,

Thomas Mabury

David Trumbo,

John Diamend

Samuel C. Smith

William Monk

Robert Smiley,

Richard Green,

Samuel Steele, Assayer of Silver Plate.

Richard Diffenderffer, Weigher of Hay and Straw, Eastern.

Crandle E. Lockwood, do. of do. " do., Western.

Joseph Hess, Keeper of Calvert-st. Spring.

Daniel^ Spaulding, do. of Charles-st do.

of Eastern do.

of Gun-Powder.

of Public Walk.

I Inspector of Staves and Heading, Western.

'alt, J

Superintendants of Pumps and Wells.

Superintendants of Chimney
Sweepers.

John Brannon, do.

John Keys, do.

Andrew Simpson, do.

John Lauderman,

James Horton,

William Collings,

George Millemon,

George H. Sumwalt,

Shubuel Wilkinson,

James Tucker.

John W. Haswell,

John Ensor,

Joshua Mummey,

Henry Amey, Jr.

John M. Butleis

William K. Boyle,

Edward Oustler,

Daniel McJilton,

George S. Eichelberger, Clerk of Centre Market.

John Beard, Assistant do. of do. do.

Abraham Baldwin, Clerk of FeWs Point do.

Charles Brown, Clerk of Hanover Market.

William Ball, Jr., do Lexington do.,

John D. Miller, Assistant Clerk, do do.

Thomas Mullen, Senr. Clerk, Bel-Air, do.

Thomas Baileyf ' V Justices °f the P™ce to receive the Report of the

Charles Kernan, ) Mgh* Watck

Charles Boston, ? n' \ . r **• , „r w ^

Samuel Allen, 5 Cajten of Night Watch, Eastern District,

John Keller, 7

John Rothrock, t do do d°> Middle do.

District No

do.

APPENDIX.

Charles Lebon, I <
A J. W. Jackson, * do

do.

Western do.

Reuben Sewell, 1 r. ,
Absalem Hancock, j ^untenants do

do.

Eastern do.

Ezekiel Burk, ^|
William P. Miller,
Peter Harr,

do.

Middle do.

Augustus M. Stansbnry, J

•

Benjamin Macher, "^

Philip Staylor, 1
John J. Daneker, (

do.

Western do.

Christian Zell, J

Thomas S. Harrison,

City

Bailiff,

1st Ward.

William A. Swift,

do.

1st

do.

Jonathan Jackson,

■ do.

do.

Charles W. Youce,

do.

Francis Murry,

do.

Robert S. Downs,

do.

Ezekiel Mills,

do.

John Adams, vice, >
Geo. West, >

do.

4th

do.

Asa Crocker,

do.

5th

do.

Thomas Knighton,

dp.

do.

5th

do.

Edward Talbot,

do.

6th

do.

William Edgar,

do.

6th

do.

Samuel F. Milliron,

do.

7th

do.

Simeon Hays,

do.

1th

do.

George Ferguson,

do.

8th

do.

Stephen Darden,

do.

8th

do.

John Wimmell,

do.

9th

do.

Mathew Turner,

do.

9th

do.

James May,

do.

10th

do.

Isaac Walmsley,

do.

10th

do.

Elijah Bailey,

do>

do.

nth

do.

Benjamin Comegys, vice,

| do.

do.

Uth

do.

Dennis C. Lieutaud, resigned,

John Davis, vice,

Samuel R. Hiser, resigned,

do.

12th

do.

Christian Nagle, vice, \
John Roberts, resigned. J

do.

12th

do-

Reviewers of Flour.

George Baxley, vice. ? h/r L .
Robert Hickley, resigned, S Menhant'-

INDEX

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.

ALBEMARLE STREET DOCK filled up, - page 19

APPROPRIATION BILL for 1832, 20

ALLEYS, nine or ten pin, regulated, - - -24

ALMS HOUSE, old, property of, to be sold, - 34—52

ASHES, pot or pearl, inspection of, 38

BERRY, JNO. & THOS. L. to rebuild a brick kiln, - 69

BIAYS, JAMES, to remove frame building, - - 51

BOTTLE ALLEY, Act for opening of approved, - 39

BLOCK STREET . repaved, - - - - 75

BRIDGE over Jones' Falls at the juncture of Hillen and

Pleasant streets, - - - 22
over Gwynn's do. Krebs and Linthicum recom-
mended to apply for authority to collect a
toll, ----- 53

Act for approved of, - - - 66

over Chattsworth run at Columbia street, - 69

intersection of Lexington and Wansbec street, 85 — 86

BROWN, SAMUEL, to finish frame building, - 63

CARROL, CHARLES R. appropriation for, - - 58

CALVERT STREET, grade of changed, - - 46

Spring, repairs of wall, &c. - 71

CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, additional compensation, 15
CONWAY STREET, repaving of, - - 22—54

COMMITTEE to Annapolis, express of, 67

COURTLAND STREET, grade of, - - - 71

COW MARKET, a lot to be obtained for, - - 82

CITY PROPERTY, on Holliday street for lease or sale, 56

CHATTSWORTH run, tunnell at Penn street, - - 58

do do. Lexington do. - 77

street cut down, - - 60.

CHARLES STREET SPRING, S. House and others to

erect and use the wall of, 60

stop cocks for waste water, 61

CHARLES STREET, repaving of, 73
20

144 INDEX.

CUNNINGHAM, JOHN, to remove frame building, - 51

CURB STONES in Saratoga street raised, - - 61

CYPRESS ALLEY, relative to, - ... 39

DIRECT TAXATION, new limits of, - - -87

DALLAM, F. J. appropriation for, 80

DALEY, JACOB, to alter Baltimore street bridge, - 64

DIVISION STREET, the act for opening of approved, 81
DIARY of the CITY COUNCIL, appropriation for, - 6—86
DOYLE, PATRICK and others, petitions of referred to

Commissioners of Health, - 74

DOGS, not muzzled taken and carried to a depot, 3

■ — owner of, may redeem for g>5, - 3

$1 for every dog delivered at the Depot, 3

put to death after twenty-four hours, 3

— — * — appropriation for 1831, - - - 3

appropriation for 1832, 86

DUTCH ALLEY, gutters of, repaired, - - - 62
DUGAN & McELDERRY'S WHARVES, memorial of

John Mc'Kim and others opposed, - - 54
— appeal from

the Chancellor's decision, - - -57
Chancellor to

appoint the Harbour Master — western district to

collect wharfage, 6T

EALEY, WILLIAM, to remove frame building, - - 50

EDEN, WILLIAM, to erect a slaughter house, - 54

EMORY STREET, to remain closed, - - - 30

FAYETTE STREET, act for opening of, approved, - 79
FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM, to carry water into

Calvert street spring sewer, - - 82
FIRE PLUG at the corner of Hillen and Exeter streets

removed, - - - - - 52

FISH HOUSES, to be rented, 60

• repaired, - - - -79

FIRE COMPANIES, apparatus of, not to pass upon

footways, - - 33

— annual appropriation for 1832, 70

— - ~ Liberty, special appropriation, 83

Vigilant, do. - - 83

11 United Hose & suction, - 83

INDEX,

145

FIRE COMPANIES, Union, do. - - 83

Washington, do. - - 83

Howard, do. - - 83

FORREST STREET, the act for shutting up approved, 65

FOUNTAIN erected on city property, Monument street, 70

GAS, lamps for, - - - - -24

GREEN, EWD. appropriation for, §8

GAY STREET repavcd, - - - - -62

HARBOUR, appropriation for removing ice, - - 49

— expenses of in anticipation, - - - 50

memorial to Congress for money, - - 57

Timber for, - - - - 64

§20,000 borrowed for, 65

— Register to pay expenses, - - -66

<■ — Deposite for sediment to be obtained, - 28

HARFORD RUN, tunnel over, at Monument street, - 68

walled up, - - - 77

HEALTH COMMISSIONERS, their duties relative to

Quarantine, - 11 — 12

— — - to employ carts to remove

manure from the streets, &c, 16

> ■■ « — to pav oversales of manure, 16

HEALTH OFFICER, his duty relative'to Quarantine, 1 1 — 12

Department, appropriation for, - - 20 — 28

HOUSE, SAMUEL, and others, to erect and use a small

wall at Charles street Spring, 60

HOLLAND STREET, the Act of Assembly, approved, - 19
HOLLINS, WILLIAM, permitted to erect a bridge, - 78

HUGHES, JOHNSON and WILLIAM STREETS, grade

of, altered, - - - . - - 37

HUGHES STREET, D. Swartzauer to have sand, - 58

HUCKSTERS, licenses to, repealed, and per diem rent in lieu, 31

ICE in the harbour, appropriation to remove, - 49

JAIL WARDEN'S ACCOUNT, certified, ;- - 50
JOHNSON, WILLIAM and HUGHES STREETS, grade

of, altered, - - - - - - 37

JONES FALLS, City Commissioners to prevent overflow* 3

(

146 INDEX.

INCIDENTAL additional appropriation for 1831, - 6
do. do. for 1832, - 20

LAMPS, for consumption of Gas, 24

do. of Oil, - - - 25

LANCASTER STREET, repaving of, 72

LAND WARRANT, relative to, - - - - 76

LIGHT STREET, grade of a certain part changed, - 23

LIBERTY STREET, the Act for shutting up not approved, 85
LOT OF GROUND, situated on Biddle, Richmond, Garden,

and Howard street, condemned for a market house, 29

LOAN, g 1,200, reimbursable in 1833, to borrow, - 4

g20,000, for the harbour, do. - - 65

g>20,000, in anticipation of revenue, do. - 77

gl8,000, reimbursable in 1833, - - - 35

MAYORS'S SALARY, .... 7

MANURE, sales of, 16

MARKET HOUSE, a lot of ground situated on Biddle,

Richmond, Howard and Garden streets, condemned for, 29

MARKETS, licenses granted to hucksters, repealed, - Si

Per Diem of 12s cents, in lieu, of 31

painted, &c. - 59 — 79

street, Fell's Point, cut down, - - 71

do. do. gravelled, - - 7 8

Space, do. paved in Front of Engine

house, - -74

MEMORIAL to Congress, relative to the harbour, - 57

MOST, HENRY, appropriation for, - - - 49

McDONALD, ALEX., to finish frame building, - > 63

MUSICAL EXHIBITIONS prohibited in the streets, &c. 16

MURRAY, JOHN, the Gity to purchase his lot, - - 62

MUNROE, HENRY, a sewer on his lot changed, - 74

ORLEANS STREET, Act of Assembly relative to, approved, 15

PAVING in front of City property, authorised, - - 12

< • City's proportion, to be paid, 13

PATTERSON, WILLIAM, dredging machines employed at

his wharf, - - - - - - 56

PARK LANE, filled up, - 75
PARK LANE and Run alley, repairs of, at Chatsworth Run, 80

INDEX,

PARKIN STREET, act for opening of, approved, - 80
POWDER MAGAZINE, repairs of, 67
POTTERS FIELD, near the Hospital, to be rented, - 76
PLEASANT STREET, Act for opening of, approved, 55
PRESIDENT and WILKS STREETS, filled up, - 64
PRATT STREET, repaved, - - - 68—84
PRINTING, incidental and stationary appropriation, - 20
PUMPS, received within the new limits of direct taxation, 69
and Wells, platforms to be granite, - - 31

Q ALLEY, a certain part of, closed, - - '•- 29

QUARANTINE, regulation of, - - - u

RAIL-WAY from Stiles street to City property, how con-
structed, ----- S3

Cars regulated, - - -- - 40

: Construction of, within the City, - 4'Q. — 45

— ~ Act of Assembly, relative to, published, - 84

RUN ALLEY and Park lane, junction of repaired, - 80

SEDIMENT, raised from the harbour, deposite fory - 28>

SEWER, on H. Munroe's lot, changed, - - 74

. at Hanover street, appropriation for, - 78

across Monument street, filled up, - - 83

in Biddle street, repaired, - - - 84

SCHOOL PUBLIC, COMMISSIONERS OF, to sell old

Alms House property, 34

SCHWARZAUER, DANIEL, to take sand from Hughes st, 34

SMALL POX, not to be communicated, - - 7

* information of to be given, - - 14

SPRINGS at Washington and Gougli sts., appropriation for, 65

at Monument street, conducted to a fountain, 70

at Calvert street, repairs of the wall, &c, - 71

at Charles street, S. House, and others, to erect

and use a wall, - - 60

at do. stop cocks for waste water, - 61

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, relative to obstructions in, 81
SUITS, Assistant Counsel to be employed in any Court of

law or Equity, ----- 9

TAX, DIRECT, new limits of, - - - 87

TAX for repairs of highways and bridges, 1832, - - 9

148 INDEX-

. City Court and City Poor, 10

Direct, - - - - - -17

Public Schools, - - - - - is

Certain expenses for 1831, - - - 18

TAXES for 1828, City Collector to close, - - 55

explanatory Act relative obtained, - - 57

TIMBER for the harbour, 64

TOWNSEND, JOSEPH, and others, appropriation for, 76

UHLER'S SEWER, repairs of a wooden building over, 72

VACCINATION, Physicians for each Ward, - 13—14

— — — — duties of consulting Physician and

Board of Health, - - 14

WATCHING and LIGHTING, additional appropriation

for 1831, - - 5

_ do for 1832, - - 20

V=/ WASHINGTON'S BIRTH, Centennial Celebration of, 55

WATER COMPANY, appropriation far, - - 56

WrATCHMEN, two additional lieutenants appointed, - 13

WELLS, to have granite platforms, 31
WELL to be sunk at south east corner of Madison street and

Harford Avenue, 53
WILLIAM, JOHNSON, and HUGHES STREET, grade of, 37

WILLIAM STREET, cut down, - - - * - £1

WILKS STREET repaved, - - - - 73

WILK and PRESIDENT STREETS, filled up, - - 64
WOODEN BUILDINGS, not to be erected within the limits

of direct taxation, - 8

.. — — petitions relative filed in City

Commissioners Office, - 53

— , over Uhler's Sewer repaired, 72

WHARVES, PUBLIC, vessels lying at, to rig in jib-boom, 32

Dugan's and McElderry's, City opposes the

memorial of Jno. McKim, Jr., and others, 54

— mmm , do. appeal from the Chancellor's decision, 57

do. Chancellor to appoint Collector for, 67

INDEX TO ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.

AUCTION, public sales at, 131
BRIDGE over Gwinn's falls, a toll authorised, - 119
BOTTLE ALLEY, opening of, - - - - 132,
CALVERT STREET, grade of, 9?,
CYPRESS ALLEY, relation to, - - - IK
CORPORATION OF BALTIMORE, to borrow one mil-
lion of dollaars, 118
CHYMICAL LABORATORY, not to be erected in the city, 126
DIVISION STREET, opening of, - - - 133
DUGAN & McELDERRY'S wharves, the Chancellor to

appoint a receiver of wharfage, 153

EMORY STREET, a part of, closed, - - - 114

FORREST STREET, a part of, shut up, 91

FAYETTE STREET, opening of, - - - 127

FLOUR, inspection of, at Frederick city, -• - 106

do. Baltimore city> - 115

GAY STREET, widening of, - - - 134

GERMAN STREET, widening of, 136

GROUND, a lot of, condemned for a Market house, - 150

HOLLAND STREET, relative to, - - - 112

HIDES, green, inspection of, - "- - 1£2

JAIL of Baltimore Citv and County regulated, - 94

LEATHER, sole, inspection of, - - - > 107

LUMBER, inspectors to make returns, - - 11$

LANDLORDS & TENANTS in the city of Baltimore, 139

LIBERTY STREET, relative to opening, - - 138

NEGROES, free or slave, relative to, - - 144

ORLEANS STREET, width of, - - - 91

ORPHAN'S COURT, Judges of, how paid, - - 100

ORANGE ALLEY, widening of, - - - 114

PLEASANT STREET, opening of, - ^ 101

PARKIN STREET, opening a part of, . - - 1265

RAIL-WAYS, expence how paid, - - - 125'
TAXES, Mayor and Citv Council to impose, - 118, 11$

WASHINGTON MONUMENT, street near widened, - 92-

WASHINGTON HOSE COMPANY incorporated, - 9£

INDEX TO APPENDIX.

MAYOR'S COMMUNICATION,

10
12
14
16
19
23
17

street, manure,
interments,

do.
do.
do.
do.
do.

* CITY COMMISSIONERS REPORT,

abstract of expenditures,

]?ORT WARDENS REPORT,

abstract of expenditures,

HEALTH OFFICER'S REPORT, -
CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, do.
COMMISSIONERS OF HEALTH REPORT,

— abstract of expenditures, 27

sundry receipts of money, 28

- " 30

34 to 53

54 to 62

63 to 67

69 to 107

109

- 117

129—130

130—132

132

- 132
133

- 133
133

- 133
134

- 134
134

- 135
135
136
137
13S
138

TRUSTEES FOR THE POOR REPORT,

JAIL

COUNSELLOR OF THE CITY

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CITY COLLECTOR'S

TONNAGE returned by harbour,

CLERKS OF THE MARKETS,

BUTTER and LARD, inspection of,

BEEF and PORK,

TURPENTINE,

FLAX SEED,

POT and PEARL ASHES,

LIME and CHARCOAL,

LONG & DRY MEASURES,

do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.

do.

WEIGHTS and LIQUID MEASURES,

STORAGE of Gunpowder,

STAVES and HEADING,

HAY WEIGHERS, - ....

SUPERINTENDENTS OF CHIMNEY SWEEPERS,

MEMBERS FIRST BRANCH CITY COUNCIL, -

SECOND do. do. -

OFFICERS OF THE CITY, -

Maryland
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