Mayor of Baltimore v. Reitz
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. By an ordinance approved the 25th of October, 1875, the. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore authorized and directed tlie Commissioners for Opening Streets to condemn certain vacant ground in the city of Baltimore, known as Federal Hill, for the purpose of a public square or park.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. By an ordinance approved the 25th of October, 1875, the. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore authorized and directed tlie Commissioners for Opening Streets to condemn certain vacant ground in the city of Baltimore, known as Federal Hill, for the purpose of a public square or park. In passing this ordinance, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore acted under the authority conferred upon it by section 873, Article 4, of the Code of Public Local Laws; and the Commissioners for Opening Streets conducted the entire proceedings of condemnation in…
1Opinion of the Court
Brent., J,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The question presented hy this appeal is the constitutionality of the Act of 1878, ch. 143. The appellant contends that it violates sec. 29, Article 3 of the Constitution, which directs that “ every law enacted by the General Assembly shall embrace but one subject and that shall be described in its title.”
This Court has so repeatedly considered the proper construction to be given to this provision, its object, and the evils against which it is intended to guard, that it is only necessary to state here some of the general principles recognized by…
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