City of Baltimore
Charter of Baltimore City

§ 5. Uniform application throughout City; Public ways.

The Charter shall apply in every section of Baltimore City without distinction because of the date at which it became a part of the City, and all existing streets, avenues, roads, alleys and bridges within the City, heretofore dedicated and accepted or condemned or otherwise established as roads or streets by any then proper public authority, are in all respects validly constituted public streets and highways of the City.