§ (14). Jones' Falls.

To make such improvements in connection with Jones' Falls as in its judgment are desirable, and for this purpose to change the course, lines, depth and boundaries of said stream, in whole or part; to compel any person owning property binding on Jones' Falls, within the limits of the City, to wall up such property, so far as the same may bind on the Falls, with a good and sufficient wall to such height as in its judgment the public good may require, so as to secure the same and the adjacent property from the danger of being inundated with water; to compel any person to rebuild or repair any wall owned by him binding on the Falls within the limits of the City, and upon neglect or refusal so to do the City may cause the same to be done, in which event the City is authorized and empowered to recover the cost thereof by suit at law, which costs shall be a lien on the property so walled or repaired.