§ 3-1. Record of benefits, damages.

The Department of Transportation shall keep a record of the proceedings pertaining to the assessment of the amounts to be paid by or to any person for benefits derived, or damage sustained, for the opening, extending, widening, straightening, grading, or closing of any street or alley or part thereof in Baltimore City, which the Mayor and City Council shall hereafter by ordinance direct the Department of Transportation to open, extend, widen, straighten, grade, or close, in a book provided by the Department, and in such form as the City Solicitor may subscribe.