The Council of said corporation shall be entitled to all the benefits of West Virginia Code 54-1-1 to 54-2-20 for the condemnation of land for streets, alleys and public buildings in said corporation, and the Commissioners appointed under said chapter shall in cases of opening streets or alleys or in widening the same, not only assess what is a just compensation as provided in said chapter, but they shall also assess the damages and benefits to all lot owners or property holders having lots or land adjacent to and abutting on said street or alley, whose lot or land may be benefited or injured by the opening of such street or alley or by the widening of any such street or alley, and shall make report as provided in said chapter, but lot owners and property holders shall be named in the application and served with notice as required by said chapter, and the duties of such Commissioners and their oaths shall cover the duties herein imposed. All assessments for benefits under this Act shall be a lien on the property against which the same are assessed, and may be enforced in a court of equity. But either party to such assessment of damages or benefits shall have the right to call for a jury as provided in said chapter.
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF CHARLES TOWN