The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-12-25
PUBLIC LOCAL laws:
PuBLrsnED ny AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER 1859.
AN ACT

AN ACT
To alter and amend certain Sections, ard
add additional Seclit ms, to Article twelve
of the Code of Public Local Laws, re.
sa lating TO Havre de Grace, in Hartford
county.
Section 1. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly Of MARYLAND, That Sections AZ,
43. IA, As, 46, AZ, 48, 40, so, 81, 81, Sc,
81, SO, SO, 60, 81, go, and SO, Of Article
twelve ofthe Code Of Public Local Laws,
relating to Hartford County and the Town
Of Havre de Grace, be, and they are here
by repealed and re-enacied, and certain
additional Sub. sections added to the said
article, under the Subtitle Havre de Grace,
so as 10 read as follows
e42. The citizens Of Ilavre de Grace in
Hartford county, are body corporate by
the name cf"T'he commissioners OF Havre
de Grace" and by that name may sue and
be sued may have and use common seal,
and may purchase and hold any property,
real, personal, or mixed, and dispose of the
same for the benefit of said Town.
49, The limits of The town Of EIavre de
Grace shall be as follows: Beginning for
the same at the north end of Lyce ming
street as designated on the map thereof by
Septimus Norris, in the year eighteen hun
dred and thirty-eight, and running thence
in straight line with said street norther-
ly ihree-fourths of a mile, thence easterly
parallel with Huron street to the east side
ofthe embankment Of the Tidewater Canal /,
thence by and with said embankment and
improvements of said embankment TO the
outlet and lock of said canal, thence by
and with the Susquehanna River and Ches-
apeake Bay to the east end of Pocomoco
street, thence by and with Pocomoco street
until it intersects Columbia street, thence
in straight line TO the intersection of AL
lance and Lycoming streets, and thence
by and with Lycoming street TO the
place of beginning.
Al. All free white male citizens Of
Havre de Grace, above the age of twenty
ono years, who shall have bona fide resided
in said town for six months, and twelve
months in the State, next precedingthe e.
lection, shall, on the first Monday in jan
uary in each year, at such place as shall be
designated by the Corporation, elect five
judicious and discreet persons, who aveh
resided in said town for at least twelve
months next preceding the election Conn
missioners of the town,
Sec. as. AL elections shall be held and
conducted as shall from time to time be
directed by the bylaws Of the Corpora
ton, not inconsistent with the provisions
of this charter. -
Sec. 46. Ifany Of the Commissioners du-
ring the year for which they were elected,
shall die, resign, remove from said town,
or be otherwise disqualified, an election to
fiji the vacancy shall be held, and all per-
sons qualified to vote at the regular may
vote at the special election.
Sec. AZ. If the inhabitants of said town
at any time neglect to make an election,
the power Of electing Commissioners shall
not therefore, cease, but shall continue as
the President and Commissioners for the
time h ing shall remain in office until such
election te held. "A.
Sec. as. Every Commissioner, before
he acts, shall take an oath before some
Justice of the Peace OF Hartford county,
that he will diligently and faithfully, as
cording to the best of his judgment, per-
form the duties OF Commissioner of the
said town without favor, partislity or pre-.
JUDGE, and q certificate of such qualifica-
ton shall be made and returned by such
Justice 10 the Commissioners, to be filed
and recorded among their proceedings.
Sec. 40. The Commissioners shall have
power to meet from time to time, as they
shall deem proper, and shall, at their first
meeting after an election, choose from their
own body, President, who shall preside
at all meetings Of the Commissioners, vote
on all questions before them, and remain
in office until superseded by the appoint.
ment Of a new President after new elecr
ton OF Commissioners.
Sec. so. The Commissioners, or MAJOR
ity of them, shall have power to appoint a
clerk and prescribe his duties, and allow
him such compensation as they may think
proper. ,es-,e- .au~-,,.,g..--
Sec. 81. All ordinances passed by the
Commissioners shall be entered by he
clerk in book to be kept by him for that
purpose, which shall be open at all times
to the inspection Of any person interested.
Sec. So. They shall lay out and contin-
ne to the Susquelianna River and the ba.
sin ofthe TidewRtef Canal, the streets des-
igna!cd on the plat Of said town as Jeffer-
son, Madison, Monroe, Van Buren, and
Erie streets.
Sec. So. They shall determine what was
high water mark before the construction
Of the basin OF the Tidewaier canal.
Sec. 81. They shall have power and au-
thoriiy 10 determine upon and regulate all
matters relating to the erecting or building
of wharves in the said town, TO regulate
the moving Of RATS, arks and boats, and
10 prevent all nuisances and obstruciions
from being placed in the waters ofihe Sus-
quehanna river in front of said town.
Y Sec. So. Any person aggrieved by the
decision OF the Commissioners in fixing the
line or point of high water mark may, at
any time within one year, appeal to the
Circuit Court for Hartford county, and the
said Court shall hear testimony and review
the decision. l ess-s Z. b.s
Ssc.5 The said Commissioners shall
have power to levy and collect taxes in said