The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-06-01

and inhabitants Of the town of Union
Bridge, in Carroll county, are body cor.
porate by the name of "The Mayor and
Common Council Of the town of Union
Bridge" and by that name shall be able
and capable in law to sue and be sued,
plead aud be impleadod in any court of law
or of equity, and shall have perpetual sue.
cession, and may make all bylaws necessary
for the purposes herein mentioned.
Sec. 2. And be IL enacted, That the cor.
porate bounds and limits of the said town of
Union Bridge shall embrace all the lots and
lands and premises in said town, which are
now built upon and improved, and oil lands
laid out into lots, for the purpose Of being
built thereupon, together with all such
contiguous grounds as the owner or owners
thereof may desire to have embraced within
the same And the first elected Mayor and
common council shall cause a survey aud
descriptive plat thereof to be made as soon
as convenient after their election, and shall
enter said description and plat upon the
record Of their proceedings, and also cause
the same to be recorded in the office of the
Jerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll county,
and the said descriptive plat shall thereupon
constitute the boundaries and limits of the
said town prorided, however, that for all
sanitary and police purposes, the Mayor aud
Common Council shall have and may exer.
else full authority and control for one half
mile in every direction beyond the bounds
aud limits aforesaid.
Sec. 3. Aad be Il enacted, That all per.
sons who have resided in the said town Of
Union Bridge for six months, and who are
qualified to vote for Delegates to the Gen
eral Assembly, and all other persons who
may hold real estate in said town of the
value OF five hundred dollars or more, shall,
on the first Monday in April, eighteen
hundred aud seventy two, and on the same
day aud month in each and every year
thereafter, elect by ballot one person Tor
Mayor, and four persons four common
councilmcn, all ofwhom shall have resided in
the said town oneyear previous to the day Of
the election, and who shall each be the owner
in his own right Of real or personal estate
therein assessed at not less than fye hun,
dred dollars, and the said officers shall be
known as The Mayor AID Common Coln.
Gil OF the town OF Union Bridge.
Sec 4. And be ii enacted, That Reuben
Sayler, Jouus X. Nunemaker and Jesse
Andrews, be and they are hereby appointed
judges Of election, to hold the first election
under this Act, and who shall give At least
live days notice, by pOstias not less than
three written or printed notices in couspc
uouS pubic places in said town, Of the
time and place at which the said election
shall be held, and the said judges of elec.
ton, before opening the polls, shall take
an oath or affirmation before some Justice
OF the Peace Of the said county, to permit
every qualified voter as aforesaid 10 vote
and none other, and a majority of the said
three judges shall have power to do all
things named Under this section, in case
one OF them dies or refuses to act, and the
said JIdges shall keep the polls open at
least three consecutive hours, and shall
record the names OF the voters, and after
the closing Of the polls shall count the bal
lots and announce the result, and make and
sign certificate thereof, 10 be flied among
the records Of the said corporation ana
the Mayor and counCilmen then elected
shall, us soon thereafter as convenient,
quality aud serve until the first Monday in
April, eighteen hundred aud seventy three,
aud until their successors shall be elected
and qualified, and the Mayor and council
men so elected shall be qualified in aecor.
dance With article sixty eight OF the code of
Public General Laws aud failure to
qualify, within fifteen days after their elec.
uon. shall be deemed refusal on the part
OF the party so failing, to accept the Office
TO which he has been elected.
Sec. b. And be IL enacted, That if the
Mayor or any member OF the common
council shall die, resign, remove from
said town, or from any cause shall be dis
qualified during the year for which they
have been elected, the common council may
elect Mayor, lad Interim" from their
own number, for the balance of the term
or the Mayor aud remaining members OF
the common council may elect one or more
councllmen TO hll the vacancy for the re.
mainder of the term.
Sec. 9. And be Il endcted, Tha, all future
elections shall be held and conducted as
shall be from time to time directed by the
lawsaud ordinances Of the said corporation,
and not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act
Sec. T. And be it enacted, That the
Mayor and common council shall meet at
some convenient place in said town at least
once IN every three months, or oftener, if
they shall deem it necessary, and the Mayor
shall preside at all meetings of the common
council, and have the same power of voting
and taking part in all acts and deliberations
OF the common council as any member
thereof.
Sec. 8, And be it enacted, That the MAY.
or and common council, or majority OF
them, shall have power to make all such BY
laws, rules, regulations and ordances, the
same not being inconsistent with the laws
and constitution of this State, as from time
TO time they may deem wise, equitable and
expedient for the comfort, health, convent.
ence and propriety Of the said town aud its
Inhabitants, and Tor the removal and pre
venuon OF all nuisances, the preservation
OF health, and the suppression of vice aud
immortality in the said town.
Sec. o. And be it enacted, That the Mayor
and common council shall appoint and
qualify clerk, being one OF their own
number, or otherwise, who shall keep ac
curale minutes of their proceedings in a
well bound book, and all ordinances passed
ny The said Mayor aud council, and intend.
Gu 10 take effect and operate as Local Laws
~ ~ ana ior said town, shall be signed by the
"ayor ana attested by the clerk, and the
sAlu book should, at any time, be subject to
Inspection by any person Interested therein,
anu copies OF all ordinances, as aforesaid,
s,gued by the Mayor and attested by th Q
elerk, shall be posted up in not less than
two public places in the SAID town before
saia ordinances shall go into effect and be
in force.
sec 10, And be it enacted, That oil pro.
perry, real and personal, within the corpo
lLa'ehmiis OF said town, except such as may
pe occupied for churches and schools, shall
oe subject TO such taxes and charges as
may be deemed necessary by the Mayor and
Sdo,Hlnon doSlin council, to support, maintain and
aelIay the costs, charges and expenses
wnlch may at any tire be incurred in the
Improvement Of the said town, or for other
Ssorporale purposes not exceeding twenty.
nse cents IN every hundred dollars of the
assessed value OF all houses and lots front
.ng on streets or all les, and all vacant lots
ana farming lands not contiguous to streets
~ Aneys, shall be taxed at less rate, in
'ne discretion Of the Mayor and common