The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-05-25
Public Local LIARS.
PUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
ENACTED JANUARY SESSION, 1872
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

CHAPTER 322.
AN ACT to prevent the enclosing and obstruct
ing the Streets, Lanes and Alleys in thu
Town of Franklin, in Baltimore county, ano
to prevent nuisances, &c.
SECTION l. lie it enacted by the General As.
| sembly of Maryland, That from and after the
passage of this Act it shall not be lawful fol
any person or persons to enclose any of the
Streets, Lanes or Alleys, or any part of the
Streets, Lanes or Alleys as laid down in Pop
pleton's Plat of the Town of Franklin, in Bal
timore county, under the penalty of twenty
dollars for each and every offence, and five
dollars for each and every day that such Street,
Lane or Alley, or any part of such Street, Lane
or Alley shall remain, in whole or in part, en-
closed.
SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That if any of
the Streets, Lanes or Alleys of the said Town
of Franklin, as laid down in aforesaid Plat
thereof, shall have been enclosed in whole or
in part, and such Street, Lane, or Alley which
may have been enclosed, in whole or in part,
shall not be re-opened within sixty days after
the passage of this Act, the person or persons
who may have enclosed any such Street, Lane
or Alley, in whole or in part, shall forfeit and
pay the sum of two dollars for each and every
day the same shall continue to be enclosed
after a written notice of the passage of this Act
shall have been given to the offending party,
by any person or persons owning property in
the said Town of Franklin.
SECTION 3. And be it enacted, That it shall
not be lawful for any person or persons to en-
close any Of the public grounds as laid down
in the aforesaid Plat of the Town of Franklin,
under the penalty of twenty dollars for each
and every offence, and FIVE dollars for each
and every day that any of said public grounds
shall remain, in whole or in part, eaclosed
SECTION 4. And be it enacted, That if any
of said public Grounds shall have been enclos-
ed, in whole or in part, except fer public
park, and he enclosing material SHALL not be
removed therefrom within sixty days after the
passage of this Act, the person parsons, who
may have enclosed the same or the person or
persons holding or occupying the ground
grounds shall forfeit and pay the sum of two
dollars for each and every day the same shall
continue, in whole or III part.
SECTION g. And be it enacted, That it shall
not be lawful for any person to cut any of the
live growing trees off of said public grounds
nor deaden them, under the penalty of five
dollars for each and every offense.
SECTION 6. And be it enacted, That no often
sive or putrid vegetable animal matter or
substance shall be permitted to be cast or
thrown upon any of the Lots, Streets, Lanes
Alleys or enclosures in the said town ofFrank
lin to endanger the health and lives Of or al
noy any of its inhabitants, under the penalty
of two dollars for each and every ofiense, and
the further penalty Of two dollars for each and
every day the same shall be continued, after
notice by any owner of property or inhabitant
of the town being given in writing to the Of
Tending party to remove the same.
SECTION Z. And be it enacted, That it shall
not be lawful for any person or persons to OBJ
struct in any way or manner whatsoever, any
of the Streets, Lanes or Alleys of the said town
of Franklin, as laid down in the said plat of
the town, so as to prevent free passage, along,
over and through the same, under penalty Of
three dollars for each and every offense, and
the additional sum Of one dollar for every hour
any such obstruction shall be permitted to re-
main, after notice to remove the same, by any
one whose passage may, so as aforesaid, be OBJ
structed.
SECTION s. And be it enacted, That all the
fines and penalties under the provisions of this
Act shall be recoverable in the name of the
State of Maryland, in an action of debt before
a single Justice of the Peace, and paid over to
the School Commissioners, for the benefit of the
Public Schools in the First Election District of
Baltimore county.
SECTION g. And be it enacted, That all Acts
inconsistent with this Act, be, and the same
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 10. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect frem the date of its passage.
Approved April lst, 1872.
VIM. PINKNEY WHYTE,
Governor.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is
true copy of an act which passed the General
Assembly of Maryland, at the January Session,
1872.
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
Secretary Senate.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk of House of Delegates.
DANIEL ]. McCAULEY,
BENZ. F. JORDAN,
EDWARD RIDER,
Co Commissioners for Baltic County
May 11.-3t.