The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-06

time to time be directed by the laws
of the corporation, the same not be-
ing inconsistent with the provisions
of this act or of this State.
80. Said Commissioners elected
according to the provisions of this
act, shall, on the first meeting after
said election, choose some one of said
Commissioners as president of the
Board, whose duty it shall be to.pre
side at the meetings of said Commits
siOners and preserve order and give
such directions as may be deemed
necessary by the said Commissioners
to carry into effect the full provisions
Of this act.
81. The Commissioners aforesaid,
or a majority of them, may meet to-
gether from time to time as occasion
may require, upon the business Of
said town and not less than once in
three months, and if during the year
for which they may be elected, any
of the said Commissioners should die,
resign, remove from said town, or be
otherwise disqualified, an election to
fill the vacancy, on ten days notice
thereof being given by the Commits
siOners, shall he held at which all
persons qualified as specified in the
second section Of this charter shall be
entitled to vote.
So The said Commissioners or a
majority Of them shall have power
to appoint clerk and assign his du-
ties, and allow him compensation
for such services as they may think
proper, and all ordinances passed by
said Commissioners or majority of
them, shall by their clerk be entered
into a book to Re kept by him for
that purpose and shall be open at all
times for the inspection of any per-
son interested, and copies of all ordi-
dances shall be put up in the most
public places of said town that the
same may be generally known.
SO. All fines and forfeitures under
the ordinances of the said corpora
ton shall be recoverable as small
debts are recoverable out of court be.
fore any justice of the peace.
"a. The limits of said town shall
extend to the distance of one-half
mile each way from the public well
in said town, and the property with
in said limits shall be subject to such
faxes and charges as may be deemed
necessary by said Commissioners, or
majority of them, to support or
maintain the expenses that may oc-
cur from time to time in the inn
prOvement of said town.
So. The said Commissioners or a
majority of them, shall have full
power 20 make all such bylaws and
regulations and ordinances not incon-
sistent with the laws and constitu-
ton of this State, as from time to
time they may deem wise, necessary
and eXpedient for the comfort,
health, convenience and property of
said town and its inhabitants, for the
prevention and removal Of nuisances,
preservation Of health and suppress
sion of vice and immortality within
the limits Of said town, and shall
have power to lay an equal tax upon
the property within the said limits
to such an amount as may be deem
ed necessary to accomplish the pur-
poses aforesaid, which tax shall be
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and Commissioners by the Collector
by them appointed, who shall have
the same power to di7train therefor
as the collector of public county as
sessmCntS has to distrain for same,
and the said President and Commits
sioners shall fix the term of office,
amount of bond and compensation of
such collector.
sc. The said Commissioners or a
majority of them shall have full
power and authority to annually APP
point baiIitf, whose duty il shall be
to preserve the peace and good order
Of said town, and for this purpose he
is hereby invested with the same
power and authority as any constable
may now have under the law of this
State.
81. Nothing herein contained shall
be so construed as to authorize the
corporation hereby created to issue
any device, certificate or evidence of
debt to be issued as currency, and
the legislature reserves the right to
amend or repeal this charter when
the same shall be deemed advisable.
TOWN OF GAINESVILLE.
SO. The citizens in the town of
Grantsyillc, in Garrett county, are
hereby constituted and made a body
corporate, by the name Of the Com
missioners of GrantsviIle, with all
the privileges of body corporate,
and to have a common seal and per-
petual succession.
80. The male citizens of Grants
vile, afo esaid, ofthe ages of twenty
one years and upwards, being citizens
of the United States, who have resi-
ded in said town for and during the
space of six months next preceding
the first Monday in June, eighteen
hundred and seve ty eight, may, on
that day, at the usual place of hold
ing elections in said town. and on
the first Monday in June in each and
every year thereafter, at such house
as shall hereafter be designated by
the municipality, be authorized to
elect five Commissioners for said
town, who shall have resided within
the limits of the same six months
ncxt preceding the election.
80. A Justice Of the Peace for the
time being residing in the said town,
shall appoint by writing under his
hand and seal, three judges to hold