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

preside at the meetings of the said
Commissioners, and preserve order
and givessuch directions as may be
deemed necessary by the said Com
missioners to carry into effect the
provisions of this charter.
p SO. The Commissioners aforesaid,
or a majority of them may meet to-
gether from time to time as often as
occasion may require, upon the bus
mess of said town, and not less than
once in three months; and if during
/ the year for which they may be elec-
ted, any of the Commissioners should
die, resign, remove from said town,
or be otherwise disqualified, an cleo
ton to fill the vacancy, on ten days
notice thereof being given by the
Commissioners, shall be held at
which all persons qualified as speci-
fed in the second section of this
charter shall be entitled to vote.
OF. The said Commissioners, or
majority of them shall have power
to appoint a clerk and assign his du
ties, and allow him such compensl-
ton for his services as they may
think propeT; and all ordinances
passed by said Commissioners or a
majority of then, shall, by their
clerk, be entered in book to be kept
by him for that purpose, and shall be
open at all times for the inspection of
any person interested, and copies of
all ordinances shall be put up in the
most public places of said town, that
they may be generally made known,
%. All fines and forfeitures under
the ordinances of said corporation,
shall be recoverable as small debts
are recoverable out of court, before
any Justice of the Peace.
&C. The limits of said town shall
be defined and designated by the
Commissioners of said town at the
first meeting under Il is Act, and the
property within said limits shall be
subject TO such taxes and charges as
may be deemed necessary by said
Commissioners or a majority of them
to support and main ain the eXDen-
SEES which may at any time be in
Cured in the improvement of said
town.
81. The said Commissioners or Il
majority Of them, shall have full
power to make al such by laws, reg
uhtions and ordinances not incon-
sistent with the laws and constitution
of this State. as from time to time
they may deem wise, equitable and
eXpedient for the comfort, health,
convenience and prosperity of SAID
town and its inhabitants. for the pre-
VentiOn or removal of nuiSanceS,
preservation of health aud suppress
sion Of vice and immortality within
the limits Of the said town, and shall
have power to lay an equal tax on
the property within the said limits,
to such an amount as nay from time
to time be deemed necessary to ac,
complish the purposes aforesaid,
which tax shall be collected and paid
to the President and Commissioners
by the Collector by them appointed,
who shall have the same power to
distrain therefor as the collector of
public county assessments has to dis
train for the same, and the said Pres
ident and Commissioners shall fix
the term of office, amount of bond
and compensation of such collector
IS. The said Commissioners or a
majority Of them, shall have tuIl
power and authority annually to APP
point a bailiff whose duty it shall be
to preserve the peace and good order
of said town, and for this purpose he
is hereby vested with the same
power and authority as any constable
may now have under the laws of this
State.
90. Nothing herein contained shall
be so construed as to authorize tire
corporation hereby created to issue
any device, token, note, certificate or
evidence Of debt to he used as cur
rency and the legislature reserves the
right to amend or repeal this charter
when the same shall he deemed adj
VlSable.
100. The failure of the citizens of
said town to exercise the rights and
privileges granted by this charter
shall not operate as a repeal or for
fixture thereof, but if any election
shall'fail to be held in any year under
this charter, the same may be held
in any subsequent year at the time
and place herein specified.
TOWN OF OAKLAND.
101. The inhabitants Ofthe town of
Oakland, in Garrett county, are a
body corporate, by the name of the
Burgess and Commissioners, and by
that name may sue and be sued, and
have and use common seal.
102, The limits of the said town
shall begin at a stone marked S41.
said stone being the beginning of
! Military Lot No. Sal, and running
thence north sixty-seven degrees,
west one hundred perches; south
twenty-three degrees west two hun
dred perches, south siXty-seven de-
grees east ten perches, to the summit
of the Hooppole ridge; thence with
I the summit of said ridge south sixty
seven degrees east one hundred per-
ches, north twenty-three degrees,
east one hundred and seventeen per-
ches, thence to the place of begin
ming. The Commissioners of the
town may make such alterations in
the corporate limits as they may
deem proper, and cause the same to
be surveyed and the boundaries
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