Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-05-29


and from any lots adjoining thereto and
also houses or other buildings that may
become dangerous to the neighborhood on
any account and to prevent and abate all
and annoyances In said town, and
may impose such reasonable fines, forfeit
ures or imprisonment as to them may APP
pear necessary for the violation OF any
ordinance of the said town.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That they
may, from time to time, cause an assess
ment to be made of all the property, real
and personal, in the town, by three persons
by them, and may levy thereon
a tax not exceeding, in any one yoar,
worth OF assessable property.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That any
person may appeal from the valuation
made by the assessors to the Mayor and
Councilmen, and the said Mayor and
Councilman shall meet at the Council
Chamber on the frat Monday in June in
each year, and remain in session two days
or longer IL necessary; for the purpose of
hearing and determining such appeals, and
shall give notice OF such meeting in such
manner rs they shall prescribe, and upon
failure SO 10 meet, the said Mayor and
Councilmcn, unless prevented by sickness
or unavoidable accident, shall each forfeit
the sum of five dollars, and they may, at
each meeting, examine the party appeal
ing, OF any other person, ON oath touching
the particulars or value of tho property as.
sessed, and may reduce or increase the as
sessment rs may seem just.
SIC. IL. And be il enacted, That when
ever they sh'll levy a tax the Mayor and
Councilmen shall make out an alphabet
cal list of the persons chargeable there
with, and shall ailix the respective sums
to be collected from each person, and an
mex 10 the said list u warrant to the bailiff
10 collect the same
SIC. Is. And be Il enacted, That the
hailih shall, within ten days after the re.
ceipt of such warrant and list, render to
each person named therein an account of
his tax, and may, unless the same be paid
within thirty days after the delivery of
such acrount, collect the same by distress
and sale of the goods and chattels of the
delinquent.
SIC. 10. And be il enacted That the
bailiH shall account for the amount of such
assessment with the Mayor and Council
men within three months from the receipt
Of such warrant and list, and pay the sums
collected, under penalty of double the
amount thereof, to the treasurer of said
town.
SEC. 90 And he il enacted That the
tax on zeal property of non-residents, if
there he no personal property thereon,
shall be collected out of the rents of
such property by attachment against the
rights and credit of the owner, and shall
be lien on such real property, bearing
interest until paid.
SEC. 81 And be II enacted, That the
Mayor AMI Councilmen shall have power
to provide for laying out, opening and OK
tending any street or alley within the
town, which, in their opinion. the public
welfare or convenience may require; to
pr ovde for ascertainng whether any and
what amount of value damage will be
caused thereby, for which the owner or
possessor of any property through which
such street or alley may pass, ought to be
compensated, and for assessing and levy.
ing, either generally, on the whole assess
able property within the town, or special.
ly on the property of the persons benefit
ted, the whole or any part Of the damages
and expenses which will be incurred in
laying out or extending such street or al
ley for granting Appeals to thS Circuit
Court for Allegany county, from the de-
c:sion of any commissioner or other per-
sons appointed in virtue of any ordinance
to ascertain the damages occasioned by
the opening or extending Of such street or
alley, and for securing to the person injur-
ed, the right on application, within thirty
days from the return of the report of the
commissioners, to have decided by jury
trial, whether any and what damage he
has sustained to provide for collecting and
paying the compensation awarded to any
person, before any street or alley shall be
so opened or extended, and to enact all
ordinances from time to time, necessary
and proper to the exercise of the powers
granted in this section provided, that be.
fore the Mayor and Councilmcn proceed
to execute any of the powers vested in
them by this section, ut least Thirty DAYS
notice shall be given of any application
which may be mace, for the passage of
any such ordinance, by advertisement.
SEC. %. And be 1t enacted, That the
Mayor and Councilman may, when re-
qucsted in writing by the owners of ma
iority of the front feet OF the property on
any street or alley or parts thereof in said
town, cause the same to be graded, paved
or otherwise improved, and levy the ex-
penses thereof on the property binding on
said street or alley agreeably to the ex-
tent Of such lots thereon, and collect the
expense OF paving grading, Or otherwise
improving the same as directed in the next
succeeding section.
SEC. % And be it enacted, That
whenever thu Mayor and Councilmcn
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habttants of, or owners of property in
said town, Tor the purpose of grading,
paving orotherwise improving the streets,
lanes or alleys IN said town, or any of
them, or for any other purpose uthorized
by law, the sum levied shall be lien on
the lot or lots, OH which the same be lev
led, or which may be owned by the per-
son to whom they are chargeable until
paid, and if such sum shall remain unpaid
for sixty days after the same is due and,
there shall be no personal property with
i'll the town on which the bailiff NAV levy,
the same may he levied on so much of the
real estate OF the person owing such taxes
as shall, in tie opinion of the Mayor and
Councilmen shall lay off the part SO lev
led upon; md the ballff shall, after twen-
ty days notice, in one or more newspapers
printed in Allegany county, of the man
ner, time and place of said sale, sell the
parts so laid OFF at public sale and
after dcducting the expenses of said sale,
paying the sums levied, as aforesaid, shall
pay over the balance, if any, to the owner
of said property.
SEC. "a. And be it enacted, That the
said bailitt shall make return of said levy,
and all his proceedings therein, and about
said sale provided for in the preceding
section, therein setting forth the terms and