The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-04-28
PUBLIC LOCAL LAW
RELATING TO HARTFORD COUNTY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
ENACTED JANUARY SESSION, 1882.
CHAPTER as,

CHAPTER 9s.
AN ACT to repeal Section four, Chapter two
hundred and seventy-three. of the Acts of the
General Assem- bly,, passed at the January ses-
sion, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, enti-
tied IAN Act to incorporate Bel Air, in Hartford
county" and re-enact the same with amend
ments, and to add two additional sections there
to namely, number seventeen and eighteen.
SECTION l.-lte 1t enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland that Section four of Chapter
two hundred and seventy-three of the Acts of the
General Assembly, passed ut the January session,
eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled "A n
Act to incorporate Bel Air, in Hartford county,"
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enact-
SECTION And be 1t enacted. that all taxes
shall be fairly laid and shall not exceed fifty cents
in every one hundred dollars of taxable property
in any one year. and that the taxable basis of said
property shall be the same as for county and
state taxes; that the Commissioners shall have
think ut to collect the said taxes, and to pay the
said collector such salary or compensation as
they may think proper; provided that all the
property within the corporate limits of said town
shall hereafter be exempt from taxation for pub
lie district or county road purposes outside of the
said corporate limits.
SECTION 2-And be 1t enacted. that the follow
ing, sections are hereby added to- said Charter of
said town of Bel Air, to be numbered seventeen
and eighteen. to read as follows:
SECTION lT.-Be it enacted, that the Commits
sloners of the town of Bel Air, or a majority of
them, shall annually appoint an active and dis
Greet person to act as bailif within the corporate
limits of said town, who, before he proceeds to
ACT as Sucn. snail make Ohtn or a1nr1natlOD DeIOre
the Clerk Of the Circuit Court for Hartford coun-
ty. that he will faithfully and impartially per-
fO'm the duties required of him as balitf If said
town without favor. affection or partially. ac
cording to The best of his skill and judgment; and
the said bailitf shall have. within the corporate
limits of the town of Bel Air. all the power held
and exercised by the consabes of this State; and
the said baili shall give bond. to be approved by
the county commissioners, as other constables,
for the faithful performance of his duty as con-
stable; and the said baiff shall also execute a
bond, with good and sufficient securities, to be
approved by majority of the commissioners of
said town. in such penalty as they may require
for the faithful performance of his duties as
town ballitf, and for his accountability TO the
town commissioners for all taxes, assessments.
bailif or his deputies shall have power to arrest,
without warrant, any person or persons engaged
In violating any of the ordinances of the town or
disturbing the public peace and shall, without
unreasonable delay. take them before some JUS
tice OF peace for trial.
SEC. 49, Be it enacted, That the County Com
missiuners of Hartford county may, at their dis
erection. levy, an nualy, upon the assessahe pro-
perty of the county, and pay over to the treasur
er of said town, the sum Of one hundred dollars,
to aid in keeping the streets of said town. part
of the public roads of the county. in good repair.
SEC. Q. And be 1t enacted, That this act shall
take erect from , the date of its passage. APP
We hereby certify That the aforegoing is a cor
rect copy of an Act of the General Assembly of
Maryland, passed January Session. 1882.
J NJ. MILLER,
Secretary of the Senate,
JOSEPH b. SETH,
clap Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.