Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-05

commissioners now IN ONCE snail continue
III office until their successors are elected and
qualified, and the commissioners to be elected
under the provisions of this act shall after
they have qualified hold their several offices
until their successors are elected and qualified.
SEC. A. And be it enacted, That the Com
missioners, the Clerk and the Bailitf elected
under the provisions of this act shall qualify
by taking the following oath, to be admin
istered by some Justice of the Peace: -,
do swear Tor atfrm) that ! will execute the
office of Commissioners of Westernport, or
Clerk or Bailitf as the case may be) to the
best of my ability without favor, Partially,
or prejudice. And at their annual meeting
to be held on the first Monday in February
in each year the commissioners shall select
some one of the said commissioners as Presi-
dent, who shall preside at all meetings of the
commissioners, and execute the ordinances
passed by said commissioners They may
meet as often as occasions may require upon
the business of the town, and not less than
once in every three months.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said
commissioners shall appoint every year at
least ten days before the election three judges
to hold elections. They shall keep the polls
open from nine o'clock in the morning until
five O'Clock in the afternoon, and shall con-
duct the said election i'll the same manner in
which the judges of election are now directed
to conduct elections for delegates to the Cen
eral Assembly, as far as may be consistent
judges shall make returns under their hands
and seals, to the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Allegany county, of the persons elected.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said
commissioners, or q majority of them, shall
define the duties of the clerk, and allow
him such compensation for his services as
they may think proper, and that all Ordln-
anCes passed by the said commissioners, or
majority Of them, shall by the clerk be enter
cd in a book to be kept for that purpose, and
shall be open at all times for the inspection of
any person interested, and copies of all or
dinances shall be put up in five Of the most
public places of said town.
Sec. I. And be it enacted, that the said
commissioners, or majority OF them, shall
have full power and authority annually in
the month of February at their first meeting
aforesaid, to appoint treasurer for said town;
and they shall also have power to appoint as
many policemen as they may deem neccs-
sary; and the said policemen and the bailiff
shall serve warrants and make arrests for
violations of the ordinances of said town;
and it shall be their duty to preserve the peace
and good order of said town; and for these
purposes the said bailitf and policemen are
hereby vested with the same powers and
authority as constables of said county now
have under the laws of this State, and said
policemen and other officers shall receive
such reasonable compensation as said COM
missioners shall deem proper; and the said
officers appointed under this section shall,
before entering upon the duties of their office,
make oath before the said commissioners
that they will faithfully and impartially
perform the duties required of them re-
Spectively according to the best of their skill
and Judgment without favor, affection or
prejudice.
SEC. s. And be it enacted That the COM
missioners shall have power to pass all or
dinances necessary for the good government
of the town; to prevent remove and abate all
ar n hst in, t1,n
streets, highways, lanes or alleys, drains or
water courses or i'll or upon any lot or lots
adjacent thereto, and to provide for imposing
line or fines upon any person or persons
causing or creating any such nuisance or OBJ
structionS; to remove or cause to be re.
moved, houses or other structures that
may be dangerous to persons passing
along and over any of the highways of the
town. to make reasonable regulations in re-
gard to buildings to be erected in said town,
and to grant building permits for the same
to make and establish grades upon the streets
and highways of said town; to cause the side
walks and cutters along thepublic streets and
highways of said town to be graded, paved
repaired or improved at the cost and expense
of the abutting property or the owner there
of; to cause the water courses, drains or
sewers OF the town to be paved, kept in repair
and cleansed; to establish markets. and to
regulate the hours and limits thereof, and
mode OF dealing in relation thereto to grant
licenses for marketable commodities to con-
troll and protect the public grounds and prop
erty of the town; to establish and regulate
station house or lookup for temporary con-
tinement Of volators of the laws and or
dlnances OF the town; to suppress vagrancy
to prohibit or restrain the keeping of bawdy
houses or houses Of i'll fame within the limits
OF the town; and to provide for the punish
ment OF all persons who shall keep, authorize
or suffer to be kept any such hawdy house or
house OF Ill fame rppIIlatp and ia Ia
Tor the issuing of license or permits for all
hawking, peddlng and vending of wares and
merchandise of every description upon the
streets or highways of the town and to issue
license or permits to all itinerant peddlers,
who may go from house to house to Vend or
sell any wares or merchandise; to regulate
and provide for the issuing of license to all
travelling persons who shall dispense med
icines OF medical advice. They shall also
have power to demand license from all
players or showmen exhibiting within the
town; and to provide for licensing theaters,
and to regulate or restrain theatrical or other
amusementS within said town; to rcgnlatc
and license or tax saloons and restaurants
hackney carriages, onnbuScS or other
vehicles used in said town for the carriage of
passengers; to regulate and license auction
GERS vino cry any sale or sales ON the public
streets, provided that no greater sum than
one hundred dollars lie charged for any one
license; and to regulate and control all Of
1enslVc trades, manufacturers and traffic in
offensive fertilizers or other commodities
within the town limits. They shall also have
power to provide for the cOditcaton of ali
ordinances which may have been or may
hereafter be passed; aud for the purpose of
carrying out the foregoing powers and for
the preservation of tl.e cleanliness health
peace and good ORDER Of the community, and
for the protection of the lives and property of
The citizens, and 10 suppress, ahatc or Gis2on-
unue, or 10 cause to be suppressed, abatcd
OF discontinued, all Uusanccs within the
corEu:"t; and sanitary limits Of said town,
they may pass all ordinances or bylaws
from time Ia tlilc necessary; and to ensure
tho Observance % said ordinances in addition
to lie action al debt or such other Ciyi! RENE
dies ~ may exist in such cases by law for the
recovery ii til" penalties thcrcuntO affixed
titeI ll:tN 'iitN thereto such reasonable fines
no; HA"ee ing fifty dollars i'll any case rs TO
tE"It may appear right, and in default ofthe
paNhithtui any fine imposed they NAV pro-
VICE To: tie imprisonment of the offender for
a period l'ot exceeding twenty days or until
the line ie p"id and instead of the aforesaid
penalties, il SHALL he lawful in case ofthc CON
Nicii0n al any crson for vagrancy to sentence
such l@F>un To hard work for . period not
exceeding ten days.
81. .. An. De il enacted, That the COM
lnl%S'o!.e.s shall haye power to Law an cuual
tax or the property within the limits Of said
town !" Such an amount each year. not ex-
Ce"'ilrg the sum of twenty-five cents ON each
hundred dollars worth Of property, as may
be deemed necessary for the government OF