Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-05-01

open from nine O'Clock in the morning until
| five O'Clock in the afternoon, and shall con
| duct the said election in the same manner il
| which the Judges of election are LOW directed
to conduct elections for delegates to the Gen
eral Assembly, as far as may be consistent
| with the provisions of this act, aid the SAID
| 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 lie it enacted, That the said
| commissioners, or a majority of them, shall
| define the duties of the clerk, and allow
| him such compensation for his services IL
| they may think proper, and that all ordii =
ances passed by the said commissioners, or
ma iority of them, shall by the clerk be enter
etI in 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 a 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 a>
many policemen as they may deem neces-
| sary and the said policemen and the bailiff
| shall serve warrants and make arrests fol
| violations of the ordinances of said town;
and it shall be theirduty to preserve the peace
and good order of said town; and for these
purposes the said bailitf and policemen are
| leGeDN NeSlcl With tllc same powers ana
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 OF
prejudice.
SEC. g. And he ii enacted, That the COM
lnissioners shall have power to pass all or
dinances necessary for the good government
OF the town; to prevent, remove and abate all
nuisances or distractions in or upon the
streets, highways, lanes or alleys drains or
water courses, or in or upon any lot or lots
adjacent thereto, and to provide for imposing
Il ine or fines upon any person or persons
causing or cleatng any such nuisance or OBJ
structlOnS; to remove or cause to be re
moved houses or other structures that
may be dangerous to persons passing
along and over any oftle 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 the public streets and
highways of said town to be graded, paved,
repaired or improved at the cost and expense
OF the abuttng property or the owner there
OF; to cause the water courses, drains or
sewers of the town to be raved kept in repair
and cleanscd; to establish markets. and to
regulate the hours and limits thereof, and
mode OF dealing in relation thereto to grant
licenses for marketable commodities, 10 con-
troi ana protect the public grounds and prop
crty OF the Town; 10 establish and regulate
station house or lookup for temporary con-
hnement OF vlolators of the laws and or
dlnanccs OF the town; to suppress ragrancy;
to pronblt or restrain the keeping of bawdy
houses or houses of i'll fame within the limits
OF the Town; ana to provide for the punish
ment OF all persons who shall keep authorize
or suffer to be kept any such bawdy house or
house OF ill fame; to regulate and to provide
tor the issuing OF license or permits for al!
hawking, pcddling 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 pcdderS
who may so 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 or medical advice They shall also
| have power to demand license from all
players or ShOwmcn exhibiting within the
town; and to provide for licensing theaters
and to regulate or restrain theatrical or other
! amusements within said town. to regulate
! and license or tax saloons and restaurants
hackney carriages, Omnibuses or other
vehicles used in said town for the carriage of
passengers; to regulate and license auction
GERS who cry any sale or sales on the public
streets, provided that no greater sum than
one hundred dollars be charged for any one
license; and to regulate and control all Of
tenslve trades manufacturers and traffic in
offensive fertilizers or other commodities
within the town limits. They shall also have
power to provide for the COditication of all
ordinances which may have been or NAV
] hpraaf nr a l,oSSnl am tprt 1,n f,f
carrying out the foregoing powers, and for
| the preservation of the cleanliness fealth
peace and good order of the community, and
for the protection of the lives and property of
the citizens, and to suppress abate or discon-
| tinue, or 10 cause to be suppressed, abated
or discontinued, all nuisanccs within the
| corporate and sanitary limits of said town,
! they may pass all ordinances or bylaws
from time to time necessary; and to ensure
| the observance of said ordinances in addition
TO the action of debt or such other civil rene
! dies as may exist in such cases by law for the
recovery of the penalties thrreunto affixed,
| they NAV atiiX thereto such reasonable fines
not exceeding fifty dollars in any case, as to
them may appear right and in default of the
| payment of any fine imposed they may pro-
! vide for the imprisonment of the offender for
period not exceeding twenty days, or until
| the fine be paid; and instead of the aforesaid
! penalties, it shall e lawful in case ofthe con.
| vlctlon OF any person for vagrancy to sentence
! such person to hard work for period net
! exceeding ten DAYS.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the COM
missiOners shall have power to lay an eoual
tax on the property within the limits of said
! town to such an amount each wear, not eX-
| ceeding the sum of twenty-five cents on each
hundred dollars worth of property, as NAV
! be deemed necessary for the government Of
said town, which taxes so levie and assessed
shall be collected promptly by the hailitr of
said town, and by said '5'iitf paid over as
/ collected, or within tcl days thereafter, to
the treasurer of said toNn appointed by said
commissioners, and the said bailiff' shall have
the same power to distrain for said taxes as
collector of public county taxes has to dis
tram iol the same, and the said commission
crS snail Fix the amount of bond rate of COM
| pensation and prescribe the duties respective
/ iy OF said bailtf and treasurer All property
within the limits Of WeSternport, or that may
have sitIs there by reason of the residence
OF the owner therein, except as hereinafter
/ provided, shall tie taxed for mllnicipal nur-
poses, an the SseSSmcnt for town purposes
shall be the same as that for State and county
purposes.
SEC. 10. AID be it enacted, That all or
d!nanceS heretofore passed by the commits
sloners and now in force, and not in con-
tiict with the provisions of this act, are here
by continued in force until the same are re-
pealei or modified.
SEC. II. And be it enacted, That all fines
and torteitures imposed by the ordinances of
the commissioners shall be imposed by the
! sad President or any Justice of the ncaro of