Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-05-08

| 10 COnulCt elections Tor delegates to the Gen.
| cral Assembly, as far as may be consistent
with the provisions ofthis act, and 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. G. 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 ordin-
ances passed by the said commissioners, or a
majority of them, shall by the clerk be enter
| cd i'll n 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
| dlnanceS shall be put up in five of the most
| public places of SAID town.
SEC. :. And be it enacted, that the said
commissioners, or majority of them, shall
nave tull power and authority annually in
| the month Of February at their first meeting
aforesaid, to appoint a treasurer for said town.
and they shall also have power to appoint as
many policemen as they may deem neces-
Sary; and the said policemen and the bailiff
shall serve warrants and make arrests for
violations of the ordinances of said town;
and 1t shall be theirduty 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 conStablcs 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
mlsSionerS 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-
Spectivcy according to the hest of their skill
ana Judgment, without favor, affection or
prejudice.
SEC. 9. And he it enacted, That the COM
misSioners shall have power to pass all Or
dInanccs necessary for the good government
OF the town; to prevent, remove and abate all
nulsanceS 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
llne or tines upon any person or persons
causing or creating any such nuisance or OBJ
struchonS; 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
ana highways OF said town; to cause the side
walks and cutters along the public streets and
highways OF said town to be graded paved,
fclmIied or improved at the cost and expense
OF the abuttng property or the owner there
of; to cause the water courses, drains or
sewers ot the town to be paved, kept i'll repair
and clcansCd; to establish markets and to
mode o! dealing in relation thereto, to grant
licenses IOr marketable commodities to con-
troll and protect tEe public grounds and prop
crty of the town; to establish and regulate
station house or lookup for temporary con-
tlnemcnt of violat0rs of the laws and Or
dlnanccs of the town; to suppress vagrancy;
to plohlblt 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
to- -
house OF i'll fame; to regulate and to provide
Tor the issuing OF license or permits for all
hawking, peddhng 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
lclnes or 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
amuscmcnts 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 ofs
fclslve trades, manufacturers and traffic in
offensive fertilizers or other commodities
within the town limits. They shall also have
power to provide for the codification of all
ordinances which may have been or NAV
hereafter be passed; aud for the purpose Of
carrying out the foregoing powers, and for
the preservation of the cleanliness, health,
peace and good order of the community, and
for the protection of the hives and property of
the citizens, and to suppress, abate or discon-
tlnue, or TO cause to be suppressed abated
or discontinued, all nIiSanccs 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 thereunto affixed,
they may ailiX 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 line 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 lie lawful in case of the con.
viction of any person for vagrancy to sentence
such person TO hard work for a period not
exceeding ten days.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the conf
missioncrs Shall have power to lay an equal
tax on the property within the limits of said
town to such an amount each year, not ex-
cceding the sum of twenty-five cents on each
| hundred dollars worth of property, as may
he deemed necessary for the government of
said town, which taxes levied and assessed,
| shall be collected promptly by the bailiff of
said town, and by said bailiif paid over as
collected, or within ten days thereafter to
the treasurer of said town appointed by said
commissioners, and the said bailitf shall have
the same power to distran for said taxes as
| collector Of public county taxes has to dis
! train foI the same, and the said commission
erS shall fix the amount of bond, rate of COM
| pcnsatiOn, and prescribe the duties respective
ly of said bailitf and treasurer. All property
within the limits of Westernport, or that may
have a situs there by reason Of the residence
| OF the owner therein, except as hereinafter
| provided, shall be taxed for municipal pur-
| poses, and the assessment for town purposes
| shall be the same as that for State and county
| purposes
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That all or
| dinances heretofore passed by the commits
siOners and now in force, and not in con-
tliCt with the provisions of this act, are here
| by continued in force until the same are re-
| pealcd or modified.
| SEC, II. And be it enacted, That all fines
! and fOrfeitures imposed by the ordinances of
| the commissioners shall be imposed by the
! said President, or any justice Of the peace of
| Allegany county, upon warrant to be issued,
| directed to the said bailff' or any policeman,
and the person convicted in default of pay
ment may be committed to the jail of ALE
| gany county or any other place provided by
| the commissioners