The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-04-28
LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER 2a5.

AN ACT to Incorporate the Town of Hamp-
stead, Carroll County.
| SECTION l. BE it enacted by tie General
Assembly of Maryland, That the inhabitants
OF the town of Hampstead, Carroll county,
shall be and they are hereby made body
corporate, by the name and style of the
"Mayor and Council of Hampstead" and by
that name shall have perpetual succession.
MAY sue and be sued. May purchase, hold,
sell and dispose of real. personal and mixed
property, for the use and benefit of said town,
and may have and use Common Seal, which
may be broken or altered at pleasure.
SECTION 2. And be 1t enacted, That the
limits of said town shall be as follows Be-
ginning at the corner on the northwest side of
the Baltimore and Hanover Turnpike, where
the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railroad Cros-
ses said Turnpike at the north end of the
village of Hampstead, and running with said
Railroad southwark to point south of the
Houcksville Road, opposite the lane running
eastward from said Turnpike on the the line
of the properties of Charles Richards and
Howard Kemp, and thence eastward to the
centre of the Hanover Turnpike, along said
lane, three hundred feet from the centre of
said Turnpike; thence northward parallel
with the said Baltimore and Hanover Turn
pike to said Baltimore and Harrisburg Rail
| road; thence southwestward along said Rail
road to the place of beginning.
SECTION 8. and be it enacted, That they,
the Mayor and Council of Hampstead, shall
be seven in number, and shall be elected on
the first Monday in May, annually. On and
after the first Monday in May, Ammo Domini,
Eighteen hundred and eighty eight, all male
| inhabitants of said town, citizens of the
United States, above twenty one years of age,
who shall have bona-fide residence in said
town six months, next preceding the cleo
ton at which they shall offer to vote. And
| all male citizens of this State, over the age of
twenty one years, shall be entitled to vote for
said Mayor and Council of said town, and be
~lis;hls to the p9sitjnp Of Masst or lou GognsIl
said Mayor and Council shall, at least two
weeks before the time herein fixed for the
said Corporation Election of each and every
year after the first Monday of May, Eighteen
hundred and eighty eight, give notice of the
time and place Of the Election of Mayor and
Council for said town by printed notices, put up
in at least three ofthe most public places in said
! town, and at some meeting prior to the first
Monday in May in each year after the present
year, shall appoint three persons, citizens of
said town, to act as Judges of said election,
who, before acting as SUCH shall qualify in
same manner as Judges of Election for State
and County officers in this State are required
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shall open the Polls at two o o'clock, p. m, on
the first Monday in May in each year, after
the present, and close the same at six O clock,
D. M, and the person voted for at the said
election for Mayor, being citizen of the State
of Maryland, who shall receive the largest
number of votes shall be Mayor of said town,
and the six citizens receiving the highest
number of votes respectively shall be Council
men for said town for the ensuing year, and
until their successors are duly elected and
qualified.
SECTION 5. Ind be it enacted, If at any
election for Mayor or Council it shall appear
by the certificates of the Judges of said cleo
ton, or majority of them, that any two per-
sons. voted for as Mayor or Councilman have
received the same number of votes, if there be
one or more Councilmen elected, he or they
shall Immediately qualify as Councilmen and
shall proclaim a new election to fill the
vacancy or vacancies occasioned by the failure
to elect, and shall give at least FIVE days
notice of said election, which shall be held in
the same manner as the regular elections are
held.
SECTION g. Be it enacted, That in case of
death, refusal to act, resignation or disquali-
fication of any of the Council, the remaining
i Council shall direct an Election to be held to
| fill such vacancy, and the Council shall give
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hand bill put up in at least three of the most
public places in said town.
SECTION I. And be it enacted, That the
Mayor and Council so elected, may meet and
| adjourn from time to time as they may think
proper, and shall, at their first meeting,
| which shall be within one month after their
election, chose Secretary and Treasurer,
not necessarily from their own number, who
shall continue in Office during the term for
which said Mayor and Council are elected,
unless sooner removed by said Mayor and
Council, and require and take from the
Treasurer a bond in penalty to be fixed by
said Mayor and Council for the faithful dis
charge of his duty as said Treasurer, and said
Secretary and Treasurer shall receive such
compensation for their services as said Mayor
and Council shall determine, but said Mayor
and Councilmen shall not receive any com
pensation for their services.
Section 8. And be ii enacted, That the
aforesaid Mayor and Council shall elect a
Constable or Constables, an Assessor and
Collector of taxes, and such other officers as
may be necessary for the proper management
of the corporate business of said town. The
Mayor shall be President ex-officio of said
| Council, and the said Mayor and Council
shall do and perform everything required or
allowed by similar corporate bodies in the
! state OF mdryldHu, anu dlC uClCDy
vested with all the powers, and required to
perform all the duties authorized or required
to be done by or under this Act.
SECTION 9. And be ii enacted, That said
Mayor and Council, and all other officers of
said town, shall, before entering upon the
duties of their respective offices, severally
take the following oath II do solemnly
swear that will faithfully execute the Office
of - to the best of my knowledge and
ability, without favor, affection or Partially"
SECTION 10. And be ii enacted, That the
said Mayor and Council shall have the power
to pass ordinances to suppress all disorderly
meetings, to prohibit the use of profane or
indecent language, drunkenness, fighting and
disorderly conduct; to prevent the running at
large in said town of any horses, cattle, mules,
swine, geese, ducks, goats and dogs; to pre-
vent any immoderate driving through the
streets Of said town of any ANIMAL either in
harness, under the saddle or without harness
or saddle. so as to endanger the lives, limbs
or property of the citizens, or disturb the
quiet endowment of the streets and thorough
fares, and to prevent indecent exhibitions of
any kind in said town, and may impose fines,
penalties and forfeitures for the violations of
/ any of said ordinances; but no fine or penalty
shall exceed the sum of $50, and all fines and
penalties imposed by said ordinances shall be
collected by suit before Justice of the Peace,
in the name of the said corporation, as other
small debts are collected, and in case of de-
fault of payment of said fines and penalties,
and costs attending collection of same, the
offender may be imprisoned in the county Jail
for a term not exceeding sixty days, in the
same manner that commitments are made for
fines imposed by the Circuit Court of the
Judicial district in which said town is stu
ated, on conviction for misdemeanor, but the
said Mayor, or majority of said Council,
shall have power to remit or release said fines,
penalties, forfeitures and costs, or any part
thereof, at their disoretioni but any party
fined, or subject to fine or forfeiture, may /,
within five days after the same shall be i'm
posed and Judgment recovered, snpercede or
STAY the same for thirty days by giving ample
security to the Justice of the Peace; and said
party shall have right to appeal within five
DAYS thereafter to the Circuit Court for Carroll
county, upon giving ample security for the
payment of whatever fine and costs may be
adiudged against him in said Circuit Court
SECTION IL. Be it enacted, That the said
Mayor and Council shall have full power to
make all such regulations and ordinances not
inconsistent with the laws and constitution of
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