The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-04-21
LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER $40.


AN ACT 10 repeal section Two Hundred and
Twenty-eight of Article Seven of the Code
of Public Local Laws Of the State of Mary
land, relating to the City of Westminster,
in Carroll County, as amended by Section
two Hundred and Twenty eight, Chapter
two Hundred and Ninety-two of the Acts OF
eighteen hundred and ninety, and to re-
enact the same in an amended form.
SECTION l. Be IL enacted By the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That section Two
Hundred and Twenty eight Of Article Seven
of the Code of Public Local Laws of the State
of Maryland, relating to the City of Westmln-
ster, in Carroll County, as amended by section
Two Hundred and Twenty eight, Chapter Two
Hundred and Ninety.two of the Acts of eigh-
teen hundred and ninety, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:
22s The Mayor and Common Council OF
Westminster shall have the power to grade
and pave streets, alleys and lanes in the cor
porate limits of said City of Westminster, and
to regulate the width thereof; to lay flag
stones across said streets, alleys and lanes,
whenever necessary; to provide of what ma
terial the said streets, alleys and lanes, side.
walks and cutters in said city shall be paved
and curbed, and how the same shall be done
and kept in good repair; they may pass all
ordinances necessary for grading, regulating,
paving and repairing the streets, alleys and
lanes and footways in the said streets, alleys
and lanes of the said city, and compel by hne
or otherwise the owner or proprietor OF any
lot to pave, grade or repair the footways and
cutters fronting thereon, at the expense oil
said proprietor or owner, agreeably TO the
ordinances of the said, The Mayor and Com
mon Council of Westminster; and II any pro-
prietor or owner of a lot shall neglect to grade
and pave or repair the footways and cutters
of said lot within thirty days after notice has
been given by the Mayor or Street Commls-
sioner of said city, either by publication IN
some newspaper in the City of Westminster,
not less than four consecutive times, to be
reckoned in case Of a publication in news
paper from the second publication, or by
serving of the said notice on the said proprie'
tor or owner requiring the same to be done,
the Mayor and Common Council may direct
the Street Commissioner to cause the same
to be done at the expense of the owner or
proprietor of said lot, which expense, together
with an addition thereto of ten per cent. for
the expense of collecting, shall be lien on
said property until paid and shall be collected
by the Tax Collector of said city in the same
manner that the county taxes of Carroll
county are now collected, or by the Mayor
and Common Council as other debts OF like
amount are recovered in this State by law;
provided, however, that notice by publication
in newspaper shall only apply to non-resi-
dents of said city who own property therein,
and that the additional ten per cent. for the
expense of collecting, specified above, shall
not be charged except in cases wherein the
said Mayor and Common Council are obliged
to resort 10 legal proceedings to make SAID
collections, they may also require the owner
of the lots of ground fronting on either side
of the streets graded and paved, as aforesaid,
to pay two. thirds of the expense incurred IN
the grading and paving of the same, to be
apportioned among them by the Mayor and
Common Council, payable whenever said
work shall be finished; such apportionment
to be in proportion to the front feet of said
lots owned by them, respectively, and the
sum so apportioned shall be q lien upon the
respective lots until paid and whenever pay.
ment thereof shall be refused, the Mayor and
Common Council may recover the same by
law. in the same manner as other debts are
recoverable in this State; the remaining one
third of said expense shall be paid by the
Mayor and Common Council of Westminster
out of the taxes levied upon the citizens gen
orally.
SEC. 2. And be 1t enacted, That all laws
| inconsistent with or repugnant to the provis-
ions of this Act be and they are hereby re-
pealed to the extent of such inconsistency,
and this Act shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved, April 6, 1894.
FRANK BROWN,
Governor,
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE SENATE. I
hereby certify that the aforegoing is a true
copy of an Act of the General Assembly oil
Maryland, passed at the January Session,
1894.
J. ROGER McSHERRY,
APRIL st Secretary of the Senate.