The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-04-28
DUBLIc LOCAL LAW.
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CHAPTER $40.
AN ACT 10 repeal section Two Bnrd,.,
Twenty-eight Of Article Seven Of tbs ~ ala
of Public Local Laws of the State oS NJ GOe
land, relating to the City of Westm;nnua.iy
in Carroll County, as amended by S so;s'
two Hundred and Twenty. eight. C SH.uoa
two Hundred and Ninety.two Of the Ape
eighteen hundred and ninety, and ~ ~
enact the same in an amended form IT,
SECTION l. Be 1T enacted bv the c.
Assembly Of Maryland, That section oO'S n
Hundred and Twenty eight of Article e. Two
of the Code of Public Local Laws Of tbo even
Of Maryland, relating to the City Of Ws sSsae
ster, in Carroll County, as amended bv saoa.
Two Hundred and Twenty-eight. Cbantsacs T T
Hundred and Ninety two of the Acta Of so
teen hundred and ninety, be and the s,n,F su,
hereby repealed and re-enacted so AS 10 r..S
as follows:
22S. The Mayor and Common Couuca -,
Westminster shall have the power Ia sr.S
and pave streets, alleys and lanes in ill., c"'
porate limits OF said CITY Of Westmiu,rrr .,l
10 regulate the width thereof; to I,y aal
stones across said streets, ALLEYS and Ia
whenever necessary; 10 provide of wb,l n.
terial the said streets, alleys and lanes M
walks and cutters in said city shall be n,y.j
and curbed, and how the same shall he 40
and kept in good repair: they NAV mass ali
ordinances necessary for grading, regplalins
paving and repairing the streets, alleys ,Ej
lanes and footways in the said streets, ala.
and lanes of the said city, and compel by 66s
or otherwise the owner or proprietor Of anv
lot to pave, grade or repair the footways ond
cutters fronting thereon, at the expense of
said proprietor or owner, agreeably ia ,bs
ordinances Of the said, The Mayor and Com.
mon Council of Westminster; and if any nro.
prietor or owner of lot shall neglect To orada
and pave or repair the footways and cutters
of said lot within thirty days after notice has
been given by the Mayor or Street Comnis.
sioner OF said city, either by publication in
some newspaper in the City of Westminster
not less than four consecutive times ia he
reckoned in case of IL publication in A news
paper from the second publication. or by
serving of the said notice on the said pronr;e
tor or owner requiring the same to be don.
the Mayor and Common Council NAV direct
the Street Commissioner 10 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. far
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 Ike
amount are recovered in this State by law:
provided, however, that notice by publication
in a newspaper shall only apply to nou-resi.
dents of said city who own property therein,
and that the additional ten per cent. for tue
expense of collecting, specified above shall
not be charged except in cases wherein the
said Mayor and Common Council are Obliged
to resort to 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 ia
the grading and paving of the same, To be
apporiioned among Them by the Mayor and
Common Council, payable whenever said
work shall be finished; such apporlOumenl
to be in proportion to the front teel OF sand
lots owned by them, respectively, aud The
sum so apportioned shall be a 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 rs other debts are
recoverable i'll 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. Ind be ii enacted, That all laws
inconsistent with or repugnant TO the proyis.
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 G., 1894.
FRANK BROWN,
Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES H. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE SENATE. !
hereby certify that the aforegoing is irut
copy of an Act Of the General Assembly OF
Maryland, passed at the January Session
1894.
j. ROGER McSHERRG,
APRIL st Secretary of the Senate.