Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-05-30
CHAPTER 35S.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amend
ments Sections 14l and l57 of Article One
of the Code of Public Local Laws, title
"Allegany County," subtitle "Frostburg,"
as said Sections were amended and re-
enacted by Chapter 60i of the Acts of 1891,
and to add two new sections to Article One
of the Code of Public Local Laws, title
"Allegany County," subtitle "Frostburg,"
to follow Immediately after Section 163 of
the aforementioned Article and to be des-
ignated as Sections 1853 A, 1G3 b.
CECTION /, BE it enacted by tie General
- assembly Of .Naryland, That Sections l4l
and 157 of Article One of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Allegany
County," subtitle "Frostburg," as said Sec
tons were amended and re-enacted by Chapter
6O4 of the Acts of 1891, be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend
ments, and that two new Sections be and the
same are hereby added to Article One of the
Code of Public Local Laws, title "AlIegany
County," subtitle, "Frostburg," to follow
Immediately after Section l63 of the afore-
mentioned Article and to be designated as
Sections 1853 A and 1G3 b, said Sections as
amended and the said additional Sections to
read as follows:
III. During the month of May, in the year
1897, and every year thereafter the Mayor
and Councimen shall appoint and qualify
Clerk, who shall keep minutes of their pro
ceedings, which shall be subject to the in
spection of all persons interested therein. and
who shall perform all other duties pertaining
to the office; the Mayor and Conncllmen
shall appoint Treasurer, who shall give
bond, to be approved by the Mayor and
Councilnen in such penalty and with such
sureties as the Mayor and Councimen shall
prescribe, conditioned for the faithful per-
Torrance of the duties of his office, and who
shall pay moneys only on the order of the
Mayor and Counclmcn.
157. During the month of May, in the year
1897, aud every year thereafter the Mayor
and Councilman may appoint Supervisor
or Supervisors of the Streets lanes and alleys
of said town, and direct in what manner the
same shall be kept up and repaired, and may
allow such Supervisor such compensation for
his services as they may deem reasonable
1853 A. The Mayor and Councilmen shall
cause to be made and maintained a Regis
tration of the Legal Voters of said town, and
the registration shall be made under the
direction of the Mayor and Councilman dur
ing the month of March, in the year 1897,
and the registration so made under the
authority Of this law SHALL together with
such additional changes or alterations as
may be or become necessary, constitute such
registration. Said registration shall be made
and corrected in the manner provided in the
StIlcldl Law vi tut Dldlc ana
shall specify the residence of the voters on
each street. lane and alley, and such regis.
tration shall be essential to the right of voting
at any election under the Charter, but shall
not be conclusive evidence Of such right to
vote. Said Mayor and Councilman shall
annually, on or before the second Monday in
February of each year. elect two persons of
opposite politics to act as Officers of Registra-
ton, who shall sit as Officers of Registration
at the Council Chamber not less than three
days, commencing on the third Monday of
March, in each year, and nine hours each
day, and twenty days public notice of such
sitting shall be given by advertisement in the
newspaper of said town.
1853 B. Said Mayor and Councilmen shall
have the power to make contracts exempt
ing from town taxation the real and personal
property or capital stock of any manu-
featuring company desiring to locate in said
town, and as an lnducement to locate there
in; provided, that such contract eXemptng
the same shall be limited as to time and
shall not exceed ten years.
SEC. 9 and be ii enocted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date Of its passage.
Approved April 1, 1896.
LLOYD LOWNDES,
Governor.
WILLIAM CABELL BRUCE,
President of the Senate
SYDNEY E. MUDD,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
OFFICE OF THE
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES
I hereby certify, That the atoregoing is a
true copy of an Act of the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed at the January Session,
1896 NJ. NJ HIGGINS.
Chief Clerk Of the House of Delegates.
May 16-3t