The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-04-25
LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER As.

CHAPTER As.
AN ACT To AMEND AN ACT ENTI-
/ TIED GAN ACT TO INCORPORATE
/ THE TOWN OF MOUNT AIRY, IN
/ CARROLL AND FREDERICK C0UN-
/ TIES" PASSED AT THE JANUARY
SESSION, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
AND NINETY -FOUR, BEING CHAP
/ TER NINETY ONE OF THE ACTS OF
SAID SESSION.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the members of
the Council of Mount Airy shall bi-ennially
appoint a Register for said town and assign
his duties by ordinance and allow him such
compensation as they may prescribe, and all
ordinances passed by the said council and
signed by the Mayor, shall be entered by the
Register in book to be kept by him for that
purpose, which shall be open at all times for
public inspection, and copies of all ordi-
nances, signed by the Mayor and attested by
the Register, shall be put up in the most pub
lie places in said town in order that the same
may be generally made known. The said
Register shall receive and dsburse, upon the
order Of the Mayor, all moneys collected I'M
der any ordinance of the corporation. and
shall give bond to the Mayor and council of
Mount Airy, with such security as they shall
require, for the faithful performance of his
duties; he shall report annually to the coun-
ell. and as often as required by them, the
financial condition of the town, with an ac-
count of all money received and expended,
with the proper vouchers thereof he shall
be collector of all taxes levied by said corpor-
alton and shall collect such taxes by distress
or execution in the same manner as the
county taxes for Carroll County are now col
| lected, and for that purpose shall have all
the power and authority that tax collectors of
the county taxes of Carroll County now have.
and shall be subject to suit on his bond and
criminal prosecution as said tax collectors of
Carroll County now are.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the Mayor
shall appoint annually Bailiff or Policeman
for said town, which appointment shall be
subject to the approval of the council; before
such Bailiif or Policeman enters upon the dis
charge of his duties he shall file with the Reg
lister OF said corporation bond, with security
to be approved by the Mayor and council,
made to the said corporation for the faithful
discharge and performance of his duties as
prescribed by ordinance; and in the execution
of his duties 'ofhiso flee, within the corporate
limits of said town, he shall have all the pow
ers and authority of a constable; and he shall
pay over 10 the Register all moneys coming
into his hands for account of said corporation.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That Sections
~ "'AN 'Sh VI ChtAbtSA -NihNil -Out VI tue
Acts passed at the january Session, Eighteen
Hundred and Ninety-four of the General AS
sembly of Maryland, be and the same are
hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage
Approved, March 18th, 1896.
LLOYD L0WNDES,
Governor.
WILLIAM CABELL BRUCE,
President of the Senate.
SYDNEY Z. MUDD,
Speaker of the House of Delegates
Office of the Chief Clerk of the House of
Delegates:
l hereby certify that the aforegoing 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.
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