The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-28
Public Local Laws.
CHAPTER $50.
AN ACT To incorporate the town pf Loeb
Lynn Heights, in Garrett COM Mary

Ine town OF. Loon Lynn ItelghtS. ii MGafretJ
County be and are hereby createda bdy cor
porate by the name of the Mayor an Louncil
of Loeb Lynn Heights with all th ypowers
and privileges of a body polite and c|Fporate
and by said name may have perpetual sue
cession; sue and be sued plead andxbe i'm
pleaded IN any Court OF law or eqlHy, and
may have and use common sealJ
SEC, .. And be it enacted, that Ne corpor-
ate limits OF said town shall be as follows: Be-
ginning at the south line of the laAds of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Conhany and
at the crossing known as the Jamfon cross
ing, aid at the west side of the C&unty road
known as the Wonderly road, arh running
thence along said County road ami Jameson
line, south "a degrees west lO1 feeS to a stake
thence south 81 degrees west 66 feelAfhence
south 80 degrees east 1872 feet, thenN south
~ degrees east 39l q feet, thence soutiA4l de-
grees east 126 feet, thence south 45l% degrees
east 1889 feet, thence south 10 degreesmst SO
feet to the corner of w. Z. JamesonS fence
thence south I2S degrees east 30 fed3Ao the
grand Boulevard as shown on the man of
Loeb Lynn Heights, which is duly IUorded,
thence along said Boulevard eaSterlyao the
west side OF Price ST., thence along sa8 Price
street, south 26% degrees east BOG feet 4hence
north 63H degrees west $50 feet to the bunty
road, thence with and including the Bunty
road by the meanders thereof in a ND berly
direction to the south line of the B9Aimore
and Ohio Railroad Company's landsthe
along said line of the said Baltimorand ONO
Railroad Company's lands in westerly di-
rection to the beginning.
SEC. 8. And be it further enactd, that all
persons over twenty-one years ii age. and
Th9 haze aye T reside % i linz
| election OF officers for thiSl 'rrsi@S. sfa ~
be entitled to vote at sue!.. ss3y, yg-eIelec-'
| tive officers OF said town shall bel Mayor six
| Councilmen. Clerk Treasurer and Chief
| Bailiff all of whose terms Of Office shall be
| three years as hereinafter provided. Noper-
| son shall be eligible TO the Office Of Council
man or Mayor unless he is q male citizen OF
said town and has the title to real estate
| within The corporate limits Thereof. IN case
| any person having been elected as Mayor or
| Councilman shall cease to be a resident or
| 1ree-holder in said corporation, he shall i'm
mediately cease 10 mold or exercise said Office
| and it is hereby declared vacant and shall be
filled as hereinafter provided. The Mayor
| and COuncilmen shall receive no pay for their
services except the Mayor who shall be entit
| led 10 the tees hereinafter allowed
| SEC, !. And be it further enacted, that
until the first Monday in May, 1896, and until
| theirsucccSSOrS are duly elected and qualified
\. II. Frey snail be and is hereby constituted
| Mayor, and G. NJ. Rathbun, George P. White,
| VIM. w. Sweet, Robt. j.. Burnley, Abram l..
Spiker and Benjamin F. Crane Shall be and
are hereby constituted Councilmen; and
| ChaS. y. Combs shall be and is hereby conSti-
| tuted Chief Bailitl; and Brison Welch shall be
J and is hereby constituted Clerk; and Charles
/ \. AShby shall be and is hereby constituted
| Treasurer. that at the first election on the
| first Monday of May, 1896, there shall be elect
| ed two COuucimen for the term of one year,
! two for the term of two years and two for the
| term ofthree years, and there shall be two
| Councilmen elected annually thereafter for
| the term Of three years.
! SEC. 3. And be il further enacted that the
| said Mayor and Council shall have the power
| to appoint judges and clerks of election, and
| such appOintees shall conduct an election by
! ballot on the first Monday of May in the year
| eighteen hundred and ninety-siX, and annu-
| ally thereafter on the first Monday of May, at
! such place as shall have been designated by
! them between one o'clock p. IN, and six
| o'clock .. IN. for the election of all officers
| whose terms expire on that date. They shall
| give at least ten days notice of the time and
| place Of holding such election by posting
! written on printed notices in at least SIX puo-
| tic and conspicuous places in said town. one
| of which places shall be the outer door Of the
| room in which the regular meetings Of the
! Council are he!G.
SEC. 8. Ana be it further enacted, that the
! Mayor shall provide at all meetings of the
| Council, and shall call such meetings as he
! shall non time to time deem necessary i but
| shall have no vote upon any pending qhes-
| tiOn except in case oftie, when he shall lave
| the deciding vote but in the event of the lab
| sence OF the Mayor for any reason, the mtm-
| bers otthe Council present shall elect o. N
| their own number to preside during IS -
| sence who shall, for the time being, beSbthed
| with all the powers and authority O said
| Mayor. The Council shall pass rules and
! regulations for their government while in
! session. All vacancies in the Office Of Mayor
| and CoUn cilmcn shalt be filled by a social
| election called by the remaining nUmRr OF
| said Council and held within thirty days
| after such vacancy shall occur, after giving
| similar notice to the one required for gen
| Cral election, vacancies in any other office
shall be filled until the next general or annual
election by appointment by said Council
SEC. !. And be it further enacted, thai the
| Council shall meet in some convenient llace
| in said town on or before the first MondY in
| June next succeeding their election, and as
| often thereafter as may he necessary il the
| discharge of the duties of their Office, not less
| however, than once in every month. A ma
jority of the Council shall constitute quo
! rum for the transaction Of business, but sless
number may adjourn to further time.
| SEC :. And be it further enacted, thathe
| Clerk shal ii keep Il minute of all proceedings
| of said Council in a well bound book which
! shall be open at all seaSOnable times to The
inspection ofany person interested therein
and he shall perform such other duties @the
| Council may assign him.
SEC O. And be it further enacted, that the
| Treasurer shall receive all monies belonging
! to said Corporation and safely keep the ame
and pay the same out only upon the order of
! the Mayor and Clerk; he shall also KEEP
| correct account of all receipts and disbuse-
ments which shall be at all seasonable times
open to the inspection OF said Council or any
member thereof.
| SEC TO- And be it further enacted, that
| the MaVor snail appoint such number Of
| under Bailitis and Tor such length of time as
| he may deem necessary; such appointment
shall be made in writing and filed with the
| Clerk. The Council shall allow the Chief
| Bailih, under BailtlS, Clerk and Treasurer
| such compensation as they may deem proper.
SEC. il. And be it further enacted, thatall
the elective officers OF said Corporation shall,
/ before they enter upon the discharge OF the
| duties of their respective Offices, take an cath
that they will diligently and faithfully per-
| form the duties OF their respective Offices
| without favor, partiality or prejudice, and
said oath shall be filed among The records Of
| the Corporation; that all said officers except
! the Mayor, may take such oath before the
| Mayor.
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