Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1896-04-17
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.
CHAPTER 21O.

Town OF Takoma Park, in Prince
Georges and Montgomery counties. as
said charter was enacted by Chapter
4S0 of the Acts of the General Assem-.
bly, of Maryland at its session of 1890
and amended by Chapter 55s of the
Acts of Assembly of 1894.
Section |. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, that chapter
$50 of the Acts of Assembly of 1890, en-
titled Gan Act to incorporate the Town
of TakOma Park, Montgomery and
Prince Georges countless and chapter
$50 of the Acts of Assembly of 1894
amending said chapter 4S0 of the acts of
1890 be and the same are hereby repeal
ed and re- enacted with amendments so
as to read as follows
2. The inhabitants of that district of
country situate partly in Montgomery
county aud partly in Prince Georges
county IN the State of Maryland, en-
braced within the limits prescribed in
the next succeeding section shall be,
and continue to be, a body polite and
corporate by the name and style OF the
"Town of Takoma Park" and by that
name shall have perpetual succession,
sue and be sued and have and use q
common seal.
3. That the limits of said town shall
be as follows Beginning at the inter-
section of the third line of the District
of Columbia, with the east line of the
Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. and running with
the east line of said road to u stone the
west side of Chicago avenue opposite
the dividing line between two lots six
and seven (6 and y in Block seventy (70)
of the Takoma Park Loan and Trust
Company subdivision of Takoma Park;
thence with the west side OF the afore-
said avenue TO stone on the west side
of said avenue; then from said stone
with the center line of said avenue to a
point opposite the north line Of Phila-
delphia avenue; thence from this point,
to and along the. north line of said
Philadelphia avenue to the lines between
lots two and three e and 81 and one and
four Il and ~ in Block seventy-two (72)
of Takoma Park Loan and Trust Com
pany's subdivision of Takoma Park;
thence with said lines TO Baltimore ave-
nue. thence obliquely across said avenue
to a stone, the north boundary OF lot SIX
49, in Block eighty 1907 of the aforesaid
Loan and Trust Company IS subdivision:
said stone being on the third line Of II
tract of land called The Girls Portion;
thence with said line reversed, TO the
with q riqht angle across the land of
said Brashear Is to the south line OF Bra
shears land; thence with said line to the
west line of Ii. p II. Holt; then with
the line of ii. p. X. Holt and Brashears
to the land purchased by b. F. Gilbert
from the Blair heirs; then with the out
lines of said land to- a point on the
Sandy Spring road, now known as Car
rollavenue, said point being thesouthwest
corner of the land now in possession OF
Jane and Benjamin Davis; then from
said point, along the west side of said
Carroll avenue to the Bladensburg road,
at John Browns then with the east side
OF said road to the land of Jackson; then
southerly with Jackson's land to the
land of Riggs; then with the east line OF
Riggs's thirty 1907 acre wood lot, and
the west lines OF said Riggs land known
as the Wroe farm, to the land now in
possession of one Gleason; then with
said land to boundary stone, known
as the end of thrty-first (3l) line OF
"Chillum Castle Manor;'' then with
said line reversed, and as now laid
down, to the land of Samuel j. Cooke
rifle; then still with said line and Cock
erille's north line, to the aforesaid third
(8) line of the District of Columbia,
then with said line reversed TO the place
Of beginning.
A. The residents of said town being
qualified voters under The laws OF this
state, and who have resided in said town
for three months previous to any cleo
ton, shall, on the first Monday in May
next, and every two years thereafter on
the same day elect one person, at least
thirty years of age, Mayor of said
town, and six persons not less than %
years of age, WHO together with the
Mayor, shall constitute the Council, and
all of whom shall have resided in the
town at least one year previous to their
election and be legal voters therein.
(b) They shall receive no pay for their
services, except the Mayor, who shall
receive the fees hereinafter allowed, and
they shall serve for two years from the
first Monday in June ensuing.
(c) All residents of that portion of
said town included within its limits by
this act, and not heretofore Included,
shall, for all purposes of this charter,
be considered to have resided in said
town for the length of time they have
resided in said annexed territory.
8. Elections shall be conducted by
three Judges appointed by the Mayor
and Council, and shall be held at some
convenient place to be designated by
the Council; and the Judges shall APP
point u clerk Of elections. The polls
shall be opened at @ A. NJ. and closed at
6 T.. M. when the ballots snail be care
fully counted and, on the result appear
ing, certificates of election shall be
granted by the Judges to the Mayor and
Council so elected, and report of the
same shall be filed with the Mayor and
Council.
6. Council shall meet at some conve-
nient place in said town on or before the
first Monday in June next succeeding
their election, and as often thereafter as
may be necessary to discharge the
duties of their office; not less, however,
than once in every three months.
2. The Mayor shall preside at all
meetings, and shall call such meetings
from time to time as he may deem nee
essary, but in the event Of the absence
of the Mayor at any meeting the mem
bers of the Council present shall elect
one of their own number to preside
during his absence, who shall for the
time being, be clothed with all the pow
ers and authority of said Mayor. A
majority of the Council shall constl-
tute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and the Council shall pass
rules and bylaws for their own gov
eminent while in session.
8. Neglect OF non user shall not work
a forfeiture of this charter.
0. The Council shall annually appoint
q clerk. who shall keep minutes of its
proceedings in a well bound book which
shall be open to the inspection of all
persons interested therein; also, Treas
urer, who shall receive and collect the
taxes and other moneys due the town,
and shall keep and disburse the same in
the manner prescribed by the Council;
also, Bailiff, and such deputy bailiffs,
and other officers, as may be deemed
necessary TO carry out the provisions of
this charter; and at their discretion, may
appoint the same person to perform the
duties of more than one Office.
10. The Council may allow any of the
officers of the town such compensation
for their services as may be deemed rea-
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