The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-05-12
DUPLIC LOCAL LAW.
To Incorporate the Town of Mount
Airy.
CHAPTER al.

AN All III hEfEAL CdAflEh NINE
TY-ONE OF THE ACTS OF 1894,
ATE THE TOWN OF MOUNT AIRY,
IN CARROLL AND FREDERICK
COUNTESS AND THE SEVERAL
ACTS AND PARTS OF=ACTS AMEND
ATORY THEREOF, AND To RE-EN-
ACT THE SAID ACT OF 1894, WITH
AMENDMENTS.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland That Chapter ninety
one of the Acts of 1894, entitled an Act to
incorporate the town of Mount Airy, in Car
roll and Frederick Counties, and the several
Acts and parts of Acts amendatory thereof,
be and the same are hereby repealed, and the
said Act of 1894 is hereby re-enacted, with
amendments, so as to read as follows
Section A. The inhabitants of the town
of Mount Airy, in Carroll and Frederick coun-
ties, are a corporation by the name of the
"Mayor and Council of Mount Airy" and by
that name shall have perpetual succession.
may sue and be sued, may purchase and hold
real, personal and mixed property, and dispose
of the same for the benefit of the said town,
and may have and use common seal, which
may be altered at pleasure.
Section B. The limits of said town shall
be as follows: Beginning at the intersection
of the two roads at the entrance OF Wildwood
Park thence in a straight line to the south
eastern line of the land purchased by the Bal
tmore and Ohio Railroad Company from
Robert Sellman, following the said line to
Watersville Road, thence west to the West
minister Road, following said road north to
the northern line OF the land purchased by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company from
Albert Jones, thence in straight line to the
spring on the land of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, thence in straight line
to the north western corner of the land of b.
l.. jackson, following the said line to the Bal
iimore and Ohio Railroad bed, thence i'll n
straight line to the southwestern corner OF
the land purchased by E. E. Dayhoff from DR..
Bib. Todd, thence in "a straight line to the
Parrsville Road, following said road north to
| the place of beginning.
| Section &. The said corporation may re-
ceive i'll trust, and may control for the pur-
poses of said trust, all money and assets, which
have been or may be bestowed upon it by deed
will, or any other form of gift or conveyance
in trust for any general corporate purpose, OF
for the general purpose of education or fol-
charitable purposes of any description within
| the said town.
Section D.. All persons who have resided
within the corporate limits of said town fol
six months next preceding the election, and
who are qualified to vote for delegates for the
General Assembly, shall be qualified voters O
the corporation and entitled to vote at any
corporation election held under the provisions
| of this Act, or any ordinance made in pursu
ance thereof; and said voters shall elect by
ballot on the first Monday of May, Nineteen
Hundred. and thereafter biennally, at such &
place as shall be designated by the Mayor ant
Council, between Two o clock in the afternoon
and six O'Clock in the evening, one person
at least twenty years of age, who Is the
owner of real estate or leasehold propert,
within the corporate limits of said town, anS
who has resided in said town at least two
years next preceding said election. Mayor o
| said town, and FIVE persons, each of whom
shall be at least twenty-one years of age, ant
shall have resided in said town at leas
one year next preceding said election, and b'
the owner of real estate or leasehold property
within the corporate limits Of said town, mem
bers of the council.
Section Z. The Mayor shall give at leas
two weeks notice of the election by hand bill
posted in not less than five public places il
said town, and shall appoint three persons
who aressquali6ed at such election, judges o
election, aud the said judges shall appoint
clerk, who shall record the names OF the per
sons voting, as they vote; and each OF sait
judges, before holding any election, shall MAKE
oath or affirm before justice of the peace o
Carroll County, or Notary Public, that he vii
fairly and imparlaly discharge the duty o
judge of such election; and Immediately afte
the close of the election, said judges shall, il
the presence OF such persons as may, desire L
witness the same, count The ballots, and thu
persons having the highest number of vote
for the several offices of Mayor and member
OF the council, shall be declared duly elected
and said judges shall then and there make anc
sign certificate of the result of the said cleo
ton, showing the number of votes cast 70
each person voted for. and shall deliver saiC
certificate to clerk of said town, who shall
notify 10 the persons elected their election
and the persons so elected shall severally hole
their respective Offices from the third Monda,
of May next ensuing their election, for ant
during two years, and until their successor
shall be duly elected and qualified.
Section L. If notice of such election shall
not be given as herenbefore required, or i
the judges of election shall not be appointed
or shall refuse to act five or more voters o
said town may call an election for said offe,
by notices set up in the most public places il
said town, not less than one week previous t
such election therein naming the time AMI
place of holding such election, and naming
three judges thereof, who, or any two of whom
may hold such election.
|
be tie between any two persons voted for
for the said offices, or if any person electe,
as member of the council die, resign, remove
from the town, be disqualified, or refuse tt
act, a new election shall be held in two week.
after such fact shall have become known, afte
at least one week notice given by the Mayo
or one or more of the council, or five or more o
the voters, as directed in the preceding section
and such election shall be held by the tire,
judges or any two of them, appointed by thu
Mayor, or one or more of the council, or five o
more of the voters, as the case may be; and the
person elected, shall serve until new cleo
ton; and ifa vacancy shall occur in the offic,
of Mayor, from any cause the chairman o
the council shall act as Mayor, for the unex
PRED term.
Section III. All officers of the said town
except the Mayor, before they enter upon tn,
duties of their respective offices, shall qualif
by taking an oath before the Mayor of sal,
town, that they will act faithfully, without ia
vor, partialiiy or prejudice in ell things apper
tanning 10 their respective offices; the Mayo
shall qualify by taking this oath before II jus
tice of the peace of said Carroll county, o
Notary Public, and failure to qualify within
two weeks after his election shall be deeme,
a refusal on the part of the person so failing t
qualify to accept the Office 10 which he ha
been elected.
Section |. The counci shall be judges o
the qualifications of the Mayor and of thei
own members.
Section j. That the FIVE members of til
council, at their first meeting after their cleo
ton, shall elect one of their members chair
man of the council, who shall be mayor pro
tenn in the absence of the mayor; and tire
members of the council shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of business, am
the council shall pass rules and bylaws 70
their own rule and government while in SEES
sion.
, Section K. The Mayor and council shal
meet on the first Monday of each month, a
such place and hour as shall be fixed b
the Mayor or ordinance, and at such oihe
times as they shall adjourn to.
Section l.. Neglect or non-use shall nc
work a forfeiture of any of the provisions Q
this Act.
Section NJ. The Mayor, by and with tn
advice and consent of the council, at the frs
tba,.