The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-05-19
LOCAL LAW.
Relating to Union Bridge.
CHAPTER 2o6.

AN ACI 10 REPEAL SECIlONS
1877 TO 1877, INCLUSIVE, OF
ARTICLE OF THE CODE OF
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS OF
MARYLAND, TITLE GEAR
ROLL COUNTY," SUBTITLE
"UNION BRIDGE" AND SEW
ERAL ACTS AND PARTS OF
ACTS MENDATO RY
THEREOF, AND TO RE-
ENACT SAID ARTICLE q,
SECTIONS 10Y TO 1877, INCLU-
SIVE, TITLE &c A RRO LII
COUNTY," AND SUBTITLE
"UNION BRIDGE" WITH
AMENDMENTS AND INSERT
ADDITIONAL SECTIONS RE-
LATINO TO THE CHARTER
OF UNION BRIDGE.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland that
Sections 167 to 1877, inclusive, of
Article Z of the Code of Public Lo-
cal Laws Of Maryland, title Carroll
County, Subtitle Union Bridge, and
the several Acts and parts of Acts
amendatory thereof be and the same
are hereby repealed and the said
Sections 167 to 1877, inclusive, of
Article Z of the Code of Public Lo-
cal Laws of Maryland, title Carroll
County, Subtitle Union Bridge,
are hereby re-enacted with amend
ments and additional Sections in
serted so as to read as follows.
Charter for Union Bridge. Incor-
poration of Union Bridge.
Section 167. The inhabitants of
Union Bridge, in Carroll County,
are created Corporation, by the
name of .'The Mayor and Common
Council of Union Bridge" and by
that name shall have perpetual sue
cession; may sue and be sued; may
have and use IA Common seal, and
possess such other incidents and pow
ers as attach to a municipal corpor-
alton, and may purchase and hold,
real, personal, and mixed property
for the benefit of said Corporation !;
provided, however, that the Mayor
and Common Council shall not pur-
chase or acquire any real estate, I'M
less the said Mayor and Council
shall first provide by ordinance
for said purchase, and the mode
and manner of payment therefor.
And all ordinances for the purchase
of real estate shall provide for sub
hitting the question of said pur-
chase to the qualified voters of the
town at some regular election for
the election of Councilmen of said
town; and before any such ordl-
nance shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of the town, at least
four weeks public notice shall be
given, by publication in the town
papers, or if there is none then IN
one of the County seat papers, OF an
intention to submit said ordinance
to the qualified voters of the town
and said notice shall set forth the
ordinance in full, and the mode and
manner of payment provided; and
no ordinance for the purchase Of
real estate shall be of any force OIL
validity, unless it shall receive q
majority of all the votes cast at such
election.
Boundaries of the Town.
Section 16S. The taxable limit:
of the town of Union Bridge are de
clared to be as follows: Beginning
at stone in the public County
road, known as County Road No
80. being South rs degrees east, 81
perches, distant from the bridge il
in said road across Little Pip
Greek, and at the end of the second
line in the description of the Al
acres and % square perches Of
ground conveyed by David Switzel
and his wife to Joseph Moore b.
deed dated April 18th A. D., 1888
and recorded among the land records
of Carroll County in Liber W. W.
No. 8, folio 1923, etc., and running
thence with the lines of said deet
making the required allowance fo'
the difference of magnetic declina
ton. the third, fourth, fifth, sixth
and seventh courses or lines in sale
deed. and into the middle of tn
public County road running north
ward from said town of Unior
Bridge towards Uniontown, then IL
the middle of said road North
twenty degrees East, AZ perches t.
the northwest corner of the prem
ises, now belonging to Jonas r
Nonemaker, and being at the end o
the first line given in the deed from
Jacob Switzer and wife to Joshui
Switzer, dated March 2Sth, A. D.
1910, and recorded among the lan'
records of Carroll County in Libe
w. w., No. 5, folio AT, then by tn
course of the second line, given il
said last named deed, being now di
| yiding line between the premises o
the said Jonas r. Nonemaker, and th
late Isaac W. Shriver, SO far as tn
said premises run, but extending b
the same course, being a dividin
line between the premises of tn
Western Maryland Railroad Com
pany and Granville S. Haines, an
being ten 1O) perches farthe
on (eastward) beyond the easter
boundary of the said Isaac v
Shriver's meadow premises; and be
| ing on and along the northern sid
or edge of the bank of the dam o
water course of the said Railroa
Company; then by a straight lin
now bearing south 12l degree
West, to the middle of the frs
aforesaid County Road No. 80, in
tersecting the dividing line in til
said road between the lands an
premises Of the heirs of Joel Fal
quhar and Sophia Lightner; sal
last named line is intended to IL
clude the machine. shops, engir
house, ETC., of the said Railroa
Company, and the dwelling hous
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