The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-05-19

signed by the Mayor and counter
Common Council.
Water Tax.
Section 1856. The Mayor and Common
Council are authorized to levy on the Is
sessable property of said town an addi-
iional tax, not exceeding fifteen cents on
the ore hundred dollars for paying such
charges and rents to the Union Bridge
Water Company for the use of water as
the said Mayor and Common Council
may deem IL right to contract for, or may
have contracted for.
Taxes Made a Lien. How Col
lected and when to Bear Interest.
Section 1856. All taxes levied by said
Mayor and Common Council for the gen
crai purposes OF said town, or for the
payment of Interest or for the sinking
fund provided for the redemption OF the
bonds and iunded Indebtedness of the
t0Hn, now issued or hereafter TO be is
sued in pursuance of any Act of the
General assembly of Maryland, and all
water rents charged against said town,
rs Der COuLIdCt, SNAIL NC q itCn upOn thO
properly of The party or parties against
whom said Tax may be charged, whether
such person be resident or nonresident
of fife town, whether adult or infant,
non-compos, femme covert, or otherwise,
and if such tax cannot be made out of
the personal property of such person
then the same may be collected out OF
the rents of his, her or their real estate
ind. affoahuranf the
treasurer may sell real estate for pay
ment of taxes due thereon by complying
with the same requirmeuts as county
collectors are required to comply with
by the code OF the general laws of the
State of Maryland, in order 10 sell real
estate for the payment OF Stale and
County taxes. On all taxes remaining
unpaid for sixty days after The same
shall have been levied the treasurer shall
charge aud collect interest from the date
OF The levy at the rate of six per cenlum
per annum 10 be accounted for with the
lax.
Section 1877. The Mayor and Common
Council are authorized TO provide by or
dinance for the manner in which bonds,
hereafter 10 be issued, shall be sold and
IN what manner the records Of same shall
be kept.
Section 1877 A. The Mayor and Com
mon Council shall also be empowered to
borrow sum Of money mol exceeding
five hundred dollars, whenever the treas
ury shall be so far depleted that The
treasurer is unable 10 meet current Obli-
cations, such sum of money. however,
must not be borrowed for a longer period
than six months, and the obligation must
be cancelled Immediately alter sufi-
Gent amount of taxes nave been COL
lrcIed to do SO. Sucn payment, however,
must in no wise interfere with the saiis-
faction of interest payments ou any
bonds that may have or hereafter be Is
sued by The town.
Codification of Ordinances.
Section 1888. Said Mayor and Com
mos Council may provide by ordinance
for The coditcalion of all ordinances
which have been r may hereafter be
,ssed by IL, and for The printing Of such
coditication thereof, and The printed copy
thereof issued by authority and under
The sanction of said body shall be legal
evidence of the pass.gs of SAID ordinance
and the contents t'.ereof, in any Court
of law or equity in this State.
Laying Out, Opening and Elk
tending Streets.
Section 1884, The Mayor aud Common
Council shall have power TO provide Tor
the laying out, opening, extending,
widening, Strengthening or relocating of
any street or alley or parts thereof with
in the city which in their opinion the
public welfare or convenience may re-
quire; to provide for ascertalning
whether any amt WHAT am- uLt in value
of damage will he caused thereby, for
which the owner OF possessor OF any
properly through which said street Or
alley-way may pass, ought To be Com
pensaied, by the appointment of com
missioners to assess the same ; to pro-
vide for assessing and levying either
generally on the whole assessable prop
erty within the city, or specially on the
property of persons benefited, the whole
or any part of the damages and expenses
which will be incurred in laying out,
opening, extending, widening, Straight
ening or relocating such street or alley
or parts thereof and grading the same
10 provide for collecting anu paying the
compensation awarded to any person
before any such street or alley or part
thereof shall be laid out, opened. ex-
tended, widened, Strengthened or relo-
Gated, and TO enact all ordinances from
time 10 time necessary or proper to The
exercise of the powers granted in this
section, provided that before they shall
proceed 10 execute any of the powers
vested in them by this Section, at least
80 days notice shall be given of any ap-
plicalion which may be made for ths
passage of any such ordinance by posters
put up in at least five of the most public
places and provided further, that upon
the return of any assessment OF damages
or benefits or both, made under any
ordinance passed under this section, the
clerk of said town shall cause copy
thereof to be published once week for
four successive weeks in one newspaper
printed in said town; and provided
further, that whenever said Mayor and
Common Council open, lay Out, extend,
widen, straighten or relocate any street
or alley or any part or parts thereof,
they shall establish the grade thereof,
and if in their judgment proper so TO do,
they shall grade the same.
for Street Assessments
Section 100. Any person who shall
ittl d9BiiCNCo ny suC uCCtoiOu vi Inc
appointed To lay out such
streets, as TO the amount of damages al
lowed him, or benefits assessed against
him, may appeal therefrom at any time
within thirty days after said commission
ers shall have made their return, to the
Circuit Court for Carroll County, which
said appeal shall be taken by filing writ
ten nuIice thereof with the clerk of the
Common Council, who shall thereupou,
without unnecessary delay, transmit to
said Circuit Court u recori of the pro-
ceedines OF said Mayor and Common
Council and OF said Street Commission
ers in said matter. and said appeal shall
be docke' ed upon the trial docket of the
next Succeeding term of said Circuit
Court; the party taking said appeal TO be
docketed as plaintiff, and said Mayor
aud Common Council rs defendant, and
said party appellant shall thereupon be
entitled TO jury trial, to assess the
amount of damages payable to or amount
of benefits chargeable against him, as
the case may he, and the amount assessed
as such damages or benefits by said jury,
shall stand in the place and stead OF the
assessment thereof by said commission
ers, and upon said appeal 1t shall be
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