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

| and all persons subject to the payment Oh
such taxes shall have the same rights, privi-
| leges and remedies now enjoyed and possessed
| by persons subject TO the payment of county
taxes in Carroll county.
| Section 20. And be in enacted, That the
| burgess of said town by virtue of his Office,
| for municipal purposes and preserving the
peace, shall have all the powers of the Justice
| of the Peace; he shall see that the laws and
ordinances of the corporation are duly exc
cuted; he may require an officer of the cor
poraiion intrusted with the receipt and ex-
penditure of money of the corporation 10 SUBJ
nit to him statement of such officers ac-
count as often as said burgess or commits
sioners may deem necessary; he shall report
annually in writing TO the commissioners the
| general condition of the town, with the moneys
received and expended, which report shall be
posted up in not less than two of the most
| public places Of the town; he shall sign all
| laws and ordinances passed by the commits
| sioners, with his reason, in case OF refusal to
| sign, and if said law or ordinance so unsigned
| by him be again put upon it passage and re-
ceve the votes of four 6fths of the commits
| sioners, it shall become law without the ap-
proval of the burgess.
Section 81. And be it enacted, That all
other officers or assistants to officers necessary
to execute the powers of said Corporation
shall be provided ard appointed as by ordi.
nance of the burgess and commissioners shalt
be directed.
Section %. And be it enacted, That all
moneys arising from taxes, fines, forfeitures
and penalties imposed by this act or any ordi.
nance of the burgess and commissioners shall
| be appropriated only to the uses of said cor
poration as may by order or ordinance be
directed.
Section %. And be it enacted, That all
MONEYS arising from taxes, fines, fsrfeirures
and penalties imposed by this act or ordinance
of the burgess and commissioners, shall be
recovered before the burgess or any Justice
| of the Peace residing within the corporate
| limits of said town. upon warrant issued
against the offender, directed to the baIllf Of
said corporation, or any constable oil SAID
county. in the corporate name of said town,
and shall be collected by Judgment and exc
cution in the same manner and with the same
costs and fees as provided for in cases of small
debts, and with such penalties to the officers
| for non performance of duty as in such cases
prescribed by the laws of this State, and said
| fines, penalties and forfeitures shall be paid
by the officer collecting the same TO the clerk
and treasurer of said town; providing, that,
| if the offence be breach of the peace or DIS
turbing the good order of the town, or IN
violation of any of the ordinances intended to
secure the safety of the lives or property OF
any of the inhabitants of said town, or lcen-
sing travelling Snowman or exhibitors, the per,
| son or persons so convicted may be committed
to the Jail of Carroll county, or to some place
of confinement provided within the corporate
limits of said town, by said burgess or said
Justice of the Peace, until the fine and costs
are paid or for ten days. which ever shall
| first occur; and the burgess or Justice OF the
| Peace who committed such offender may,
when il seems 10 him proper, order such OF
fender to be discharged before the expiration
of ten days, and the sheriff of said county
shall be entitled to be paid by said corpora
| ton the same fees as he receives tor Keeping
prisoners under the laws of this State, and no
fine imposed upon any offender shall be less
than one dollar nor more than ten dollars.
Section "a That the burgess and commits
sioners NAV make and enforce all bylaws.
regulations and ordinances, not contrary to
law, as they may deem wise, equitable and
expedient, for the comfort, health and con
venience and prosperity Of the town and its
inhabitants, for the prevention and removal
Of nuisances, preservation of health and sup
preston of vice and immortality within its
| limits and for such purposes are empowered
and directed to enter upon any private
grounds or premises as often as they may
deem necessary, to examine into the con
| dltl0n thereon, ana II not iounu III Satisfactorily
condition, to adopt such means as may be
necessary to remedy the same.
Section 25 And be it enacted, That the
Burgess and Commissioners of said town shall
have power to purchase and hold real, per.
sonal and mixed property for the use and
benefit of said corporation, and to convey and
| dispose of the same or any part thereof.
Section 26. And be it enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date of its pas
sage.
Approved, April 7th, 1900.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
| Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President of the Senate.
LLOYD WILKINSON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Chief Clerk House of Delegates
hereby certify, That the aforegoing is a
true copy of an Act of the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed at the January Session,
1900. b. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
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