Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-29
March ,, Mrs. P. 0'R0URKE.
Public Local Law.
Chapter 81.


Article of the Code of Public Local Laws
title "Alcgany County" subtitle Frost
burg to follow Section l}.} of said Article
and to he known as Section l}:iA providing
for the subdivision of said Town int,
Wards, and also by rcpcalin" Sections l3l
l35, 1876, ll}, III. rs. 10. l53. $50 and 1Gl
of said Article and re- cnacting the SAINT
with amendments.
S'ECTION l. Bc il s"".t,d by N, Gcnc,u
y I%mmdy ot N",yi""d, That II new Sec
ton be added to Article of the Code of Pub
lie Local Laws, title "Allc.anv County" sub
title "Frostburg.' to follow Section l:si of
said Article and to be known as Section l:G}A
and that Sections l3i, 30, 1856 llj. IL. | Is
40, 153. 80 and l6l of said Article he and the
same are hereby repealed and rc-cnactcl with
amendments so as to read as follows:
SECTION l}}A. The Town of FroSthurg shall
be divided into two Wartls-thc First to con.
siSt of all those portions of election districts
Eleven and Twelve of \llcganv county living
within the corporate limits of said Town. and
the Second to consist of all that portion of
election district Twcuty-SiX of said county
lying within said corporate limits and the
Mayor and Councimen shall establish il suit
able voting place in each Of said Wards for
the purpose of holding elections therein as
hereinafter provided.
SECTION 1874 The male citizens of the age
of twcnty-One wears and upwards. who have
resided in the Town of FroStburg one wear
next preceding the election shall elect on the
first Tuesday of April in each year one
person, who shall bea qualified voter of said
Town, rs Mayor of FroStbur%; and said per
son so elected shall at the time of his election
and during his full term of office own real
estate in said town of the assessed value of at
least five hundred dollars.
SECTION 135. There shall be six Council
men, three of whom shall he elected on the
first Tuesday of April in each year by the
persons qualified to vote for MavOr, :lS pre-
Scribed by the preceding Section and each
Councilman so elected shall hold office for
two cars. Said Councilmen shall be citizens
of the United States, residents of the SAID
Town for one year next preceding their cleo
ton. and qualified to vote at such election in
the Ward in which they reside: they shall at
the time of their election and during their
full term of office each own real estate or
persona property i'll said town of the assessed
value of at least one hundred dollars pro-
vided, that nothing herein contained shall
affect the Councilmrn whose terms of Office
have not yet expired.
SEXTON 136. The Mayor and tOuncilmcn
of FrOsthurg for each municipal election
shall appoint three Judges of Election for
each of said Wards. who shall have power to
appoint Clerks and conduct the elections in
all respects aS elections have heretofore been
conducted in said town under the provisions
of Chapter - of the Acts OF 1870, opening the
polls at nine o'clock in the morning and
closing them at seven q clock in he evening
and the said judi yes and Clerks of Election
shall receive the same compensation rs the
Judges and clerks of election in Alcganv
county. to he paid by the Town; and the
Officers of Registration appointed under Sec
ton 1894 of this Article shall at their annul-
al sitting make such changes. alterations and
transfers as may he necessary for making
and maintaining correct lists of the qualitic
voters in each of said Wards.
SECTION | s. The Mayor and Councilmen
may allow their Clerk, Treasurer. Bailiff,
Policemen and other officers such reasonable
conversation for their services as they NAV
deem proper, and shall have the power to
dismiss any of them at pleasure. The Mayor
shall receive one hundred and fifty dollars
De,' 0J,n"m as his salary. and COuncilmcn
shall receive two dollars and fifty cents per
day each for every day they may be in sesS-
ion or actually engaged in attending to their
public duties.
SEXTON ~ Whenever they shall levy a
tax the Mayor and COunclmen shall make
out an alphabetical list of the persons charge
able Herewith. and shall fix the respective
sums to he collected from each person. and
annex to said list Il warrant to the Collector
to collect the same
SECTION us. The Collector, within ten days
after the receipt of such warrant and list,
shall render to each person named therein
an account of his tax and unless the same be
paid within three months after the date of
the levy may collect the same as provided by
Section $50 of this Article; and all assess
mcntS. rents and charges made by said Mayor
and Councilmen for the Use of water sup
piled by them are hereby made lien on the
real estate upon which said water is used
of equal rank with other corporate taxes. and
shall be collected aS such taxes are author
lied to be collected under said Section 80 of
said Article.
SECTION 40. The Collector shall account
for the amount of such assessments in the
manner provided for bv Chapter $50 of the
Acts of 1900, and on all taxes remaining I'M
paid for three months after the same shall
have been levied he shall charge and collect
interest from the date of the levy at the rate
of six per- cc"t"m per- """",", To he acCOuntc,
for with the tax; and IN all suits by the
Mayor and tOuncilmcn upon the bond of
said collector for any neglect of duty, or fOI
not collecting any tax placed in his hands,
according to law, or for breach of his duty in
not paving over money collected by him,
proof of the delivery of the levy list shall he
sufficient priw" tdcic evidence to entitlc the
Mayor and COuncilmcn to recover Judgment
in such suit, unless said Collector shall show
that he has discharged his duty in such case
according to law.
SECTION l53. The Mayor and Councilmer
shall have full power and authority to grade
curb and pave or repair, or cause to be graded
curbed and paved or repaired all sidewalks
cutters, bitches and sewers which in then
Judgment the public convenience may re-
quire, and from time to time if necessary, Ia
change or alter the grade of such sidewalks
CUTTERS, bitches and sewers, and To re-pavc or
repair the same whenever they may repuir,
it, and to collect the expense of grading curb,
ing and paving or otherwise improving tn,
same as neutrality-suspicious.; they shall alSo
have power tn grade AMI pave all the streets
lanes and alleys of said town and to pay the
expense thereof out of the general corporate
funds; or they may grade and pave any
street, or any portion thereof which in then
Judgment, the public convenience may re-
quirc to he graded and paved, and apportioll
the expense of such improvement among tn,
owners of the lots fronting, on said street 81
improved portion thereof, 81 that one-th'rt
of such expense shall be borne by the Owner
or owners of each ahuttiuy lot ON each side