The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-24
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.
CHAPTER 5g2.


AN ACT to repeal sections three. twelve.
twenty-one Twenty-Five twenty three
tWenty-fOur, twenty-five and twenty
eight of Chapter $50 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland of 1896,
titled AN Act to incorporate the town of
LOch Lynn Heights in Garrett County,
Maryland" and re-enact same with
amendments;to repeal section four of said
Act and to add additional section there
to to follow section twelve and to be
known as Section PA, and to add addi-
tiOnal sections to be known as Section
PA and Section 27B and to follow Sec
ton y.
SECTION |. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, that sections three.
twelve, twenty-one. twenty two, twenty
three, twenty-four twenty-five and TWEEN
the General Assembly of Maryland
of 1886, titled An Act to incorporate the
town of Loeb Lynn Heights in Garrett
County, Maryland be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend
ments, and to add additional sections to
follow Section l. and to be known as Section
ia, and to add additional section to be
known as Section PA and Section 27B and to
follow Section y; and the said sections here
by repealed and amended and the said sec
tions hereby added to read as follows:
SECTION 3. That all male persons of the
age of twenty years and upwards and
who have resided within the corporate limits
for six months next preceding any election
of officers for this corporation and who are
TO NOIe Tor members OF the General
Assembly shall be entitled to vote at such
election. The elective officers of said town
shall be mayor, clerk. treasurer. tax col
lector, chief bailiff, all of whose term of
otfice shall be one year, and six cOuncimen,
whose term of office shall be three years
and two of which shall be elected annually,
No person shall be eligible to the Office of
mayor and councilman unless he is a male
citizen of said town and has title to real es-
tate within the corporate limits thereof. In
case any person having been elected mayor
or councilman shall cease to be a resident or
tree-holder i'll said corporation he shall i'm
mediately cease to hold or exercise said of
flee and it is hereby declared vacant and
shall be filled as hereinafter provided. The
mayor and cOuncilmen shall receive no nav
fol their services, except the mayor who shall
be entitled to the fees hereinafter allowed
SECTION L. That the clerk, tax collector,
chief bailitf and treasurer shall each give
suretieS as the council may require condi-
toned for the faithful discharge of the du-
ties of their respective offices.
SECTION ia. That when any of the cleo
tive officers shall wilfully neglect or fail to
perform the duties of the office to which
they have been elected, they may be tried
by the council for malfeaSance in Office and
may be removed from said office by the
council and they are hereby empowered to
appoint successor for the unexpired term.
SECTION q. That whenever the council
shall levy tax they shall cause to be m ade
out an alphabetical list of the persons
charged thereon and shall cause to be af-
fixed the respective sums to be collected
from such persons and issue q warrant to
the tax collector to collect the same.
SECTION p. That the tax collector, within
ten days after the receipt Of such list and
warrant, render to each person named
therein an account or tax bill showing the
amount due from him, if he be resident of
the town, and if he be nonresident in con-
sequence cannot be conveniently served
with said account or tax bill he shall mail
copy thereof to the last known postoffice
address of said nonresident and all taxes
levied by said council for the general pur-
poses of the town shall be a lien on the prop
erty from the date OF the levy of the party or
parties against whom said tax may be
charg ed and if any taxes shall not be paid
on or before the first day OF January after
the rendition of the said accounts the said
tax collector shall proceed to collect said
tax out of the personal property of such
person or corporation and if the said tax
cannot be made out of the personal property
or such person or corporation then the same
may be collected out of the rents of his or
her or their real estate by due process OF
law or the tax collector may sell such real
estate for the payment of taxes by comply
ing the same requirements as the treasurer
of Garrett countyl
SECTION % That the tax collector, shall
execute and deliver to the purchaser a deed
of the property sold and the said deed shall
convey to the purchaser of said property and
shall be presumptive evidence that all the
requirements of the law have been complied
deed and unless the delinquent owner or
owners of said property or his or their
grantee, mortgagee, assignee or legal repre-,
sentative shall within one year from the
date OF said tax sale redeem such property
by paying to the purchaser or his legal rep
resentative the whole amount of money
paid by him for said property with interest
thereon at fifteen per centum per annum.
said title shall become absolute and indie
feasible.
WSECTIoN "a That the tax-collector shall
make all collections required Of him and pay
the same to the clerk within six months
from the time the same is placed in his
hands and the said clerk shall Immediately
make a record thereof and pay said monies
over to the treasurer. The tax-collector
shall also assess all improvements or addi-
tionS to properties in the town which may
be made after a general assessment or which
may come to his knowledge as being omitted
from the assessment books OF the town, and
an appeal may be taken from his valuation
in the council.
SECTION rs. That the chief bailifr shall at
tend all meetings of the council and perform
such duties as the mayor and council shall
direct; he shall preserve the peace and good