The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-21

Garrett County, by adding additional
sections thereto, to be known as sections
lila, lib, 1llC, hid, lllF, 11lG. lIiH, ILL,
INK, I'LL, HIM. ITO, Hip, NO. TO follow
Immediately after section III Of said arti
Gle IL and to he known by the subtitle
Friendsville, and to exempt the town OF
Friendsville in district No. > in Garrett
county, as herein bounded and described
from the operations of the provisions OF
chapter II OF the Acts of 1895, entitled An
Act to prohibit the sale Of spirituouS or
fermented liquors OF lager beer in cleo
ton district No. of Garrett county"
WHEREAS. At a meeting of the male citi-
zens and residents Of the town Of Friends
vile, in Garrett county. Maryland, held on
the l4th day of January, 1904, it was decided
by the unanimous vote of the residents of
said town attending said meeting that an
application should be made TO the General
Assembly for charter for said town OF
Friendsyille
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. That 10 new sections
be and the same are hereby added to Article
IL of the Code of Public Laws, title "Garrett
County under the new subtitle Friends
ville,'' to Immediately follow section Ill, to
be known as sections lila. lib, Tic, lid,
HE, lllF, lllF&, ZIG, lllH, I'LL, INK, I'LL,
Jim, no, Zip, and mo, and to read as fol
lows:
SECTION lila. That the inhabitants of the
town of Friendsville in district No. in Gar
rett county, Maryland, are hereby incorpo-
rated by the name OF the Mayor and Coun-
ell of Friendsville" and by that name may
sue and be sued, may have and use COM
mon seal. and may hold real, personal and
mixed property and dispose of the same
when the best interests of the town may
demand.
SEC. lib. Be it further enacted, That the
corporate limits of the town Of FriendSville
are hereby declared to he as follows: Begin
ming at bounded mulberry tree, standing
north ten degrees west sixty percheS from
John L. Gary's house, and running thence
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punches to clump OF Pawpaw bushes, north
p degrees east 40 perches to stone corner.
then south III degrees east 2!6 percheS to q
large rock, then south 6S@ degrees west $50
petches to a stake on brow of hill above coal
bank, north Sll4 degrees west l52 perches to
a leaning tree a little above and beyond
Homer Friends house. thence north de-
grees west 80 percheS to the beginning.
SEC. IlIC. Be IL further enacted. That said
corporation shall be governed by a Mayor
and six Councilmen and that W. w. Savage
of said town be, and is hereby named Mayor
OF the said city for the two years from the
passage OF this Act, ending the first Wednes
day after the first Tuesday in February in
1905, and that VIM. II. II. Friend, Allen j.
Mason and Arthur Chisholm, be and the
same are hereby named and designated as
the Councilmen for the first two years from
the passage of this Act ending on the first
Wednesday after the first Tuesday i'll Feb
ruary, 1906, and that Frederic 6. Fox, John
w. Mccullough and George j. Kolb are here
by named as Councilmen to serve for the
one year from the passage of this Act, ending
on the f1rSt Wednesday after the first Tues
day in February, 1905, and hereafter an cleo
ton shall be held on the first Tuesday i'll
February each and every year for the cleo
ton of three Councilmen to serve for two
years from the date of their election or until
their Successors shall be duly elected and
qualified. And an election shall be held on
the first Tuesday in February, 1906, for the
election OF Mayor of said town to serve for
two years or until his successor shall be duly
elected and qualified, and an election shall
be held thereafter in every second year for
the election of a Mayor for the said town.
SEC. Tic. And be it enacted, That the
Mayor and the Council therein named shall
have power to pass all such ordinances for
conducting the elections herein provided
for, or which may be hereafter authorized to
be held, and shall make return thereof to
the clerk of the Circuit Court of Garrett
county. And the qualified voters of any Of
said elections shall be bona Hdc residents,
male, shall he 81 years of age or over OF
said town of Friendsville, who have been
residents of State for the period of one year
and of said town for the period of six
months continuously next before the date OF
any such election; and that no one shall be
eligible for the office of Mayor or Councilmen
of said town unless he shall be real estate
owner or husband Of BONA Hde real estate
owner in said town. And the Mayor shall
have been a resident of said town for three
years previous to his election ard the COun-
cilmen shall have been residents of said town
two years prior to their election.
SIC. lid. And be it further enacted. That
the said Mayor and Council may from time
to time cause an assessment to be made OF
all the property liable to the state and coun
ty taxes within the corporate limits and t.
levy a tax thereon not exceeding twenty-five
cents on the one hundred dollars in any one
year, and that said property shall be assess
ed at its actual cash value; and that the
land included in the above named corporate
limits, which have not been laid out as town
lots or as town property shall be exempt
from taxation, with the exception of the
buildings and personal effects thereon. AnC
the said Council may appoint an assessor
and collector Of taxes and fix his salary fol
compensation, and provide for method OF
collecting the taxes by ordinance, and also
the method of making assessments and any
person aggrieyed by any assessment made
under this provision shall have the right OF
an appeal to the said Mayor and Council OF
said town of FriendSville.
SEC. HE. And be it further enacted, Thar
it shall be the dnty of the said Mayor of the
said town to see that the ordinances of the
town are duly and faithfully executed, ant
he shall appoint subject to the confirmation
of the Council all such persons as agents an(
! servants Of the corporation as may be neces
Sary to carry out the objects and purposes
of the Incorporation and enforce the Ordi
nanceS to be passed thereby.
| SEC. ll1F. And be it further enacted. Tina
| said Council shall have power to pass al
| such ordinances not contrary to the ConSti
| tuition and laws OF this state as it may deem
necessary, for the good government of TIN
erty, rights and privileges; for the preserva
| ton of the peace and good order and secur
| ing persons and property from violence ant
| danger and destruction for the protection
| of the health, comfort and convenience o
| the citizens of Friendsville, and visitor
thereto or sojourners therein; for providin!
proper and suitable lights on the streets
| for establishing, maintaining and regulating
| an adequate police force to regulate tn
| management and location of starch facto
| rieS, glue factories, renderieS, tallow chand
| lerS, bone factories. soap factories, hid
| les, distilleries livery stables, foundrieS an,
| all other establishments of which the buSi
| ness or trade may become obnoxious or in
| furious to public comfort or health; to pre-
hibit the erection of such buildings or til
continuance OF such noXtouS occupation
| therein, whenever the public health require
! it; to prevent or regulate the use of fir
| arms. fire works, bon fires or other things O
| practices tending to endanger persons O
| property to regulate or prohibit the runnin
| at large of cattle. horses swine, fowls, sheer
| goats, dogs or other animals to authoriZ
the impounding, keeping, sale and redemI
| ton of such animals when found in viOlatiO
| of the ordinances in such cases provided;
| prevent 1.-The deposit of any unwholeSonI
substance either on public or private prOl
erty; to compel its removal to designate
| points and to require Stops, garbage, aSht
and other waste or unwholeSome material I
be removed to designated points, or to L,
quire the occupants or residents on premise
to place them conveniently for removal; I
| compel the occupants of any premises. builC
ing or out-houseS, situated in said city, whe
the same have been filthy or unwholesom
to abate or clean the same, to authorize I'll
same to be done by the proper officers an
to assess the expenses thereon against sue
property to regulate or prevent the storag
OF gun powder, tar, pitch, resin, coal OF
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