The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21
PUBLIC LOCAL LAW
Passed at the January Session,
1904.
INCORPORATION OF SYKES
WILLIE
CHAPTER 256.

Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, that the citizens OF the
town of Sykesville, in Carroll and Howard
counties. be, and they are hereby created a
body corporate, by the name of the Mayor
and Common Council of Sykesvile, with all
the powers and privileges of a body polite
and corporate, and by such corporate name
shall have perpetual succession, sue and be
sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court OF
Law or Equity; may have and use common
seal, may purchase and hold real, personal
| and mixed property, and sell and dispose OF
same for the benefit of the town, and may
erect or lease suitable buildings for municipal
purposes.
Limits of Said Town. &c.
Section ,. And be 1t enacted, That the
limits of said town shall be as follows South
SS degrees, west perches from Springfield
Hospital stone gate post marked Spring
field, - to beginning of first line, running north
Al degrees, west IA perches: line =, north 443
| degrees, west y perches; line 8, north 43t
degrees, east 80 perches; line 4, north ii de
grees. west So 2-5 perches; line 5, south 81!
| degrees. west 70 . perches to a stone; line 6,
south % degrees. west 1876 2-5 perches; line Z,
south l6 degrees. west 25 perches to maple
tree; line s, south 104 degrees, east ISL 40
perches 10 cedar tree; line 9, south so degrees.
| east 1928 perches to chestnut tree; line 10.
north 541 degrees, east IS perches to black
| oak tree; line IL, north 10Y degrees, east Il
perches: line u. north "A degrees, east 81 3.5
perches to rock marked X; line Is, north >
| degrees, east S1s perches; line IA, north 73a
| degrees, west 643 perches to hickory tree;
| line Is, north 693 degrees, west Is 2-25
| perches, to beginning of first line.
Section 3. And be it enacted, That the
| male citizens of said town of the age Of twenty
one years or upwards, who shall possess the
| qualifications of legally registered voters OF
this State, and who shall have resided IN said
town tor the space Of six months next pre-
| ceding the first Tuesday in May, 1904, shall
elect on that day and each year thereafter. AT
such place as shall be selected for the holding
| of the election, one person, legal voter OF
said toSn. who has resided therein for two
years at least next preceding the election TO
/ be the Mayor Of said town, and six persons to
be Common Councilmen Of said town, who
shall possess the same qualifications as the
Mayor; no person shall be eligible as Mayor
or as Common Councilman of said town uu
less be be an owner in fee simple OF real estate
in said town in his name to the amount Of at
least FIVE huadred dollars, and shall SO remain
during his term Of Office, and his term OF Office
shall terminate upon his removal of residence
from the town limits. Neither the Mayor nor
any of the CounCiimen shall, during their term
of office. hold or be interested in any Office
under the corporation, or be party directly
or indirectly TO any contract or undertakings
entered into on the part Of said town
Section L. And be il enacted, That the
Mayor and Common Council aud all other Of
6cers OF the corpor,aiou shall, before they
enter upon their duties OF their ofh:e. make
oath before a Justice of she Peace that they
will diligently and faithfully. 10 the best Of
their skill aud judgment, perform the dgties
Of their office. and shall tile certificate thereof
of the officer before whom the same was made
among the records Of the corporation. The
Mayor and Common Council may require any
OF its officers "a give bond in such penalty and
with such surety they may deem necessary.
conditioned for the faithful performance Of
their duties. and said boud shall be deposited
in the hands Of the Mayor aud Common
Council When any officer wjlfaIIy fails 70
discharge his Office be mRy, IN addition 10 the
remedy Of his bond, be dismissed by the
Mayor and Common Coaacjl at their discre
ton.
Section 5. And be il enacted, That the
said Mayor aud Couacjlmen elected hersHn-
der. shall meet on OF before the third Monday
in Nav next succeeding their election, When
thev shall qualify aud nee, IS often thereafter
as necessary TO proper discharge Of their
official duties. They shall receive no pay for
their services, and 10 case Of vacancy IN either
of these offices By reason of death. refusal 20
act, disqualification, resignation, or removal
beyond the corporate limits. the Mayor and
Council, or a majority Of them, for the time
being shall elect Mayer or COMEDIAN FROM
the citizens Of the toWa 10 I'll said vacancy,
until his successor shall be elected q; the ne St
regular town election and shall have qualified.
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Mayor and Common Council nAv annually
appoint Clerk, Treasurer, Bailif. Attorney,
aud such other lGsH officials a. they may
deem necessary, AT saeh compensation as they
may think proper
Section !. Aud be il enacted, That the
Mayor aud Common Council may provide by
ordinance for the good govesumen, Of the
town, for the preservation Of the peace aud
order therein, and for securing to the residents
Of said town Eli rights Of persons and property
20 which they are by lAE entitled for the sur
veying, grading, paving, repairing, draining,
laying out, extending. opening, closing,
straighiening or relocating any OF the high.
ways roads. streets, sidewalks or alleys Ia said
town. and mas condemn or pnrchase the right
of way for any street or alley which they may
determine shall be opened for the public good,
the process OF condemnation 10 conform -
far as may be 10 the condemnation Of property
for roadways by the Commissioners Of Carroll
county, as authorized BY law; for the removal
/ OF uuisauees; for the removal Of Instructions
from the streets, lanes and alleys; for the rs
tablishmeGt OF building lines and building reg.
ulaiions; for prohibiting the carrying Of con,
cealed weapons; for prohibiting the discharge
OF FIRE arms, fire crackers, torpedoes aud other
explosives; for preventing swine, fowls, dogs,
or other anmals from running 81 large on the
street; for licensing theatrical or other amuSe-
ments; for the suppression Of gambling, vice
and immortality; for appreheuding and punish.
ing sll trsmps and vAgrants; they may pass al
ordinances necessary from time 10 time 10
carry out aud enforce the foregoing provisions,
and to give full force aud effect TO the powers
and authority conferred on said corporation,
and may enforce such ordinances by reasonA-
bic fines aud penalties, not exceeding twenty
five dollars in any one case, as may appear TO
them right; they may recover said fine or
penalty by an action Of debt, and In addition
thereto may provide in the ordinance for the
Imprisonment Of the offender until the fine Is
paid, not exceeding thirty DAYS; such impris-
onment TO be in the town lookup. II one be
provided, or in the county Jail, and the Sheriff
of Carroll county shall receive and conhne
any person so committed.
Section s. Aud be it enacted, That the
Mayor aud Common Council Of Sykesyille
shall have full power to provide for the intro
duetion of water, electric light, or gas into
said town and to effectuate such object may
contract with or grant unto any other corporate
body, public or private, or to any individual
or partnership. the right of franchise within
the limits of said town for the purpose OF
operating a passenger railway, water works or
electric light plant, the granting of such fran
chise TO be regulated by the ordinances Of said
| Mayor and Common Council; and also may
grant the right to lay conduits or water mains
through the streets. alleys or highways OF said
town. and authority IS hereby given said
Mayor and Common Council to condemn pri-
vate property if the same should become nee
| essary for the operation Of the aforesaid fran
chise; said condemnation proceedings to be
in accordance with the general laws of the
| State Of Maryland as are in such cases appi
| cable thereto, and also to construct, purchase
and operate an electric light plant or water
/ works for the benefit of the town whenever IN
| their judgment the interest Of said town de
mands the same, and to contract or provide
| ;or the furnishing or supplying of waller, elec
| tric light or gas in sufficient quantities for tbs
needs of the town and the inhabitants thereo
! by any other body, corporate, public or pri
( vate, or by any individual or individuals; anC
| in order TO carry out and effectuate such OBJ
iect, it shall have full power to erect, maintain
and equip electric light poles and to lay wate
mains and conduits, erect fire plugs and gen
orally to do all things that may be necessar!
to provide water for said town. in such quan
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