The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-28
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.
lncOrpOrating Friendsville.
CHAPTER 800.


OF FriendsVille in District number Two
IN Garrett county; and foT Tie amend
ment OF article T. of the IoGe OF Public
! Laws Of the state OF Maryland, entitled
Garrett County. Nv adding additional
sections thereto. to he known as sections
! TIA, NIB, nc. MP, lllF, lllG. lllH, III.
! Xix, I'LL, HIM, no. hip, no, TO follow
Immediately after section III Of said arti-
Gle II and to he known by the sub title
! EriendSviLe, and To exempt the town of
trlendSVllle in district No. in Garrett
county, as herein bounded ana described
from the operations of the provisions or
! chapter :, of the Acts OF lN'~ entitled An
Act to prohibit the sac OF SIirituuus or
! Terlnented liquors or lager beer in cltc
ton district M. . pt Garrett COUNT.
| WHEREAS. Alta 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. 1914, il was decided
! by the unanimous vote Ut the residents Of
| said town attending said meeting that an
! application should be made To the General
! Assembly for charter for said town OF
! FriendSVille
SECTION !. BE it enacted by the General
] Assembly of Mary Land. That IL new sections
/ be and tie same are hereby added to Article
/ T. of the Code of Public Laws, title Garrett
| County under the new sub title Friends
| vile. to Immediately follow section III, to
| be known "a sections lllA. lib. ne, ND,
| HE, lllF. ME-, ING. lllH. HI, nix. MI
! HIM. mo, mp. and mo. ana to read as fol
/ lows:
| town OF Frieudsvile in district No. III Gar
| rett county, Maryland. are h .reby ncOrpo-
/ rated by the name 0f the Mayor and Coun-
! ell Of FrtcndSvillr.' and by that name may
/ sue and he sued, may have and use a com
/ mon seal. ana may hold real, personal and
/ mixed property ana dispose OF the same
J when the best interests of the town may
( demand.
So. lllB. BE it further enacted. That the
/ corporate limits of the town OF FTirudSVille
are hereby declared to be as follows: Begin
fRR4r bon
| north ten degrees west sixty perchcs from
! John r. Gary's house, and running thence
! 59s deg. east one hundred and ninety
! punches to Clump Of PaWpaW bushes. north
| y degrees east lao perches TO a stone corner.
! then south III degrees east nj percheS to a
| large rock, then south is degrees west 100
| peTChCS to a stake on brow Of hill above coal
bank, north 81 degrees west l52 perches to
| q leaning tree little above and beyond
| Homer Friends house, thence north de
! greeS west 30 perCheS to the beginning.
SEC. nc. BE it further enacted That said
| corporation shall be governed by a Mayor
| and six Councilman 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 in Feb
D'H
| W. Mccullough and George j. X Obj are here
| by named as Councilman to serve for the
one year from the passage of this Attending
on the first Wednesday after the first Tues
| day in February, 1905, and hereafter an cleo
| ton shall be held on the first Tuesday in
| February each and every wear 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 i'll 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 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 JiIo residents.
male, shall be 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 a bopn dde real estate
owner in said town. And the Mayor shall
| have been resident of said town for three
| years previous to his election and the COun-
| cilmen shall have been residents of said town
two years prior to their election.
SEC. hid. And be it further enacted. That
| the said Mayor and Council may from time
| to time cause an assessment to he made of
| all the property liable to the state and cOun-
ty taxes within the corporate limits and to
levy tax thereon not exceeding twenty-five
| cents on the one hundred dollars in any one
year, and that said property shall he assess
| ed at its actual cash value; and that the
| land included i'll the above named corporate
| limits which have not been laid out as town
| lots OF as town property shall be exempt
| from taxation, with the exception of the
| buildings and personal effects thereon. And
| the said Council may appoint an assessor
| and collector of taxes and fix his salary for
compensation, and provide for method. of
| collecting the taxes by ordinance. and also
the method of making assessments and any
| person aggrieved 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, That
| 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, and
| he shall appoint subject TO the confirmation
| of the Council all such persons as agents and
| 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. HE. And be it further enacted. That
| said Council shall have power to pass all
| such ordinances not contrary to the COnSti
| tuition and laws OF this state, as it may deem
| necessary, for the good government of the
| town; for the protection Of the towns prop
erty, rights and privileges for the preserva
| ton of the peace and good order and seCur-
| ing persons and property from violence and
| danger and destruction; for the protection
of the health, comfort and convenience of
| the citizens of FriendSville, and visitors
| thereto or SOjOurnerS therein for providing
| proper and suitable lights on the streets
| for establishing, maintaining and regulating
an adequate police force; to regulate the
| management and location of starch faCtO
ries, glue factories, renderieS, talloW chand-