The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26

assess the expenses thereof against such
property; to regulate or prevent the
storage Of gunpowder, tar, pitch, coal
tar, benzlne, turpentine, hemp, cotton,
nltroglycerine, dynamite, giant powder.
petroleum or gasoline or any product
therof, or any other explosive or COM
bustlble materials, or any materials
which may be dangerous; to authorize
the removal or confinement of persons
having Infectious or pestilential diseases:
to pass all ordinances and orders and to
eXpend such sums of money as NAV be
necessary within the limitations herein
provided forthe protection, maintenance
and preservation of the water supply of
the town and the prevention of the pol
luton thereof; to make all regulations
which may be deemed expedient for the
promotion of health or suppression of
dleases; to regulate the construction OF
chlmneys, smOkestacks, hearths, ovens,
the erection of stoves and stovepipes,
boilers and apparatus used in buildings OF
other places and cause the same to be
removed or made secure when consid-
cred dangerous; to suppress, restrain
and regulate bawdy houses and houses of
illfame and to prohibit the youth of said
town from being in the streets, lanes OF
alleys at unreasonable hours of the
night; to punish and suppress tramps
and Migrants by imposing fines, or both
fines and Imprisonment at hard labor,
and to abate by appropriate ordinances
all nulsances in said town, which are Sc
defined at common law, whether the
same are herein specifically named OF
not; to regulate the use of side walks
and all structures in, under or over the
same; to require the owner or occupant
of premises to keep the sidewalks in
front of the same free from snow and
other distractions, and prescribe hours
for cleaning same; to regulate and pre-
vent the throwing or depOsiting of
sWeepings, dust or ashes, Offal or dirt.
garbage, paper, handbills, dirty liquids
or any other materials into any street,
alley or public place; to regulate and
prevent the use Of streets, sidewalks
and public places for signs, signposts,
awnings, awning posts, poles, horse
troughs, steps, ratings, entrances,
racks, posting handbills and advertise
ments, and the display Of goods, wares
and merchandise; to cause the streets,
lanes and alleys to be side walked. paved,
graded, repaired, regarded, drained or
severed, on TO close streets, parts OF
streets, lanes or alleys; to regulate and
license the use of coaches, hacks, draws
and all other vehicles for the transpor-
tation of passengers, freight or other
articles to Or from points within said
town for hire or pay; to regulate license,
tax, restrain or prohibit theatrical and
all other exhibitions, shows or enter
tainments for which money is demanded
or received; provided that lectures on
scientific, historic, benevolent, artistic,
religious or literary subjects, and appa-
ratus for the elucidation of the same,
and specimens of fine art, shall not be
deemed to be within this provision; to
regulate the sale of all kinds of proper
ty at auction in the streets. stores,
shops or elsewhere in the town, and to
license auctioneers and all vendors of
property on the streets or squares or
other places in said town; to license,
tax, regulate, suppress and prohibit
haWkers and itinerant dealers, peddlers
and paWnbrokers, and to revoke such
license at pleasure; to license, tax and
regulate branch stores and all other
concerns established in said town for
temporary business only.
SEC. 800 And be it further enacted.
That the said Mayor shall annually ap-
point bailiff, whose duty it shall be to
preserve the peace and good order Of
said town, and for this purpose he is
vested with the same power and author
ity as constables have under the laws of
this State; said bailiff shall also be the
collector of all taxes levied by said
Mayor and Council, and for his services
as said collector he shall receive such
compensation as the Mayor and Council
from time to time shall fix and regulate:
for all arrests and service of process as
said bailitf he shall receive the same
fees and compensation as is allowed
constables of this State for similar work
and such other compensation from the
Mayor and Council for his services as
said bailiff as may be agreed upon: the
said bailitf, before he enters upon his
duties as collector of taxes and before
any tax list is placed in his hands for
collection, he shall give good and suffi-
cient bond with one sr more sureties, to
be approved by said Mayor and Council.
and conditioned for the faithful dis
charge of his duties as such collector;
said bond shall be payable to the Mavor
and Council of Grantsville, and shall be
for the sum of one thousand dollars.
SEC. 121. 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
State and county taxes within the Ger
pOrate limits OF said town of Grants
vile, and to levy tax thereon not ex-
ceeding 50 cents on the one hundred dol
lars in each year, and said property
shall be assessed at its actual cash
value, and the said Mayor and Council
may by ordinance provide methods
and means for the collection of said
taxes and for the enforcement Of the
payment thereof.
SEC. 122. And be it further enacted,
That the corporate limits of the town Of
GAINESVILLE are hereby declared to be as
follows Beginning at oak tree and
running North IA degrees West, 275 rods
to a stake, thence South Is dugrees
West, 100 rods to a stake, thence South
"A degrees East, 275 rods to a stake,
thence North Is degrees East 100 rods,
to the point of beginning.
SEC. 122A. And be it further enacted,
That said Mayor and Council shall have
power to provide by ordinance for levy
ing a tax on all saloons or places where
liquors are sold within the