The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-26

use of fire arms therein, fire works,
/ bonfires or other things or practices
/ tending to endanger persons or prop
| erty, to regulate or prohibit the run
ming at large of cattle, horses, swine,
fowls, sheep, goats, hogs, or other ami
mails; to authorize the empounding,
| keeping, sale and redemption of such
animals when found in violation of the
ordinances in such cases provided; to
prevent the deposit of any unwhole-
some substance, either on public or
private property; to compel its removal;
to designate point, and to require slop,
garbage, ashes and other waste or I'M
wholesome material to be removed to
| designated points, or to require the oc-
cupantS or residents on premises to
place them conveniently for removal; to
compel the occupants of any premises,
| buildings or outhouses situate in said
town, when the same has become filthy
or unWhOleSOme; to abate or clean the
same; to authorize the same to be done
| by the proper officers and to assess the
expenditures thereon against such prop
erty; to authorize the removal or con-
! fnement of such persons having infec-
tious or pestilential diseases; to regu-
late the selling, weighing, or measuring
of hay, wood, coal, coke and all other
articles sold by weight and measure,
and TO provide for their inspection and
selling; to make all regulations which
may be deemed eXpedient for the pro-
motion If health or the suppression of
disease; to regulate the construction of
chimneys, smOke-StackS, hearthS or
ovens, and the erection of stoves and
stove-pipes, boilers and apparatus used
in buildings or other places and cause
the same to be removed or made secure
when considered dangerous, to suppress,
restrain and regulate bawdy houses or
houses of i'll fame, and to prohibit the
youth of said town from being on the
streets, lanes or alleys at unreasonable
hours at night: to punish and suppress
tramps and Migrants by imposing fines.
or both fines and imprisonment at hard
labor, and to abate by appropriate or
dinances all nuisances in said town
which are so defined at Common Law,
whether the same are herein specifically
named or not; to regulate the use of
side walks and all structures in, under
or above the same, and to require the
owner or occupant of premises to keep
the side walks in front of same free
from snow and other distractions, and
prescribe hours for cleaning same; to
regulate and prevent the throwing or
depositing of sweepings, dust, ashes,
off fallings, dirt, garbage, paper, dirty
liquors, or any other material into any
street, alley or other public place; to
prevent the use of streets, side walks
! sign-posts, awnings, awning posSs,
poles, horse troughs, steps, railroad
entrances and other distractions; to
cause the streets, lanes and alleys to be
sidewalked paved, graded, repaired,
repaved, regarded, drained or severed,
or to close streets, parts of streets,
| lanes or alleys; to regulate and license
the use of coaches, hacks, drays and
other vehicles for the transportation Of
passengers, freight or other articles to
or from points within said town for hire
or pay; to regulate, license, tax, re-
strain or prohibit theatrical or other ex-
hibitiOns, shows, or entertainments to
which money is demanded or received,
provided lectures on scientific, historic,
benevolent, artistic or literary subjects
shall not be deemed to be within these
! provisions. To regulate the sale of all
kinds Of property at auction in the
streets, stores, shops or elsewhere in
the town, and to license auctioneers and
allVendOrs of property on the streets or
other public places in said town; to IL
cenSe, tax, regulate, suppress and pro-
! hibit haWkers, and itinerant dealers.
! peddlerS and pawn brokers, to license,
tax, regulate and prohibit the keeping
| of dogs, to establish and regulate a
Statlon-hOuSe or lookup for temporary
confinement of violators of the laws and
ordinances of the town; for the regula-
ton and handling of all kinds of explo-
| slves, and for the prevention of gamb-
| ling; to condemn or purchase right of
way of any street or alley which they
may determine should be opened for the
public convenience; to assess and tax
the expenses for laying or paving side
walks IN SAID town in whole or in part
upon the respective. owners of property
footing thereon, that the expense and
cost OF paving, repairing or otherwise
| improving the side walks in said town,
incurred by the Council under their or
dinances, may be charged and recov-
cred by them in the name of the corpO-
ration from the owners of the property
| footing thereon, by suit or action at law
against the owner thereof, as other
debts are collected, and the expenses of
the same shall be a lien upon the prop
erty chargeable thereWith; to grant
franchises to any person or corporation
for any public purpose or utility.
SEC. 1882. That all property, real,
personal or mixed, bonds, stocks and
private securities of all kinds and de-
scriptiOns whatsoever within the limits
of said town of Kitzmillersville, by law
liable to be valued and assessed and
| chargeabIe with taxes within this State,
shall be valued at its or their cash val
ue, and chargeable according to such
valuation with the public assessment for
the use and purposes of said corpora
ton. Any assessor or assessors appoint
ed by the town Council of said town
shall have the power and authority to
require the owner, possessor or claim
ant OF any property made liable to val
uatlon and assessment to give him or
them such full and accurate statements
in writing Of his property as may be
necessary to enable the assessor or as
SCISSORS to ascertain the value thereof,
the same to be under oath of such per-
sons, to be administered by them or one
of them.
SEC. 1880. That the said Council
may annually levy upon the assessable
property Within said town by direct tax
not exceeding thirty cents on the one