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nart thereof.

part thereof.
Subsection E. The term ''superin-
tendent' means the person who shall
have, on behalf of the operator, i'm
mediate supervision of one or more
mines.
Subsection F. The provisions of
this Act shall not apply to any mine
employing less than ten persons in any
one period of twenty-foUr hours.
Subsection .. 1t shall be the duty
of the Mine Inspector to make as to the
clay or fire-claY mines in Allegany or
Garrett counties the examination and
reports required as to coal mines under
Section 1877 of Article and Section Isl
of Article II of this Act, and to make
recommendations to the State Board of
Labor and Statistics as to the legislation
requisite to protect life and health IN
such clay mines.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect from and
after the first day of June, in the year
one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.
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highest responsible bidder therefore the
said Mayor and Council, reserving the
right to reject any and all bids received
for said bonds
SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That If
this Act is adopted by the voters of
said town as aforesaid, then il shall he
lawful for the Mayor and Council Of
said Loeb Lynn Heights, and they are
hereby authorized and empowered 10
complete and maintain said system of
sewerage in said town, and to that end
are hereby authorized to make all nee,
cessary contracts to carry out the pur-
poses and provisions of this Act and
they may either contract the whole of
SAID Improvement, or any part thereof.
or may purchase the material and en-
ploy the necessary labor to complete
sad system by days labor, whichever in
their judgment they NAV deem best
DEC. b. And be 1t further enacted.
, mat said Mayor and Council are hereby
authorlzed and empowered to pass all
sucn ordinances as may be necessary for
the successful operation of said system
/ or sewerage, by regulating the use and
tapping OF the same by the residents of
SAID town, and the interference there
with by any and all persons; and thew
are hereby further authorized to fix and
establish rate of charge or charges
Tor the use of said sewer. and the tan
ping thereof, by the residents of said
town, and shall have the power to mass
all such ordinances as may be necessary
requiring the residents of said town, or
the property owners thereof. 10 dis
continue the use of all pit or surface
closets used IN said town, wherein focal
matter is permitted to accumulate.
SEC. Z. That in order to pay the in
terest on said bonds and to redeem said
bonds as they shallfall due and PAYABLE.
the said Mayor and Council are hereby
authorized to levy upon the taxable
property IN said town, at their annual
levy term, all such taxes as NAV be
necessary for said purpose.
SEC. s. And be it further enacted
That the funds arising from the sale of
SAID bonds shall be kept separate from
all other funds belonging to said town
and shall only be used to carry out the
provisions of this act, and all moneys
paid out of said fund for the constric-
ton and completion of said sewer svs-
tenn shall be by check. signed by the
Mayor of said town. and countersigned
by the Clerk thereof, after said bill or
account has been passed and ordered to
be paid by the SAID Mayor and Council
of said town.
SEC. 8. Ard be it enacted. That the
Clerk of said town shall keep a book, in
which shall be entered the sale of all
bonds, the amount received therefor, to
whom sold, the date when same was
sold, and shall further enter therein an
account showing the several items on
which the fund arising from the sale
o. sand bond was expended.
SEC. TO- And be it further enacted.
That this Act is an emergency law and
necessary for the immediate preser
walton of the public health and safety.
and having been passed by a yea and
nay vote, supported by three-hfths of
all the members elected to each of the
two houses Of the General Assembly.
the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
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ty Commissioners, as said section
was amended and re-enacted by Chap
ter 40 of the Acts Of 1890, and said
section was repealed and re-enacted
with amendments ny the Act passed
at January Session 1904, Chapter
$40, and said section Was repealed
and re-enacted with amendments by
the Act passed at January Session
1906. Chapter q, and to re-enact the
same with AMENDMENTS -
SECTION l. Be it enacted bvr-\ e
General Assembly of Maryland, I
Section 81 Of Article II, Of The Ccue
Public Local Laws, title Garrett Coun-
tv, subtitle, County Commissioners, as
amended and re-enacted by Chapter
415 of the Acts of 1890, and as said Sec
ton was repealed and re-enacted with
amendments by the Acts passed at
January Session 1904, Chapter $40, and
the SAID section was repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments by the Act
passed at January Session 1906. Chap
ter Il, be and the same is hereby re.
pealed, so as to read as follows:
That at the general election of county
ofhcers OF Garrett county, to be held in
/ SAID county, November, 1917, and every
four years thereafter, a clerks to the
Board OF County Commissioners shall
be elected by the qualified voters of
SAID county. who shall hold office of
clerk for the term of four wears, from
the time OF his election and qualifica-
ton or until his successor is elected and
qualified, and shall be subject to re.
moval from said office for any willful
nnulapt of DIM Ill
at any time by the County Commission
ers of said county, who shall have
power to appoint some competent per-
son for the unexpired term of the clerk
so removed; said clerk shall be paid for
his services the sum of eight hundred
dollars per annum, payable in monthly
installments of $66.66, at the expira-
ton of each and every month by the
Treasurer of Garrett county from the
funds of said county, and said clerk
shall have full power to administer an
oath or affirmation to any and all per-
sons who is to he examined as wit
ness III any matter before the County
Commissioners, and touching or relat-
ing 20 any account, bill or other mat
ter. to be filed in the office of the
said County Commissioners, and said
salary of eight hundred dollars per an
mum shall be full compensation for all
services required of said clerk, who
shall keep the office of County Commits
sioners open from nine O'Clock in the
forenoon until four o'clock in the after
noon, and who shall attend therein for
the transaction of business on every
day of the week, except Sunday and
legal holidays.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the date of
its passage.
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CHAPTER NO. Is.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section 228 of Article
II of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland, title "Garret: Coun-
ty,' sub title wild Animals" and
amended by Chapter 679 of the
Acts of 1914.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of MARYLAND, That
Section 228 of Article IL. of the Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title Garrett
County" SUBJ title wild Animals, be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments so as to read
as follows:
SECTION 228. Any citizen of the
State of Maryland. who shall kill any
wolf, panther, wild cat, weasel, fox or
hawk, within the limits of Garrett
County, Maryland, shall be entitled to
the following allowance, viz: For every
wolf scalp the sum of 500. 90, for every
panther scalp the sum of $1,000. for
every wild cat scalp the sum of $500,
for every fox scalp the sum of $1.OO,
for every weasel scalp the sum OF fifty
cents.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the first day of
June, 1916.
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CHAPTER NO. 9.

AN ACT to repeal and enact with am
endments Section 2 of Chapter 45O
of the Acts of the General Assemb-
ly of Maryland, passed at its session
of 1896, title Garrett County" sub
title Loeb Lynn Heights"
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section of Chapter 450 of the Acts of
1896, be and the same is hereby repeal
ed and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows:
SECTION 2. That the corporate limits
of SAID town shall be as follows: Be-
ginning for the same at cement post
standing at the southerly limits of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Right of
Way, and on the westerly margin of
of the road known as the Wonderly
Road, and running thence along the
western margin of said road:
South degrees East, 76 and 80
feet; thence
2-South &c degrees East, 235 feet;
thence
3-South 80 degrees and as minutes
East, TIA feet; thence
4-South az degrees and 45 minutes
East, SO feet; thence
5-South Il degrees and Is minutes
East, LOOP feet to cement post on
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CHAPTER NO. ABS

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section INK of Chap
ter 300 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1904, en-
titled AN Act for the incorporation
of the town of Friendsville in Dis
trlct No. 2. of Garrett County"
and for the amendment of Article
II of the Code of Public Laws of
the State of Maryland, entitled
Garrett County, by adding addi-
tional sections thereto, to be known
as Sections lila, lib, TIC, 111Ct,
lid, lie, 111F, 111F4, 1l1G,
I'LL, INK, I'LL, HIM, ITO, lip,
11lQ and to follow Immediately
after Sec. Ill of said Art. IL, and
to be known by the subtitle
'Friendsville, and to exempt the
town of Friendsville in District No.
2, in Garrett County, as herein
bounded and described from the
operations of the provisions of
Chapter II of the Acts of 1898, en-
titled IAN Act to prohibit the sale
of spirituous or fermented liquors
or lager beer in Election District
No. of Garrett County"
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section INK of Chapter 800 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland
of 1904, entitled AN Act for the in
corporation of the town of Friendsyille,
in District No. of Garrett County,
and for the amendment of Article q of
the Code of Public Laws of the State of
Maryland, entitled Garrett County"
by adding additional sections thereto, to
be known as Sections lila, lib, TIC,
lllC3, lid, HE. 11lF, 11IF8, ZIG.
1llH, luJ, Xix. I'LL, HIM, ITO,
lip, 1l1Q, and to follow Immediately
after Section Ill of said Article u, and
to be known by the subtitle Friends
vile, and to exempt the town of
Friendsvile IN District No. ?, IN Gar
rett County, as herein bounded and de-
scribed from the operation of the pro-
visions of Chapter II of the Acts of
1898, entitled AN Act 10 prohibit the
sale of spirituOus or fermented liquors
or larger beer in Election District No.
2 of Garrett County" be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments so as to read as follows:
INK. The said Mayor and Council
shall have the power to compel the
owners binding along any of
said streets, lanes or alleys, so accept
ed by said corporation and recorded
among its proceedings to construct and
keep in repair sidewalks and footways
of their property binding on said streets
and roads, and may pass all such ordi-
nances as may be necessary to compel
the construction and repair Of said side
walks. And they shall have power to
enforce the construction and repair of
said sidewalks. by fines imposed upon
the property owners for a failure to
construct and repair after fifteen days
notice previously given, which said
fines shall be collectible as other fines
imposed for the violation of the ordl-
nances of the town as hereinafter set
forth and stated.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect on June
|, 1916.
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Westerly margin of said road. then

Westerly margin of said road; thence
6-North 80 degrees and 50 minutes
East, 815 feet to cement post; thence
NORTH 27 degrees and 80 minutes
East. l,574 feet to a cement post; thence
o-South 62 degrees and % minutes
East, 456 and 6-10 feet to a cement post
which is the original beginning of Mill
taIy Lots Nos. $50 and 9l9; thence
running with the first line of said Mill
tary Lot No. 9l9; thence
9-North q degrees and 50 minutes
East. 1850 feet to planted stone
marked f. G.; thence
lO-North 70 degrees East. SO feet to
point on the east margin of road
known as the Old German Road; thence
with east margin of said road; thence
1l-North q degrees and 45 minutes
East 100 feet; thence
12-North 40 degrees East. 100 feet
thence
13-North "a degrees and 30 minutes
East, 235 feet; thence
14-North 10 degrees West, s. feet;
thence
15-North 40 degrees and Is minutes
West, 1853 feet; thence
16-North SO degrees West, 239 feet;
thence
17-North Al degrees and 80 minutes
West, 100 feet; thence
{ 18-North 80 degrees West, 100 feet;
thence
19-North 60 degrees and 90 minutes
West. 242 feet; thence
20-North 70 degrees West, 80 feet to
a cement post standing on the Souther-
ly limits of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Right of Way; thence with
said limits of the Baltimore and Ohio
Right of Wav; thence
2l-South II degrees and 80 minutes
West, to the point of beginning.
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CHAPTER NO.

AN ACT to repeal Chapter col of the
General Assembly of Maryland of
1914, entitled IAN Act to provide
for License Tax on Dogs to ere
ate fund to protect the sheep in
dustry in Garrett County"
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland That
Chapter COL of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1914, entitled
An Act to provide for a license tax on
dogs to create a fund to protect the
sheep industry in Garrett County" be
and the same is hereby repealed.
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coed to exercise the power vested in
them by this Act, and shall issue the
bonds as herein provided; but if the
majority of the votes cast shall be
Against the Bond Issue" then this
Act shall be null and void.
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CHAPTER NO. II.

AN ACT to repeal Section 81 of Article
IL of the Code of Public Local Laws,
title Garrett County, subtitle, Coun-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-11-10
Continued from last week

Jim joins Illinois state guard despite
pleadings of sweetheart, Agnes Ware.
Agnes tells him she fears her brother
Mart has enlisted.
Cabinet session decides United States
feet shall engage invading fleet. Bob
Wendell reports aboard the Arizona at
Newport News.
Bomb from a%eroplane hits Arizona. Bob
Wendell sees several killed. Cruisers raid
Atlanti coast. Several hundred dead at
Atlantic City.
Enemy's battle cruisers try to draw
Arizona upon mines. Arizona's crew
cheers when 1t is seen that the Pennsyl-
vania has found range.
A torpedo sinks one of the American
d~estroyers. The cruisers Carthage and
Pera of the enemy are hit and in fui
flight.
A hurricane at sea saves Z Ssibie de-
struction of the American squadron. Nell
lie Wendell. at her home in Elsin, Ill,
prays for Bob's safety.
Regents and American fleets engage in
battle. Bob Wendell in turret of Arizona.
Arizona puts out one turret on Nerxes.
The American fleet is beaten. The Ari-
iona is sunk. Bob Wendell is picked up
by destroyers. Jim Ashby starts east with
Illinois regiment.
AS troop train starts for east Jim meets
Mart Ware, who has enlisted in cavalry.
On the train, disguised as a boy, is Marion
Marlatt.
Marion Marlatt leaps from train. Jim
follows her. The train is dynamited. Jim
revives girl. When Jim returns from
wreck she has disappeared.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-11-10

CueTe IL lew lOIuleu anu lnOfeu On III
order down side streets away from the
bridge.
"Come on, boysl Illinois! Illinois
forward! We're not going over the
bridge! We're not ordered there!
We're only going to the river front!
Come on! Come on!'
The battalion began to move again.
Only to the river front. That sounded
like some safer place. Anyway, it
couldn't be like the bridge. No place
on earth or in hell could be like the
bridge. No one could live on the
bridge. Some men were posted there
and were standing and not running at
all. They had a field battery and ma
chine guns trained across the bridge.
They were just waiting there and not
firing. But those men were regulars.
That was their business to be in a
Company e, turned into Chambers
street and marched down it. The shells
were not striking there often. They
were all breaking over the bridge. The
battalion reached South street N the
water front. They could see Brook
Ign plainly now across the narrow neck
of the East river. The whole city
seemed to be burning. At least the
whole water front was screened in
smoke which swept W. the river and
concealed and now disclosed and con-
cealed again boats coming over from
the Brooklyn side. The noise of the
guns on Long Island also was louder.
They were closer and there were more
guns firing. Aeroplanes-one, two,
four, six-were in the air I'VE the East
river, and above the smoke from Brook
Ign a great, globular object swung and
swayed In the wind-an observation
balloon.
Column left"
There was no sort of column about
the battalion as 1t debouched from
Chambers street. The men proceeded
merely punched together In company
crowds. Some of the recruits of E
mingled with F, and f with G., and so
on. But they turned to the north In
fair order as they reached the water
front. The shells were still striking
mostly about the bridge or much far
Their on where some of the regents
aeroplanes seemed to have sighted
something worth destroying. So the
battalion made its way north beside
the docks and piers.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-11-10
CHAPTER XIX.
Retreat From Long Island.

"~OMPANY E" Wray, the ma.
jor, halted the first group of
the battalion and pointed out
q position. Company Fw.
Thirty-eight men gathered before
him.
"You will occupy and prepare a de
fensive position in that warehouse,
which will be designated hereafter In
all reports and orders as N "a. The
New York regiments, with some of the
Connecticut and New Hampshire men,
are engaged with the enemy's troops
on Long Island. The landing of a large
body Of troops on Long Island was be.
ing effected simultaneously with the
naval battle. The enemy has driven
our troops back upon Brooklyn. You
must understand, however, that
general staff had no hopes of prevent
ing the landing. Our troops were sufh.
cient then only to make the landing
costly. And since the landing they
have been merely delaying the enemy's
advance by fighting Il real guard action
Therefore you are not to be dismayed
or disheartened by the retreats you
have witnessed and may witness.
Here, on this line Of the water
front. III forces will make a stand
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-11-10

from the New York shore toward the
whirlpools. Shells from the other side
screamed at the little boats, warned
them. Then sunk me-. The rest turn
ed back. An hour later Jim Ashby
saw from his window at Y "a the
steel towers and spans of Manhattan
bridge fall into the river. Williams
burg bridge and the tunnels. too. were
destroyed. be heard that night. Queens
boro bridge. across Blackwell's island,
would follow the others into the river
as soon as the enemy attempted to
storm 1t.
But the regents generals were send
ing no more men across steel spans to
test the American temper. They were
Smelling Manhattan thoroughly, sys-
tematically. with their great siege
pieces and howitzers placed In the
parks of Brooklyn and the fields on
Long Island. At midnight, for the
third time since the landing. the regent
himself-his headquarters were then
heal Richmond Hill-sent an appeal by
wireless to the neutral ministers at
NdSull1SloH W USE tAclI 1llnucIeC WILL
the president to bring about the sur
render of New York. which was being
refused by the American mailman
General Stone-in the face of a com
pletely hopeless military situation.
Americans of the greatest power and
influence were already urging the presi-
dent to the same object. Most of them
had fled from New York that day. The
others had heard directly Of conditions.
The general staff was mad. Stone was
particularly insane. cambridge. who
commanded the American army in New
York city. was a fool. He had been
beaten ON Long Island. and with the
regents army in Brooklyn commanding
New York city. he had been out
Unanswered and 1anked out of the city.
He could not stay there; he must know
that. But he refused to go, and the.
general staff refused to order him out.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-11-10

President Hears From Stone.
~TONE arose from his seat in his
office as the president with his
A party entered the room. The
chief of staff heard the argu-
ment in silence.
1.-THE fact that there is no precedent
for the defense of such a city as New
York is the best possible argument for
holding it to the end. gentlemen" he
replied quietly. st is the last thing
the enemy expected; he was so abso-
lutely confident of u capitulation
when he appeared opposite the city
that he has based all his campaign
upon occupation of New York city.
We prevent that and we balk his IN
tire plan. and every day we hold him
opposite New York-every day he's
there merely destroying millions of
your property-we are gaining a day
worth more than millions to us. Our
machinery is going west to factories
to make munitions. our men are being
mustered. trained, hardened. We gain
one more day for doing the thousand
and one things we should have done
long ago.
"You would not build forts and train
men before. so now. when the country
is invaded, we must use the forts we
have. and New York city is a most
marvellous and wonderful fort. Con-
slider the blocks of the great steel grid
ed buildings which cannot be burned
and which will stand If every stone
and brick is blown away; consider the
canyons of the streets with the car
tracks and the railroad tracks for cars
upon which we may mount guns and
move them from place to place. Then
there is the subway, where men and
guns may be moved unseen and under
the heaviest fire; there are the base
ments and underground vaults and
the rivers all about the city-the for
tress meats. Were there ever such
meats? oh. believe me. gentlemen,
New York is a marvellous fort which
we will be able to hold for long
enough! Consider it as such. gentle
menu
but the city! 1t will be destroyed;
it is being destroyed now!'
''That in war. gentlemen, may be
the fate of forts, but this, l believe,
will serve its purpose first. Mr.. Pres
ident. have told you? 1 have learn
ed within the hour that the regent
caused to be announced yesterday In
his capital and from there throughout
Europe that he had taken New York.
Nothing more favorable could have
occurred. He is nov committed to
take the city and cannot change his
plan If he wished to. 1 do not mean
that he may not initiate another cam
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-11-10

Come on! Never mind the wounded.
Don't look at the dead. Come on,
boys! Forward! Come orr
Never mind the wounded That
meant-for Jim Ashby-that he must
free himself from the fingers of the
man clasping his shoulders. He must
let the man fall on his face in the
street.
"Ashby!' Winslow. the captain, ap-
pealed to him because he was a cor
poral. At least he had a uniform.
Help bring up those men! Forward
Make EN- come on"
Jim freed himself from the wounded
man and laid him, grooming and crop
ing, on his back in the street.
"Come on, boys!' Most of Company
F faltered forward a little. For the
moment the shells were worse behind
than in front. The company advanced
further. Winslow's voice cried in
praise: "That's the stuff, boys! Don't
let the New Workers think we're afraid.
Come on, now!"
The New Workers! If they were the
men running from the bridge they had
a lot of right to think things about any
one else. They were running mad,
crazy with fear, and ducking their
heads and trying to dodge when the
shells were breaking above them. They
flung themselves, coughing, out of the
smoke. and when officers yelled to them
and tried to gather them and get them
together they ran or fell wounded,
squirming In the street. Only here and