The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-05-25
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS

together with list of the owners there
of which shall be returned by him or
them to the said council on or before
the third Monday in June of each and
every year. and which any person in
terested may inspect without charge,
and if anyone shall feel aggrieved on
account of valuation or assessment of
his property by the assessor or assessors
he may appeal from such valuation to
the said council within four weeks from
the returns of said assessment, and
upon good cause being shown the said
council may make an alteration in said
assessment which they may deem proper
| and right and take from and add to the
same; and for the purpose of hearing
and determining appeals provided for
In this section the said council shall
give five days previous notice of the
time and place of hearing such appeals
by advertisement to be posted IN two
| public places in said town.
SEC. II. And be it enacted, That the
tax lists shall be prepared by the clerk
and delivered to the bailiff on or before
the first day of August in each year.
The warrant shall be in substance as
follows, to wit: The Mayor and Coun-
| Gil of Accident, =. Bailiff. You
are hereby commanded to proceed ac-
cording to law to collect and pay over
the taxes hereinafter specified
witness the corporate seal of the
Mayor and Council of Accident. BY the
Mayor and Clerk. Attest: Clerk
-. Mayor"
SEC. II. And be it enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Mayor of said
town to see that the ordinances of said
town are duly and faithfully executed;
he shall have general supervision of the
town and shall from time to time re-
port to the council such matters as in
his judgment require the attention of
the council. He shall have power to ad-
minister oaths and to certify the same
In all matters pertaining to said corpora
tion, and for the purpose of hearing
and determining all cases to which the
| corporation may be party he is here
/ by clothed with all the powers of a
| Justice of the Peace except as in civil
cases, and may pass sentence and i'm
| pose fines for all violation of ordinances
| in the said corporation, of may imprison
offenders in the county Jail, or may both
( fine and imprison offenders against said
ordinances. Provided that no ordinance
shall be passed imposing fine for more
than twenty-five dollars, or for a term
OF imprisonment exceeding thirty DAYS,
and all fines imposed shall be paid to
the clerk of the town. During his term
he shall hold no other corporation of
| fee, nor shall he be interested in any
contract to which the corporation is a
party. The mayor shall receive for his
service sum not exceeding six dollars
per annum, and the members Of the
council shall each receive a sum not eX-
ceedlng two dollars per annum, provid-
ed that any person shall have the right
to donate to the town their service
whenever they see proper so to do.
SEC. -. And be it enacted, That the
said council shall have power to pass
all such other ordinances not contrary
| to the constitution or laws of this state
as II may deem necessary for the good
government of the town: for the pro-
lection and preservation of the town
/ property, rights and privileges; for the
/ preservation Of the peace and good or
/ der; and securing persons from violence.
danger and destruction; for the pro-
lection of the health, comfort ard con-
veuience of the citizens of SAID town
/ and visitors thereto or sOjourners there;
| for providing for proper and suitable
! lights on the streets; for establishing,
maintaining and regulating an adequate
/ police force; 10 regulate the manage
ment and location of livery stables,
/ barns, garages, OuthOuses or privies
and hog pens, and such other establish
ments Of which the business, trade or
| location may become obnoxious or in
| furious to the public comfort or health;
to prohibit the erection of such build
ings, the continuance of obnoxious oc-
equations therein whenever the public
health requires it; to prevent and regu-
late the use Of firearms therein, fire
works, bonfires or other things or prac-
tees tending to endanger persons or
property; to regulate or prohibit the
running at large of cattle, horses,
swine, fowls sheep, goats, hogs OF other
animals; to authorize the impounding,
keeping; sale and redemption of such
animals when found in violation of the
ordinances in such cases provided; to
| prevent the deposit of any unwholesome
substance either on public or private
| property, to compel its removal to des-
| ignated points, and to require slop,
ashes and other waste or unwholesOme
material to be removed to designated
points, or to require the occupants 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 unwhole-
some to abate or clean the same; to au-
| thoriZe the same to be done by the pro-
per officers and to assess the expenses
thereon against such property; to au-
| thoriZe the removal or confinement of
such persons having infectious or pesti-
lential diseases; to regulate the selling,
weighing or measuring of hay, wood,
coke, coal, 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 ex-
pedient for the promotion of health or
the suppression of disease; to regulate
the construction of chimneys and smoke
stacks and cause the same to be made
secure or removed when considered dan
gerous; to suppress, restrain and regu-
late bawdy-houses or houses of ill-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 va
grants by imposing fines or both fines
and Imprisonment at hard labor, and to
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