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

license the uses of coaches, hacks, drays,
automobiles and other vehicles for the
transportation of passengers, freight
or other articles to or from points with
in said town for hire or pay; to regu-
late, license, tax, restrain or prohibit
theatrical or other exhibitions, shows
or entertainments to which money is
demanded or received, provided lectur-
es on scientific, historic, benevolent, ar
tistic or literary subjects shall not be
deemed to be within these provisions;
to license vendors of property on the
streets or other pubic places in said
town; to license, tax, regulate, sup
press and prohibit paupers and itinerant
dealers, peddlers and pawnbrokers; to
license, tax, regulate and prohibit the
keeping of dogs, establish station house
or lookup for temporary CONTINENT of
violators of the law and ordinances of
the town; for the regulation and hand
ling OF all kind of explosives, for the
prevention of gambling; to asses and
tax the expense of laying of sidewalks
In said town in whole or in part upon
the respective owners of property foot
ing thereon, and that the expenses and
costs of paving, repairing or otherwise
improving the sidewalks in said town in
CURED by the council undeI their ordi-
nances may be charged and recovered
by them in the name of the corpora
ton 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 expense of
the same shall be lien upon the prop
erty charged Herewith, and to grant
franchises to any person or corporation
Tor any public purpose or utility.
SEC. a. And be it enacted, That all
property, real, personal or mixed, bonds,
stocks and valuable securities of all
kinds whatsoever within the limits of
said town of Accident by law liable to
be valued and assessed and chargeable
with taxes within this State shall be
valued at its or their cash value and
chargeable according to such valuation
with the pnblic assessment for the use
and purposes of said corporation; any
assessor appointed by the council of
said town shall have the power and
authority to require the owner, possessor
or claimant of any property made liable
to valuation and assessment to give
them such full and accurate statement
in writing of his property as may be
necessary to enable the assessors to as
certain the value thereof, the same to
be under oath of such person to be adj
ministeret by them or any one of them.
SEC. -. And be it enacted. That
the said council may annually levy upon
the assessable property within said town
by direct tax not exceeding fifteen cents
on the one hundred dollars such sum as
they may deem necessary for the pur-
pose of defraying and settling the eX-
penses by them on behalf of said cor
poration.
SEC. l6 And be it enacted, That
the taxes to be levied on the property
so made liable to be valued and assessed
shall be liens on the real and personal
estate of the person or persons so in
debted from the day on which the tax
list shallhave been delivered to the bail
III or other person authorized and APP
pointed to receive and collect the same.
and If said TAX cannot be made out OF
the personal property of said persons
against whom taxes may be charged.
then the same may be collected by the
collector by the sale of such real estate
Of said person by complying with the
same requirements as the treasurer of
Garrett County.
SEC. II. And be it enacted. That
the said council shall have the power to
appoint police magistrate for said cor
poration who shall be a justice of the
peace Of the State of Maryland in and
Tor Garrett County, residing in said dis
trict No.5. He shall have full authority,
power and jurisdiction to hear, deter
mine and pass sentences in all cases of
the violation of the ordinances of said
corporation. and may impose fines for
such violations. or may imprison Offend
ers against said ordinances and in de-
fault of payment of any fire imposed by
him he shall commit the offender to the
town lookup or to the county Jail until
the same be paid in accordance with
law as may be provided by the ordinances
of said town or provided in this charter.
SEC. IS And be it enacted, That
at the meetings of said council three
shall constitute a quorum and all ques-
tions submitted shall be decided by a
majority of those present, but less than
a quorum shall appoint the time for a
subsequent meeting and adjourn.