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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-23
CHAPTER rs.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section SO of Article
II of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland, title Garrett Coun-
ty," subtitle Dogs" as enacted by
Chapter SO of the Acts of 1927, in
creasing the number of constables
charged with the duty of collecting
license fees for dogs; awarding to
the arresting constable one-half of
the fines of persons fined for vilo-
lating the provisions for the taxa
ton of dogs; and providing for the
licensing of dogs of the age of 3
months or over.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section SO of Article II of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title Garrett County," subtitle
Dogs" as enacted by Chapter SO of
the Acts of 1927, be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amend
ments, to read as follows:
SO. All license fees for dogs in
Garrett County shall hereafter be COL
lected by Constables, not exceeding
four in number, to be appointed for
that purpose by the County Commits
sioners of said county. Each of said
Constables shall retain as his remun-
Grafton twenty-five (25) per cent of
such fees collected by him; and shall
also be awarded fifty (50) per cent
of all fines collected from persons ar
rested by him for violation of the
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CHAPTER Al

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Chapter 408 of the
Acts of 1927 so as to continue the
payment therein provided and to
provide for an annual payment of
two hundred dollars ($200.00) to
the Grantsville Volunteer Fire De-
partment.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Chapter 4O8 of the Acts of 1927 be
and it is hereby repealed and re-en-
acted with amendments so as to read
as follows:
1. The County Commissioners of
Garrett County be and they are here
by authorized, empowered and di-
rected to pay the sum of Six Hundred
Dollars ($600.00) annually to the
Oakland Volunteer Fire Department,
and the sum of Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00) annually to the Grantsville
Volunteer Fire Department., so long
as each of said fire departments re-
mains an active fire fighting organi-
cation, for their benefit, said sums of
money to be used by the said fire de-
partments for the purchase, repair or
maintenance of fire fighting equip
ment.
2. Such payments shall be made
on the first day of September in
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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.

provisions for the taxation of dogs,
said fines being levied by virtue of
Section PIP of Article 81 of the Ammo
tated Code of Maryland 1924 Edi-
tom, title Revenue and Taxes"
subtitle Taxation of Dogs" Dogs
three months old or over shall be Ii
censed; the license fees shall be One
Dollar ($1,00) per annum for each
male dog or spayed female dog and
Three Dollars $500 for each unspav
ed female dog of said county. Said
Constables shall in all respects take
the place Of the several Constables in
the several election districts of said
county formerly charged with the
duty of collecting said license fees in
Garrett County under Sections 2O6 to
POS, inclusive, of Article 81 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland 1924
Edition), title Revenue and Taxes"
subtitle Taxation of Dogs" but in
all respects, except as herein express
ly provided, said entire subtitle con-
sisting of Sections 206 to PIP, inclu-
sive, of said Article 81 shall continue
to apply to Garrett County.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted.
That all Acts and parts of Acts in
consistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed to the extent of such incon-
sistency.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
/, 1929.
Approved March 8, 1929.
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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.

roads under his supervision, and
where in his discretion necessity ex-
lists, have authority to construct any
system or systems of drain or drains
to drain water from the highways O
neighboring lands. Existing drainage
systems or courses are to remain
open until altered or closed by order
of the proper supervisor. No unau-
thorized person shall close or alter
any existing drainage system or
course or close or alter any drainage
system or course authorized in the
future; and any person convicted be-
fore any Justice of the Peace of Gar
rett County for violating any of the
provisions Of this section shall be
fined not less than five dollars (S5)
nor more than twenty-five dollars
(S25). In case of damage to prop
erty occurring after June l, 1929, by
reason of the existence of any pres
ent or future authorized drainage sys-
tenn, the County Commissioners shall
appoint one appraiser, the landowner
a second, and these two shall appoint
a third. These three appraisers shall
appraise the damage to the property
in question and such appraisal shall
be final. The County Commissioners
of Garrett County shall upon demand
pay to the damaged person the
amount appraised as his damage.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
l, 1929.
Approved March 8, 1929.
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CHAPTER %

AN ACT to add a new section to Ar
ticle IL of the Public Local Laws OF
Maryland (1888 Edition) title Gar
rett County," subtitle "Roads,
said new section to be known as
Section 204A to follow immedi-
ately after Section 204 of said Ar
ticle, as amended by Chaper 1 OF
the Acts of 1910, giving to each
Road Supervisor of said County au-
thority to drain water from the
roads under his supervision to
neighboring land where such drain
age is deemed necessary by such
Supervisor; to establish penalty
for the unauthorized closing or al
tering of existing and future au-
thorized drainage systems; and to
provide for assessment of DANA
ages caused to such neighboring
land by such drainage systems after
June l, 1929.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
a new section be and it is hereby add
ed to Article IL of the Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1888 Edition), IT,
tie Garrett County," subtitle
Roads," said new section to be known
as Section 204A, to follow immedi-
ately after Section 204 of said Article
and to read as follows:
204AEach Supervisor of Roads of
Garrett County shall, in the case of
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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.

each and every year by the County
Commissioners of Garrett County.
3. The County Commissioners of
Garrett County be and the same are
hereby authorized, directed and en-
powered to levy the sum of Eight
Hundred Dollars ($8OO.0O) annually
for the above purposes on the as
sessable property of said County. Be-
fore the County Commissioners shall
be required to pay the aforesaid sums
of money, the said Commissioners
shall have the power to require the
officers of said fire departments to
appear before them and show to the
satisfaction of said Commissioners
that any sums of money paid by the
said Commissioners to the said fire
departments under this Act have been
expended for the purposes set forth
in this Act, and also that said fire
departments are active fire fighting
organizations. In the event said fire
departments hereinbefore mentioned
cease to remain active fire fighting
organizations or have not used the
moneys appropriated to them for the
sole purposes set forth in this Act,
then this Act shall become null and
void.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect June
1, 1929.
Approved March 8, 1929.
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Mr.. Floyd Miller is planning trip
to Harrisonburg, Va, next Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Haney motored
to Harrisonburg, Va, few days ago
where Mrs. Haney was operated upon
for appendicitis upon her arrival at
that place. 1t is reported that her
condition is satisfactory.
Mr.. Joe Broadwater visited Mr.. and
Mrs. John Merrill last week.
Miss Anna Fike visited her sisters
in Frostburg a few days last week.
The B. Y. P. D. class of Cherry
Grove is holding a meeting at the
home of Wade Broadwater on Wednes-
day night, May %.
Miss Mildred Fike visited Miss
Mary Merrill Sunday.
Master Robert Robson, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ellis Robson, Frostburg,
is visiting his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Robson.
Miss Leah Robson called at the
home of Stephen Broadwater Mon
day.
Mr.. Enlow Wampler left for Dem
yer, Col, few days ago. Mr.. Wamp-
Ter will make his home with Prof. AL
len M. Robinson, principal of Clark
school in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Grove and
children, Leata and Evelyn, and Mr..
John Grove visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Merrill one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Robson were
guests at the home of Mr.. Orville
Stark on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Shrader and
son, of Niverton, Pa, were accompan-
led by Mrs. Lucinda Chrise, of Union
town, Pa, and called at the home of
Jesse Merrill last Wednesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-23
CHAPTER 1896.

AN ACT to authorize and empower
the Mayor and Council of Friends
vile to close two alleys in the town
being first an alley running through
block X in said town from First Av-
enue to Second Avenue, and second
an alley running through the same
block from Oak street to Chestnut
street, and to empower commission
ers to be appointed by the said
Mayor and Council of Friendsville
to award compensation to any per-
son or persons owning property in
said block X who may be affected
by closing of said alleys.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
the Mayor and Council of Friends
vile be and they are hereby author
lied and empowered to close two al
leys in Block X in the town of
Friendsville, to-wit that alley run
ming from First to Second Avenue
and the alley running from Oak Street
to Chestnut Street in said town OF
Friendsville. And the Mayor and
Council of Friendsville may provide
for ascertaining whether any and what
amount in value of damages will be
caused thereby to the owner or pos
SCISSOR of any property lying in said
Block X through which said alleys
pass which ought to be compensated,
by the appointment of commissioners
to assess the same and for assessing
and levying generally on the whole
assessable property within the said
town of Friendsville, or especially on
the property benefited, the whole or
any part of the damages and expenses
incurred in closing the said alleys. The
Mayor and Council of Friendsville
may have power to grant appeals to
the Circuit Court for Garrett County
from the decision of any commission
ers or other persons appointed by VIZ
tue of any ordinances to ascertain the
damages occasioned by the closing of
said alleys and for the securing to the
person or persons injured the right,
on application within thirty 500 days
from the return of the report of the
commissioners, to have decided by
jury trial whether any, and what dam
age he, she or they have sustained;
to provide for the collecting and pay
ing of the compensation awarded to
any person before said alleys shall be
closed, and to enact all ordinances
from time to time necessary and prop
er to the exercise of the powers grant
ed in this Act; provided that before
the Mayor and Council of Friends
Vile proceed to execute any of the
powers vested in them by this Act, at
least thirty (30) days notice shall be
given Of any application which may be
made by them for the passage of any
such ordinance by such means as they
may or shall prescribe and by personal
notice in writing served, by registered
mail, twenty (20) days before upon
each property holder to be affected
by the passage of the proposed ordi-
nance, provided that said parties are
residents of Maryland.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect on the
first day of June, 1929.
Approved April II, 1929.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-23
CHAPTER A

AN ACT to add two new sections to
Article II of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1888 Ed
tion), title Garrett County," to be
under subtitle "Swanton,' to be
known as Sections 224A and 224B
and to follow Immediately after
Section 224 of said Article, provid-
ing that the County Commissioners
shall pay certain sum annually to
the village of Swanton for street
and sidewalk improvements and
priding for a committee of citi-
zens to expend said money.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
two new sections be and they are
hereby added to Article IL of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Mary
land (1888 Edition), title Garrett
County," to be under subtitle Swan
ton," to be known as Sections 224A
and 224B, to follow Immediately after
Section 224 of said Article, and to
read as follows:
224A. At the time of making the
county levy in each year, the County
Commissioners of Garrett County
shall levy one hundred and fifty dol
lars ($150.00), to be collected by the
County Treasurer and to be turned
over to a committee of citizens of the
village of Swanton, in said county, for
the purpose of improving the streets
and sidewalks in said village.
224B. The committee of citizens to
eXpend the money in improving the
streets and sidewalks, as provided in
the preceding section, shall serve
without compensation and shall be
composed of R. W. Sheckells, Lemuel
Friend and Arthur H. Green. In case
of a vacancy in said committee, the
remaining members shall name his
successor, who must be a resident of
the village Of Swanton.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
l, 1929.
Approved March 8, 1929.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-23
CHAPTER 46O

AN ACT to prohibit for two years
from June l, 1929, the taking or
catching of fish from or in the Lit
tie Savage River in Garrett County,
Maryland, and providing penalties
for any violation of the provisions
of this Act.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
it shall be unlawful for any person for
a period of two years from June 1,
1929, to take or catch fish from or in
the Little Savage River in Garrett
County Maryland. Any person violat-
ing the provisions of this Act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction fined not less than five
dollars ($5.00) nor more than fifty
dollars ($50.00).
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
l, 1929.
Approved April II, 1929.
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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.

see that no boats shall be permitted
to ply the waters of this Lake that are
not complying with the Federal regu-
lations, or which are polluting the
waters with oil or other waste, and
the said Conservation Commissioner,
his deputies and game wardens are
hereby authorized and empowered to
arrest anyone using his motor boat in
violation of the above regulations and
shall be further empowered to remove
such boats from said Lake until the
owner or operator of said boat has
corrected these Irregularities.
10. Any persons violating any of
the provisions of this Act shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof before any
Justice of the Peace of Garrett Coun-
ty, or before the Circuit Court of said
county, shall be fined not less than ten
dollars (S10) nor more than fifty dol
lars ($50) for each otfense and shall
stand committed to Jail until said fine
together with the costs of prosecution
are paid.
II. All laws or parts of laws, eth
er general or local, inconsistent with
GllS plONlSlOllS VI llllS <ASG NC anu CliC
same are hereby repealed to the eX-
tent of such inconsistency.
II. Nothing in this Act shall be
considered in any manner as chang
ing, modifying or charging any of
the terms of the lease from Youghio-
gheny Hydro-Electric Corporation
and the Eastern Land Company to the
State Of Maryland for the use of Con-
servation Department of the area in
volved, nor to affect in any manner the
rights, privileges and reservations of
the lessons therein.
49, This Act shall continue in force
only during the continuance of the
lease from the Youghiogheny Hydro
Electric Corporation and the Eastern
Land Company to the State of Mary
land or any renewal or renewals of
said leases.
Approved April II, 1929.
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CHAPTER 800

AN ACT to authorize and direct the
County Commissioners of Garrett
County to levy Seven Hundred and
Fifty Dollars ($75OOO) annually for
the expenses of the Sheriff of said
County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
the County Commissioners of Garrett
County be and they are hereby au-
thorized and directed to levy Seven
Hundred and Fifty Dollars (S75O.O0)
annually for the expenses of the Sher-
iff of said County.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
l, 1929.
Approved April II, 1929.
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Now You Can Easily Afford That Electric Refrigera

company you may
electricity eight half kowa
the first twenty-five kowat
twenty-five klowa half
kowatt hour for all additional klowat hours subject
prompt payment discount II half a klowatt hour.
appliances which much full information
the possible explained the
contract clerk representative the appliance department
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-23
All Kinds OF Food Are the Same
Juicy, Tender Meat Rich Vegetables, Mellow Fruit
Delicious Desserts, Always Wholesome and Appetizing

Whether it be meats, vegetables,
fruits or what not, electrical re-
frigeration provides the safest
means for keeping it pure, fresh,
wholesome and appetizing. Being
absolutely automatic, the electric
refrigerator maintains a constant
degree of pure, dry cold. Is it any
wonder no home is modern with
out one?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-23

Food care in summer time is such
a problem that the housewife is
visibly relieved when the electric
refrigerator is installed and she
knows the cold will be- constan5
and reliable.
No more varying temperatures, no
more food losses, and all this free
dom from eXertion and worry for
just few cents a day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-18
Sheep Raisers Report
Unusually Good Year

From the Cincinnati Times-Star
This may be the biggest sheep year
In the history of the country. For six
years things have gone well with the
flocks, and the wool clip of 1927, which
was 328,000,000 pounds, has been
equaled only three times before. In
three years OF this period, as we learn
from the Commerce Monthly, the pur-
chasing power of wool and lambs was
20 per cent above the pre-war level,
where the purchasing power of cattle
and the principal grains was Is per
cent below that level.
One sees little evidence of this while
driving around In Ohio, but in the Ken
lucky Blue Grass sheep are again a
common sight, and more slowly they
are coming back into the Kentucky
mountains. A flock is always a prob
lem; on the Western ranges the saying
is that anybody can raise cattle, but
sheep are more trouble and a bigger
gamble. One difficulty Is the destruc-
ton that their close nibbling works to
paSturage. Another Is their suscepti-
bility to parasites. A third Is the
sheep-killing dog; a proverb has it that
no township can raise both sheep and
dogs. Yet England Is the land of dogs
and sheep; there they know how to
train the one to let the other alone.
We should like to see f1ockS of sheep
on the roads become as common sight
here as in England, however incon-
venient tourists might find them; and
we should like to hear the bleat of
lambs on the wild lands and unutilized
pastures of this part of the country
as well as on the slopes of the Rockies.
They have larger place in the folk
lore and pastoral poetry Of men than
any other domestic animal, their min
istry to the needs of nation is i'm
portant-and. besides. when intelligent
" reared. they pay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

will put too much stress on the orna-
ments Of Spring and not enough on
Spring In all our planning for the
future, there should be some thought
given to the desirability of celebrating
Spring. The early church wrested Ma
lures holidays away from her and util-
lied one for Christmas and the other
for Easter, leaving poor Pan bereft.
All that he has left is that foolish
April's fool!
Let us recall in our hearts the fair
praise of Spring raised by the first
and perhaps the last scientific poet,
Lucretius, who, 1000 years ago, painted
a living picture of green grass and
bleating lambs, soft winds and gentle
temperatures. Above all he spoke of
the grass being "enameled with f1ow-
ers."
The garden lover in Winter will do
well to keep in mind the flowers, which,
with the green Of grass and trees, give
Spring its peculiar colors not exactly
contemplated in any other time of the
year. For the beauty of ANIMALS and
many perennials one must wait for
Summer, but the Spring flowers have
a luster all their own. just how much
of this comes from the eyes that see
and the hearts that love one would not
be too hard in pressing 1t is enough
that climbing roses bloom in the Spring.
Then, if ever, come great sheets of
climbing American Beauty, Silver Moon,
DR.. Van Fleet shedding their radiance
over many an ugly fence or uglier
garage, making beauty come dwell with
galvanized iron and implanted wood.
Then come the gay, flashing colors
of the lordly Darwin tulips, great glob-
ules of color every color except yell
low borne on stems 30 inches high,
making veritable fairyland of what
before was only back yard. There
are the so-called early single tulips,
which are ideal for making neat, stiff
rows in beds, although the space may
better be given to the Darwins. They
come early, however, they have that
merit, they give Splotches of color. This
is true particularly of the early double
tulips and especially of the pink ones,
which look for all the world like water
lilies floating there on the ground.
Then come the lilac blossoms of in
comparable fragrance and later the
great heads Of the peony, unrivaled
among them all for sheer beauty.
but large beauty Is more difficult. When
art objects grow big they become ma
jestic or stupendous or spectacular,
but not all of them are beautiful. The
gigantic blossoms of the magnolia
are striking enough, but one would
hardly say they were beautiful any
more than he would call their odor
dainty. The peony blossom is at once
big and lovely.
These are but few of the unrivaled
adornments of Spring, which seen in
prospect CLEAN no brighter than they
will in actually. There is enough in
the vision, however. to inspire garden
clubs to go to work at plans and to
make gardeners everywhere long for
the first authentic touches of the Spring
to be, when there will be less need of
writing than of digging and more need
of sowing seed than of distributing
words.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-18
Mysterious Tidal Wave
Puzzles Ship Captains
BY =. q. FREE. PH. I

Another of the mysterious tidal
waves" which seamen dread and which
scientists cannot understand, was en-
countered by the American steamship
Santa Maria on December 8, 1928,
while proceeding northward off the
coast of the Carolinas. A few hours
earlier, Capt. E. N. Parker reports,
the ship met with brisk wind, but this
had died down and the sea was calm.
Suddenly a single great wave rushed
past the vessel pouring tons of water
over her decks and tnjuring several of
the crew. Only one wave was seen,
the sea remaining calm thereafter for
several hours.
Like many previous reports from
ships captains, the incident Is a puz-
zle. Such waves are certainly not
tidal" in the usual sense, for the daily
ebb and flow Of the tides is a gradual
process, due to the bulge in the oceans
water created by the gravitational &C.
ton of the moon
Submarine earthquakes are some
times blamed for these waves. Earth
shocks along coastlines have been
known to produce similar waves near
by. However, the experience of the
Santa Maria resembles many similar
reports in that no severe earth shock
was recorded by continental seismo-
graphs at time corresponding with
the wave. Accordingly the puzzle re-
mains