The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-07
PUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
Incorporating Mountain Lake
Park, Maryland
CHAPTER 5O7

OF 1896, 6SS OF 1914, 176 OF 1916
and 100 of 1927 amending said Act,
and providing for a referendum
thereon.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Chapter 430 of the Acts of 1888, en-
titled can Act to incorporate the
Community of Mountain Lake Park"
and Chapters 315 of 1896, 688 of 1914,
176 of 1916 and 160 of 1927, amending
said Act, be and they are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the inhabitants of the town of
Mountain Lake Park, Garrett County,
Maryland, are hereby incorporated by
the name of Mayor and Council of
Mountain Lake Park with all the pow
ers and privileges Of body polite
and corporate, and by that name may
have perpetual succession, may sue
and be sued, may have and use a
common seal, and may hold real, per-
sonal and mixed property and dispose
of the same when the best interest of
the town may demand.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That the corporate limits of the said
town of Mountain Lake Park are
hereby described to be as follows:
Beginning at East side of railroad
bridge West of Mountain Lake Park
railroad station and running with the
South limits of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, Northeast 2300 feet to
line of the Mountain Lake Park As
ISOLATION grounds, thence with said
line Northeast 5000 feet to the end
thereof, and with the lines of the As
ISOLATION, Northwest 1900 feet, thence
Northeast 1850 feet, thence North
west 1850 feet, thence Southwest 1850
feet to the Southwest corner of Lot
No. 3049 of the Mountain Lake Park
Plat. Thence Southeast 1900 feet,
thence Southwest 1850 feet to the
Southwest corner of Lot No. 1904,
thence Northwest 1900 feet, thence
Southwest 1000 feet to South limits of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
thence with the South limits of said
railroad Southeast to the place of
beginning.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That the first election for Mayor and
Council shall be held before w. L..
Camden, E. E. Friend, ]. S. Elliott,
w. B. Brock and Britton Martin, who
are hereby appointed judges for that
purpose and for the time hereinafter
named; provided, that in case any of
said judges named herein, shall be I'M
able to act on account of sickness,
death, refusal to act or otherwise, then
the remaining judge or judges shall
fill the vacancy or vacancies by ap-
pointing a suitable perso or persons
residing in said town who are qualified
voters therein in accordance with the
provisions of this Act.
Sec. s. And be it further enacted,
That said corporation shall be govern
ed by a Mayor and five Councilmen.
There shall be an election on the sec
ond Tuesday in August each year be-
tween the hours of one o'clock P. M.
and seven o'clock P. M. and at said
election on the second Tuesday of
August, 1881, there shall be elected a
Mayor to serve for two years, three
councilmen to serve for two years
and two councilmen to serve for one
year and until their successors are
elected and qualified; at the expiration
of the term Of the Mayor and the
members of the Council, their success
sors shall be elected to serve for a
term of two years and until the quail
ification of their successors. The
Mayor and Councilmen shall be quail
flied voters and residents of said town.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,
That all elections shall be by ballot,
and all persons who are qualified to
vote for members of the General As
sembly of Maryland and who have re-
sided in said town for six months next
preceding any election and all persons,
citizens of the United States and bona
fide owners of real estate in said town
for twelve months preceding any cleo
ton, and the wives and or husbands
and children of such owners who are
81 years of age or over, shall be en-
titled to vote at any town election.
The Mayor and Council shall appoint
at least three judges to hold all town
elections held after the year 1881 and
shall give at least ten days notice by
hand bills posted in conspicuous places
in said town naming the time and
place when said election shall be held
and the polls opened and closed. The
Mayor and Council shall have power
to pass such ordinances for conduct
ing said town elections as may be
deemed necessary and proper not in
conflict with the provisions of this
Act.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted,
That if at any election held under this
Act two or more persons shall receive
the same number of votes for Mayor
or Councilmen of said town, the
judges of said election shall, after
having given five days notice of the
time and place, proceed to hold an
other election to fill said office or Of
fees, and the person or persons re-
ceiving the highest number of votes
at said election shall, with those pre-
viously chosen, if any, constitute the
Mayor and Council of Mountain Lake
Park.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That if any vacancy shall occur by
death, resignation, removal or failure
to act of the Mayor or one or more of
the Councilmen elected as aforesaid,
the remaining Councilmen, or a ma
jority of them, shall elect proper
person to fill said vacancy.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted,
That the Mayor and each Councilman,
before he proceeds to act as such,
shall make oath before some Justice
of the peace for Garrett County that