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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-06-19
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS
CHAPTER NO. 211,

OI1AI L En- nv. El1s
Relating to Fees for Registration of
Motor Vehicles to include the whole
of Garrett County in the Provisions
of said Section 165 of Article Sc of
the Annotated Code of Maryland.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section $50 of Article
Sc of the Annotated Code of Mary
land 1889 Edition., title Licenses"
subtitle Gees for Registration of
Motor Vehicles, to include the
whole of Garrett County and the
town of Gaithersburg in the pro-
visions of said section.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 100 of Article Sc of the Ammo
tated Code of Maryland 1889 Edi-
tion), title Licenses, subtitle Gees
for Registration of Motor Vehicles" :,
be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments to read as
follows:
100. In addition to the provisions
contained in Section 159, with refer
ence to the requirement of the pay
ment of State and County taxes on
motor vehicles, the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles is hereby authorized
and directed to refuse to issue or
transfer any plate or marker, GER
tifcate of registration or title, for
any motor vehicles owned by resi-
dent of Brentwood, Hampstead, Bet
terton, Chestertown, Rock Hall, Bruins
wick, City of Frederick, Emmitsburg,
East New Market, Easton, Oxford,
st. Michaels, Elkton, fredericksburg,
Gaithersburg or Galena, or by resi-
dent of any incorporated town or city
in Allegany, Carroll, Dorchester, Gar
rett, Prince Georges or Washington
Counties, unless he is satisfied that all
motor vehicle described in the certifi-
cate of registration or title so to be is
sued or transferred, have been paid,
provided each motor vehicle is sepa-
rately assessed apart from the as
sessment on any other motor vehicle or
kind or class of assessable property,
and provide the tax to be levied on
such motor vehicle is permitted to be
paid separate and apart from the pay
ment of all other taxes, and provided
this section shall apply only in case
of taxes becoming due and owing I'M
der the levy of 1889 and thereafter.
Nothing in this section, however,
shall be construed to prohibit a reg
istered motor vehicle dealer from
transferring, assigning or reassigning
an assignment of title to any motor
vehicle legally repossessed, or taken
in trade by said dealer as a partial
payment on the purchase of another
motor vehicle and the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles shall execute all
such applications for transfer, assign
ment or reassignment of as
signment of titles made by a
duly registered motor vehicle dealer
provided said dealer has given to the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles prop
err notice of the receipt of said vehicles
as required by Section 155 of this Ar
ticle when said applications are sub
mitted upon proper forms furnished
by the Commissioner.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
LIST, 1871.
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CHAPTER 736.

Relating to the Collection of Taxes by
The County Treasurer of Garrett
County levied by the Mayor and
Town Council of Loeb Lynn Heights
and charlottesville, and Provid-
ing Compensation Therefor.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section 120 of Article
IL of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland 1880 Edition., as en-
acted by Chapter 254 of the Laws of
Maryland of 1887, title Garrett
County,, subtitle County Treas
urer", to authorize, empower and
direct the County Treasurer for
Garrett County to collect taxes lev
led by the Mayor and Council of
Loeb Lynn Heights and the Mayor
and Council of Kitzmillersville upon
motor vehicles owned by residents
of Loeb Lynn Heights and Kitzmi-
lersville, and to make applicable to
such taxes and rates Of discounts
and interest charges presently in
force or which may hereafter be
provided with reference to the col
lection of county taxes for said Gar
rett County, providing compensation
therefor, and providing for adjust
ments and releases by the Super
visor of Assessments of Garrett
County.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
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CHAPTER NO. ATS.

Providing for eXempting from Munic-
ipal Taxation Certain Buildings and
Personal Effects on Land Within
the Town of FriendsvilIe not laid out
as Town Lots or as Town Property.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section 189 of Article
II of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland 1880 Edition), title
Garrett County, subtitle Friends
Vile, eXempting from municipal
taxation certain buildings and per-
sonal effects on land within the
town of Friendsville not laid out as
town lots or as town property.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 1S9 of Article IL of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland 1880
Edition), title Garrett County, sub
title "Friendsville", be and it is here
by repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:
189 The Mayor and City Council
may from time to time cause an as
sessment to be made of all the prop
erty liable to State and county taxes
within the corporate limits and to levy
a tax thereon not exceeding one dollar
on the one hundred dollars in any one
year, and said property shall be as
sessed at its actual cash value, but in
dividual holdings of land in excess of
three acres around the buildings in
cluded within the above named corpo-
rate limits, situated outside the i'm
proved area of the town which have
not been laid out in town lots, and
which cannot be classified as town
property, shall be exempt from Dor
ough taxes, including farm crops, farm
equipment and live stock over and
above two cows and automobiles and
trucks as well as the buildings and
improvements on the aforesaid three
acres which shall be subject to taxa
ton. And the said Council may ap-
point an assessor and collector of
taxes and fix his salary and compen-
sation, and provide for method of
collecting the taxes by ordinances and
also the method of making assess
ments, and any person aggrieved by
any assessment made under this
provision shall have the right of APP
peal to the said Mayor and Council of
said town of Friendsville. All town
taxes shall be liens on the real es-
tate of the party indebted from the
time the same are levied to the same
extent as State and county taxes are
liens and the said town taxes shall be
collectible in the manner as State
and county taxes are collectible.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
1, 1871.
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CHAPTER 667

Relating to the Date on which the
County Treasurer is Required to Re-
pay Certain Sums Borrowed by the
County Commissioners.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section 104 of Article
IL of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland 1880 Edition), title
Garrett County, subtitle County
Treasurer, as amended by Chapter
286 of the Laws of Maryland of
1889, relating to the date on which
the County Treasurer of Garrett
County is required to repay certain
sums borrowed by the County Com
missioners.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 104 of Article IL of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland
1880 Edition), title Garrett Coun-
ty', subtitle County Treasurer, as
amended by Chapter 286 of the Laws
of Maryland of 1889, be and it is here
by repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:
104. (a) 1t shall be the duty of
the Treasurer to issue checks against
funds deposited by him in banks in
payment of orders drawn by the Coun-
ty Commissioners as directed in Sec
ton SO, provided said orders are not in
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CHAPTER NO. 342.

Providing for the Extension of the
Boundaries of the Upper Potomac
River District so as to Include part
of the First Election District of
Garrett County and Authorizing the
Upper Potomac River Commission
to Convey or Lease Certain Lands
to the State Department of FOres-
try.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section l of Chapter
400 of the Acts of 1885, creating the
Upper Potomac River District and
the Upper Potomac River Commits
sion and to add new section to said
Chapter 400, said new section to be
known as Section IA, extending the
boundaries of said District to in
clude part of the First Election Dis
trict of Garrett County and author
izing the Upper Potomac River
Commission to convey or lease GER
tain lands to the State Department
of Forestry and authorizing the said
Commission and the State Depart
ment of Forestry to enter into an
agreement relative to said lands.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section l of Chapter 400 of the Acts
of 1885, creating the Upper Potomac
River District and the Upper Potomac
River Commission, be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amend
mentS, to read as follows:
l. The territory included within
Allegany County and Election Dis
trict No. of Garrett County and the
territory in Election District No. 1
of Garrett County, owned by
the Upper Potomac River Commits
sion on January l, 1941, all in the
State of Maryland, are hereby made
and constituted the Upper Potomac
River District for the purposes here
matter set forth, and shall be known
and cited as the upper Potomac River
District. The word District" as here
matter used is defined to mean the
Upper Potomac River District.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted,
That new section be and it is hereby
added to said Chapter 400 of the Acts
of 1885, said new section to be known
as Section IA and to read as follows:
IA. The said Upper Potomac River
Commission and the State Department
of Forestry are hereby authorized to
enter into an agreement for the con.
veyance or lease of all or such part of
the lands which said Commission has
acquired or may hereafter acquire
above the 1885 contour level by said
Commission to the State Department
Of Forestry. The said agreement may
provide that the property so conveyed
or leased shall be planted in trees by
the State Department of Forestry
where necessary and that said lands
shall be maintained in forest cover
for the protection of the water she'd
The said agreement shall provide,
however, that the Commission shall
have in perpetuity, through it's agents
and servants, the right of ingress
and egrees over and upon said lands
for the purpose of inspection and
maintenance of the aforesaid Savage
River Dam.
The said Upper Potomac River
Commission and the said State De-
partment of Forestry shall have the
power, by agreement, to prescribe the
rights, duties, obligations, privileges
and powers of each of said contract
ing parties as to the lands so con-
veyed or leased, and the right of ac-
cess to or over the lands not conveyed
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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS
CHAPTER 693.


Providing for a Closed Season upon
the Woodchuck, Commonly Called
The Grounding in Garrett and Ale
gany Counties.
AN ACT to add a new section to Arti-
Gle 80 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland 1889 Edition. title
water Fowl-Birds and Came,
subtitle "Otter, Muskrat, Raccoon
and Opossum", said new section to
be known as Section 61A, and to
follow Immediately after Section 81
of said Article, providing for a
closed season upon the woodchuck,
commonly called the ground hog in
Garrett and Allegany Counties.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
a new section be and it is hereby added
to Article 80 of the Annotated Code Of
Maryland 1889 Edition., title water
Fowl-Birds and Game, subtitle
"Otter, Muskrat, Raccoon and Opos-
sum-, said new section to be known as
Section 61A, to follow Immediately
after Section 81 of said Article, and to
read as follows:
61A. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to hunt any woodchuck, COM
monty called ground hog, in Garrett
and Allegany Counties, or have the
meat or pelts in possession if trapped,
caught or killed, between the thirtieth
day of September and the first day of
July following in each and every year,
both dates exclusive, whether same are
trapped, caught or killed within the
State of Maryland, or any other State,
territory or country. However, moth
ing herein contained shall prohibit the
possession of the skins of such ami
NAL for business purposes, when
cured and dried, and any person may
have in his possession green skins I'M
til the fifteenth day of November, fol-
lowing the close of each season, in
order that all skins caught late in the
season may be cured for market. Dur
ing the open season it shall be unlaw-
full full any one person to kill, trap or
catch in any manner more than 4 wood
chucks in any one day or more than
eight in any one week or to kill or
catch any woodchuck by digging him
out of den except as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Nothing contained in this section
shall prevent woodchucks from being
dug out of their dens or killed, in any
manner, at any time, by landowners
or occupants of farms, or by members
of their family, or hired help. Said an
imals may also be dug out of dens in
cultivated fields and killed in any man
ner during the regular open wood
chuck season by any other person
if such person shall first have obtained
specific permission from the owner or
occupant of said farm, and shall, i'm
mediatcly after the removal thereof,
replace the earth and level off the area
dug out.
Any person guilty of violating any
provision of this section SHALL upon
conviction, be fined not more than
Fifty Dollars ($50.0O) for each and
every offense and in addition shall be
fined two dollars $4,000 for each and
every such skin in possession in vio-
lation of this subtitle.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June l.,
1941.
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CHAPTER NO. 545.

Providing for the Removal of Snow
By The State Roads Commission
from Entrances to Private Homes
and Business Places Adjacent to
Highways.
AN ACT to add new section to Ar
ticle SOB of the Annotated Code of
Maryland 1889 Edition., title
Estate Roads, said new section to
be known as Section ga and to fol-
low Immediately after Section 8 of
said Article, relating to snow re-
moval on the highways of Garrett
County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
new section be and it is hereby adj
ded to Article SOB of the Annotated
Code of Maryland 1889 Edition., IT,
tie Estate Roads,, said new section to
be known as Section ga, to follow i'm
mediately after Section of said Arti-
Gle, and to read as follows:
ga. In removing snow from the
highways in Garrett County, the en-
ployees of the State Roads Commits
sion shall use due care to avoid COM
pletely blocking entrances to private
homes and businesses adjacent to the
highway. If, due to unusual circum-
stances, any such entrance is so
blocked, the Commission shall reopen
it within a reasonable time. In no case
shall the snow removed from the
highway be thrown or piled against
any building in such manner as to
interfere with it's use by the owner or
occupant.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
|, 1941.
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CHAPTER NO. 1888.
Providing for the Appointment of
Clerk to the County Commissioners
BY the said Commissioners.

Ao'iui'S ioi tHC EhPPoiheHShC vi u
Clerk to the County Commissioners
by the said Commissioners.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section 81 of Article
IL of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland 1880 Edition) title
Garrett County, subtitle "Coun-
ty Commissioners, as said section
was amended by Chapter 465 of the
Acts of 1888, providing for the APP
pointment of the Clerk to the Coun-
ty Commissioners by the said Com
missioners.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 81 of Article IL of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland
1880 Edition), title Garrett Count
ty," subtitle County Commission
Chapter 465 of the Acts of 1888, be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enact-
ed, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:
81. On the expiration of the term
of the present Clerk to the Board Of
County Commissioners, unless va
cancy occurs before the expiration of
said term, the County Commissioners
of Garrett County shall appoint a
Clerk who shall serve for a term of
four az years from the time of his
appointment and qualification, or
qualified and shall be subjected to re-
moval from said office for inefficiency
or for any willful neglect of duty or
misbehavior in office at any time by
the County Commissioners of said
County, who shall have power to APP
point some competent person for the
unexpired term of the Clerk so remov-
ed, said Clerk shall be paid for his SER
vices the sum of twelve hundred dol
lars per annum, payable in monthly
installments of one hundred dollars at
the expiration of each and every
month by the treasurer of Garrett
County from the funds of said County
and the said Clerk shall have full
power to administer an oath or affir-
nation to any and all persons who are
to be examined aswitnesses in anymat-
ter before the County Commissioners,
and touching or relating to any ac-
count, bill or other matter to be filed in
the Office of said County Commits
sioners; the said salary of twelve hun
dred dollars per annum shall be full
compensation for all services required
of said Clerk, who shall keep the Of
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CHAPTER NO. 593.
Relating to the Administration of
the County Roads in Garrett County.


the County Roads in Garrett County.
AN ACT to add two new sections to
Article IL of the Code of Public Lo-
cal Laws of Maryland 1880 Edi-
tom, title Garrett County, sub
title Roads, said new sections to
be known as Sections 467A and 467B
and to follow Immediately after Sec
ton ACT of said Article, relating
to the administration of County
Roads in Garrett County.
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 1880 Edition), title Garrett
County, subtitle Roads, said new
sections to be known as Sections 467A
and 467B, to follow Immediately after
Section 467 of said Article, and to read
as follows:
467A. No County Roads Engineer
or person performing similar func-
tions shall receive annual compensa-
ton in excess of twenty-four hundred
dollars ($2400) per year.
467B. The County Commissioners
shall not purchase or contract to pur-
chase more than $4,000 of additional
road equipment during gthe calendar
years 1871 and 1912.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
LIST, 1871.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
scriber hath obtained from the Orphans Court
of Garrett County, Maryland Letters of Adj
ministration on the estate of
MARY f. MOSSER
late of Garrett County, Maryland, deceased.
All persons having claims against the de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same
with the vouchers thereof duly authenticated,
to the subscriber. or before the 18th day of
December, 1871. they may otherwise by law be
excluded from all benefit of said estate All per-
sons knowing themselves indebted to said es-
tate aye requested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 10th day of June,
1871. KYLE BENNETT
Administrator,
kempton. West Virginia
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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS

flee of County Commissioners open
from nine o'clock in the forenoon until
four o'clock in the afternoon, and who
shall attend therein for the transaction
of business on every day of the week
except Sundays and legal holidays. No
additional compensation shall be paid
said Clerk for extra work nor shall the
County Commissioners pay anyone for
assisting said Clerk.
Sec. g And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
|, 1941.
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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS

or leased belonging to or under the
control of either of said contracting
parties.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the
public health and safety, and being
passed by a yea and nay vote, sup
ported by three-ffths of all the mem
bers elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date Of it's
passage.
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CHAPTER NO. All.
Relating to Cruelty to Animals

Relating to Cruelty to Animals
AN ACT to repeal Section 129 of Arti-
Gle IL of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland 1880 Edition
title Garrett County," subtitle
Cruelty to Animals"
Whereas, The provisions of this
section have been superseded by a
Statewide law and are no longer in
effect, therefore,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That Sec
ton 129 of Article IL of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland 1880
Edition), title Garrett County,, sub
title Cruelty to Animals, be and it is
hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
LIST, 1871.
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CHAPTER NO. 343.

An Act Repeating Sections % to 80
of Article IL Relative to the Town
of Bloomington.
AN ACT to repeal Sections % to SO,
inclusive, of Article II of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland
1880 Edition), title Garrett Coun-
ty', subtitle Bloomington"
WHEREAS, The Town of Bloom
ington has not elected any town off
Gals or functioned as a town for sew
eral years; therefore,
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Sections % to 38, inclusive, of Article
II of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland 1890 Edition., title Gar
rett County," subtitle blooming
ton, be and they are hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
|, 1941.
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Semi Weatherproof Trespass and
No Hunting notices may be procured
at The Republican office upon appli-
cation or they will be sent by mail if
so ordered.
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! will not be responsible for any
debts other than those contracted for
by myself.
ERNEST HAUSER
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CHAPTER 472.
Relating to Hoop Poles and Timber"
in Garrett County

in Garrett County
AN ACT to repeal Section 222 of Ar
ticle II of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland 1880 Edition. 3,
title Garrett County, subtitle
Hoop Poles and Timber"
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 222 of Article IL of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland
1880 Edition., title Garrett Coun-
ty". subtitle Hoop Poles and Tim
ber''. be and it is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
LIST, 1941.
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Providing for a Closed Season upon
the Woodchuck, Commonly Called
The Grounding in Garrett and Allie
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NOTICE OF DEBT

Kempton, West Virgini