JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

property fronting thereon, in proportion to the frontage of said
property, or may collect the same by suit against the owner,
and the cost of such pavement, and the collection thereof,
shall become a lien upon the property chargeable therewith.

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28. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners may
erect and establish a jail, houses of correction, hospitals or
pest houses outside of said town, and pass ordinances regu-
lating and governing the same, and may acquire property
necessary for the said purposes.

Erect Jail, etc.

29. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners may grant to
and there is hereby conferred upon the Chesapeake Beach
Railway Company the right to construct, or cause to be con-
structed, street railways along any street or streets in said town
of Chesapeake Beach, and any approach thereto, and to make
and pass such ordinances as may be necessary, governing the
construction of such street railway tracks, and the running of
cars thereon by electricity or other power; and may permit and
direct such alteration in the grade of any street as may be
necessary for the more convenient and useful construction of
such railways, and the proper conduct of the same, in so far
as the same may relate to the public, and shall fix the fare
for a single trip in any one direction not to exceed five cents
per person.

Power granted
to construct
street railways

30. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners may grant
to and there is hereby conferred upon the Chesapeake Beach
Railway Company the right to construct, or cause to be con-
structed, within the limits of Chesapeake Beach, a driving park
and race-track, and said Commissioners may enact such ordi-
nances as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the
same.

Driving park
and race-track

31. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners shall have
full power and authority to establish in said town of Chesa-
peake Beach such free school or schools as may be found
necessary, and may pass such ordinances as may be required
for the proper conduct thereof.

Free Schools.

32 . And be it enacted, That the Commissioners shall have full
power to construct and keep in repair all necessary drains and
sewers, and to pass such regulations as may be necessary for
the preservation of the same; and may authorize any person
appointed by them to enter upon the lots, grounds and posses-
sions of any person or body politic through which any sewers
or drains may pass, or ought to pass, and construct, regulate,
make or repair the same; and may pass such ordinances as

power to con-
struct and
keep in repair
drains and
sewers.