92 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAPTER 63.
Passed Fib.
21,1867. |
AN ACT to amend the fifteenth Article of the Code
of Public Local Laws, entitled Montgomery
county; relating to the powers of the Commis-
sioners of the Town of Rockville. |
& mended and
re-enacted. |
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That Section sixty-six, of Article
fifteen of the Code of Public Local Laws, entitled,
"Montgomery county," beamended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows: |
Authority to
pass ordinan-
ces, &c. |
66. The Commissioners may pass such ordinan-
ces not contrary to law, as they may deem benefi-
cial to the town, may open and close streets, lanes
and alleys; grade and pave the same, remove nuis-
ances and obstructions therefrom, restrain all pub-
lic disorder and disturbances, apprehend and fine
all vagabonds, impose a tax on dogs, geese and
hogs running at large in the Streets, and may im-
pose fines, penalties and forfeitures for the viola-
tion of their ordinances, and commit the offender
to the County Jail, until the same be satisfied,
with coats, and for the purpose of opening and
closing any street, lane or alley in said town, or
for grading and paving the same, the said Com-
missioners may appoint three persons as examiners,
who shall be free holders in the said town, not in-
terested in or holding any lands through which
any street, lane or alley is to be opened, altered or
closed; and the said examiners shall be qualified
and proceed in all respects, in the same manner as
is provided in the sixteenth, seventeenth, eigh-
teenth, nineteenth and twenty-second Sections of
Article twenty-eight of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws, in regard to the opening, altering and
closing of roads, except the return of said exami-
ners shall be made and ratified, or rejected by the
Commissioners for said town, instead of by the
Commissioners tor said county, and in case said
Commissioners for Rockville shall alter the return
made by said examiners, or a majority of them, be
ratified and confirmed, and the said Commission- |
Damage to
be paid. |
ers for said town of Rockville shall pay the said
damages to the respective parties or to their execu- |
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