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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Substitute.

of Centreville, Queen Anne's County, he, and the
same are hereby repealed, and the following sec-
tions enacted as substitutes therefor :

Remove nui-

sance.

Sec. 37. The said Commissioners shall cause all
nuisances and obstructions that may interrupt the
passage or injure the health of the inhabitants of
the town to be removed from the streets, lanes and
alleys, and may provide for the mending, improv-
ing and cleansing the same, and shall have power
to prohibit and punish by ordinance the placing
any dirt, filth or other matter therein, find may
also erect lamps in any of the streets, lanes and
alleys of said town, and cause the same to be
lighted at the public experi.se, and may pass all
laws and ordinances for the preservation of the
health of said town, and to prevent the introduction
of contagious diseases within said town or within
three miles thereof.

Detrimental

to health                      

Fine.

Sec. 38. The said Commissioners shall have full
power to cause any nuisance to be abated, upon
complaint or view, if they shall be satisfied it is
detrimental to the health of the inhabitants of
said town or injurious to the trade of said town,
and for this purpose are empowered and directed
to enter upon any private grounds or premises
within the corporate limits of said town ; and the
said Commissioners shall see that the town is kept
in a cleanly and sanitary condition, and to this
end are empowered and directed once in a month,
and oftener if they shall deem it necessary, begin-
ning with the month of April and ending with the
month of November, in each and every year, to
enter upon and examine into the condition of all.
the private grounds and premises within the cor-
porate limits of said town, and if in their judg-
ment any such grounds and premises are not in a
cleanly and sanitary condition, they shall forth-
with cause a written notification to be served by
the Bailiff upon the person or persons occupying
or having charge of said grounds and premises, to
put the same in a cleanly and sanitary condition :
and if said person or persons shall fail or refuse
for ten days after the service of such notification
to obey the same, the said Commissioners shall
impose a fine upon such person or persons so

offending of not less than one dollar and not more