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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Act at an election to be held on a day and at a
place to be named by the Mayor, Counsellor and
Alderman of the city of Annapolis, when the legal
voters of said city shall express by ballot their as-
sent or dissent to the loan proposed; and provided,
that the entire public debt of said city shall not
exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to pro-
vide for taking up, fining or committing to the

Vagrants.

jail of Anne Arundel County, all vagrants, drunken,
loose and disorderly persons, and such as have no
visible means of support and livelihood, and com-
mon disturbers of the peace, that may he found
within the jurisdiction of the city; and the keeper
of the said jail shall receive and safe keep all per-
sons so committed, according to the tenor of the
commitment; to cause a survey, as often as they
may think necessary, of the city, its harbors,

Additions to
boundaries.

streets, lots, and the additions thereto, to be made;
to establish and fix permanent boundaries, and
stones at such places as they may think necessary,
with proper marks and devices thereon; to ascer-
tain the lines of the city, and the additions thereto,
and the survey of the said city and additions there-
to, and of the streets, lanes, alleys, and harbor
thereof, when made, shall be signed by the Mayor,
and the seal of the corporation thereto affixed,
and shall be deposited with the clerk of the cor-
poration of the city, and received as evidence of
the boundaries of the said city, and of the harbor,
lots, streets, lanes and alleys therein; to declare
and adjudge as nuisances any encroachments on

Remove nui-
sances.

the streets, lanes and alleys, and cause the same
to be removed at the expense of the persons
offending; to lay off and divide the city into elec-
tion districts, and to define their bounds and
limits, and correct the same from time to time, so
as to preserve, as accurately as may be, an equal
number of inhabitants in each of said districts,
and to designate places for taking the vote at all
elections to be held in each of said districts; to

Tax on dogs.

prevent the running at large of dogs, and to im-
pose an annual tax on the owners and keepers
thereof in the city, not exceeding five dollars; to
restrain or prohibit the running at large of horses,

Prohibit
wooden build-
ings.

cows, sheep, goats, or other animals; to direct in
what part of the city buildings of wood shall not
be erected; to pass ordinances for preserving order,