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JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
and form of government, to all intents and purposes, any
thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
This act was confirmed by 1803, ch. 19,
and the elections under are regulated
by 1803, ch. 46. |
1802.
CHAP. 82. |
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CHAP. LXXXIII.
An Act to enlarge the powers of the Commissioners of the Town of
Havre-de-Grace. Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 292.
Supplements 1805, ch. 116, and November
1812, ch. 189. See 1800, ch. 46,
1803, ch. 56, and November 1809, ch. 56. |
Passed Jan. 8, 1803. |
WHEREAS it is represented to the general assembly
of Maryland,
by the petition of the commissioners of Havre-de-Grace, that
the inhabitants of said town labour under considerable inconveniencies
for want of sufficient powers being lodged in some person or
persons to prevent nuisances, which greatly endanger the health of
the inhabitants, and for want of other regulations necessary for
the safety of said town; therefore, |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the commissioners of the town of Havre-de-Grace shall have full
power and authority to enact and pass all such by-laws and ordinances
as are necessary to prevent and remove nuisances; to provide
for the sweeping of chimnies; to prevent the storage of gunpowder
in such quantities as may endanger the safety of said town;
to provide for improving and amending the streets, lanes and alleys;
and to make such other useful and necessary regulations as may appear
to them proper and right for the general welfare of the inhabitants
of said town; and to cause a just and fair assessment and
valuation of all the real and personal property within the limits of
said town, (unimproved lots of ground and the working tools of
mechanics only excepted,) to be made and returned to the commissioners
annually, and to impose and levy on the property, so directed
to be assessed and valued, such sum or sums of money,
in just and fair proportions, according to valuations aforesaid, as
the commissioners shall deem necessary for the benefit of said town,
provided that the whole sum or sums of money, so levied as aforesaid,
shall not exceed in any one year the sum of one hundred dollars;
to make such ordinances and regulations as shall be necessary
for collecting annually the sum or sums levied as aforesaid; to
impose such fines, penalties and forfeitures, for a breach of any of
the by-laws or ordinances, as they may think proper, not exceeding
ten dollars for any offence; to pass all ordinances necessary to give
effect and operation to all powers vested in the commissioners under
the authority of this or any other act heretofore made; Provided,
that the by-laws or ordinances of the said commissioners, except
those relating to nuisances, shall be in no wise obligatory upon the
persons of nonresidents of the said town, being citizens of this state. |
Powers of commissioners
of town.
Proviso. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all fines, penalties
and forfeitures,
which may be incurred by any person or persons in virtue of this
act, and all other monies arising in virtue of this or any former
act passed on this subject, shall be recovered by, and in the name
of, the commissioners of Havre-de Grace, before a single magistrate,
as in cases of small debts, and the said penalties, fines and
forfeitures, and all other monies arising under this or any
other act relating to this subject, shall be appropriated by the said |
How fines are to
be recovered. |
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