1142

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and special purposes, not to exceed forty cents on a hundred

dollars of the taxable property in said town in any one year;

and the Council shall make and declare a levy at the regular

meeting in July, in each year, or as soon as the county assess-

ment for the year shall be secured, and the items entering

into such levy shall be published for the information of the

taxpayers of said town, and the levy shall be a lien on any and

all property of the persons against whom they are levied ; pro-

vided that when any property lies partly within and partly with-

out the limits of the town, the Council shall have authority to

assess the part within the limits of said town at a proper

proportion of the county valuations ; no member of the Council

shall, during his term of office, hold or be interested in any

other office under the corporation, except that one of the Coun-

cil shall be elected at the first meeting in every term to be a

member of the board of health, for which office there shall be

no compensation, nor shall any member of the Council be a

party directly or indirectly to any contract in which the corpo-

Quorum.

ration is interested. A majority of the members of the Coun-

cil shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

All salaries and compensation of officers, agents and servants

of the corporation not herein provided for shall be fixed by

the Council. No money shall be payable on any bill or order

unless first audited and accepted by the Council, and any order

drawn upon the treasurer shall so state with the date of pas-

sage by the Council. The Mayor and Council of Midland shall

have power to pass all ordinances necessary for the good gov-

ernment of the town; to prevent, remove and abate all nui-

sances or obstructions in or on the streets, highways, lanes or

lots adjacent thereto: to make reasonable regulations in re-

gard to buildings to be erected in said town and to grant

building permits for the same; to make and establish grades

upon the highways and streets of the town; to cause side-

walks, curbs and gutters to be laid, graded, paved, repaired

or improved along the streets and highways of said town at the

cost and expense of the abutting property owners ; to cause

the water courses, drains or sewers of the town to be kept in

repair and cleansed ; to regulate sales in the streets, alleys and

public places of the town, and regulate and provide for the

licenses of peddlers, hawkers and venders of merchandise and

patent medicines, and traveling circuses and shows of every

To establish a

description; to establish and regulate the station house or

police station

lockup for temporary confinement of violators of the laws and

bouse.

ordinances of the town, and to erect a suitable building to be

used as a Council Chamber and a house for fire apparatus;