EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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to suppress vagrancy; to open and close streets, roads, lanes

and alleys, and to establish footways, when in their judgment

the public welfare or convenience may require ; to provide for

ascertaining whether any and in what amount damages shall be

caused thereby, for which the owner or possessor of any prop-

erty through which such street, road, lane or alley may pass are

to be compensated ; to provide for granting appeals to the Cir-

cuit Court for Allegany County from the decision of any Com-

missioners or any other persons appointed in virtue of any ordi-

nance; to ascertain the damage occasioned by the opening,

closing or establishing or altering of streets, roads, lanes or

alleys in said town, and for securing for the person injured
the right, on application within thirty days from the return

Streets, roads,
lanes, etc;

to the Commissioners, to have decided by jury trial whether

any and what damages he has sustained; to provide for col-

lecting and paying the compensation awarded to any person

before any street, road, lane or alley shall be opened, closed,

established or altered; and to enact all ordinances from time

to time necessary and proper to the exercise of the powers

granted in this section; provided, that whenever the Coun-

cil propose to open, close, alter or establish any street, road,

lane or alley they shall give at least thirty days' notice by

advertising or hand bills to all parties interested of their inten-

tion, and the time of consideration of such action; to pro-

vide for the codification of all ordinances that may be passed,

and the printing and the publishing of the same ; and the printed

Printed copy
of all ordi-

copy of all such ordinances when approved by the Mayor and

nances.

Council shall be legal evidence of the passage of such ordi-

nances and of the contents thereof in any court of this State;

to provide penalties, not exceedng twenty-five dollars in

amount, or a term of imprisonment, not exceeding thirty days,

for the violation of ordinances, or both fine and imprisonment.

The town Council shall not borrow money, nor incur debts,

nor issue bills or other securities of a commercial character

in excess, in any year, of the receipts of the annual levy,

except that the said Mayor and Council of Midland shall

have power to borrow a sum not exceeding two thousand dol-

lars for the purpose of building a lockup, a building suitable

for a Council Chamber and a house for fire apparatus, pay-

able at any time within seven years; and for the redemption

of the principal thereof, and the payment of the interest

thereon, they are authorized to levy upon the assessable prop-

erty within the corporate limits annually, a sufficient pro rata

sum to be set apart as a sinking fund for the redemption of

the sum so allowed to be borrowed aforesaid when the same