1144

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall become due, and also a sufficient pro rata sum to an

amount not greater than six per centum interest on the said

Full power to

sum so authorized to be borrowed. The Council shall have

grant fran-
chises.

full power to grant franchises for the public utility, essential

to the proper service of said town of Midland. But any

franchise granted by said town shall be and remain subject

to recall and redemption by said Council, and said Council

shall have the right to purchase the same including all the

property and appurtenances and belongings at any time, upon

six months' notice, at a cost not to exceed the cost of construc-

tion or duplication of the physical property involved, plus a sum

of ten per centum upon said cost; the same to be determined

by a vote of the Council, to be ratified by the vote of the quali-

fied electors of said town, and any franchise granted shall

be construed in law to contain and be accepted upon the above

conditions. And the Mayor and Council shall provide such

compensation for the clerk and treasurer as they may think

proper; provided, said compensation shall not be less than

twenty-five dollars each per annum. And the Mayor and

Council shall provide compensation for the bailiff of said town

not exceeding forty dollars per month, and such compensa-

tion for collecting moneys as is already provided for in sub-

section "Bailiff" of Section 1846. The Mayor and Council

Licensing and
regulating

shall have the right to pass ordinances providing for licensing,

sale of

taxing and regulating the selling or giving away of any spir-

liquors.

ituous, vinous or malt liquors, and to license all places when

such liquors or either of them are to be used on the premises,

whether given away or sold, and all such last-named places

within the corporate limits and within one-eighth of a mile

thereof in addition to the fees required to be paid to the State

shall pay a license fee of twenty-five dollars per annum to the

Mayor and City Council of Midland. And it is hereby further

provided that no person licensed by the State as a retail dealer

to sell liquor in Allegany County, shall sell any fermented or

spirituous liquors, or lager beer within the coroprate limits

of the town of Midland, or within the space of one-eighth

of a mile of said limits, without first having paid to the Mayor

and Council of Midland the sum of twenty-five dollars for

each and every oyster house, ordinary saloon or place licensed

by the State, as a retailer of liquor or lager beer; under a

penalty or forfeiture of the license and payment of such fine

as may be provided by ordinance, to be imposed by the Mayor

acting under his police authority; to enforce the ordinances of

the town, for which purpose the Mayor and Council of Mid-

land shall have jurisdiction for one-eighth of a mile beyond