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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

on the streets of the town or within doors when the same shall

Penalty.

be deem demoralizing, objectionable or otherwise obnoxious,

provided no greater sum than thirty dollars shall be charged

for any of the licenses herein provided for.

Sec. 413. The said Burgess and Commissioners shall also

have power to license saloons, breweries and all other places

Licensing

saloons.

where malt, spirituous, vinous, fermented and intoxicating

liquors are sold, provided that no greater sum than one hun-

dred dollars, nor less than the sum of fifty dollars shall be

charged for said license.

Sec. 414. All ordinances passed in pursuance of the powers

herein contained and given shall be printed and posted in not

less than ten of the most public and conspicuous places within

Ordinances
to be posted.

the corporate limits of said town and also recorded in a book

for that purpose by the clerk, and this book shall be in the

custody and keeping of the Burgesses and Commissioners of

the town but shall always be open to the inspection of all

persons interested therein.

Sec. 415. All ordinances heretofore passed by the Burgess

and Commissioners of Williamsport now in force and not in-

consistent with this Act are hereby continued in force until

Laws to re-
main in

the same are repealed or modified, and all contracts and stipu-

force.

lations heretofore entered into by the Burgess and Commis-

sioners of Williamsport under the provisions and powers of

the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland hereby repealed

and re-enacted shall be and remain in full force and effect.

Sec. 416. The said Burgess and Commissioners of Williams-

port shall annually lay an equal tax on all the real and personal

property within the corporate limits of the town of Williams-

port, or that may have a citus there, by reason of the residence

of the owner thereof therein, not to exceed in amount thirty

cents on each one hundred dollars' worth of taxable property,

to be used for general municipal purposes and for repairs and

Levying

improvements on the streets and alleys of said town as the

taxes.

Burgess and Commissioners may deem necessary, and if at

any time it shall be necessary to meet the expenses of the con-

demnation of property for the use of the town and of opening

new streets and alleys, and putting the same in good passa-

ble condition and of grading and macadamizing and otherwise

improving any of the streets and alleys of the town, and of any

other necessary work outside of the usual order, and which

may entail more than ordinary expenses, then the said Bur-

gess and Commissioners may lay an additional tax therefor,