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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

but before laying said additional tax the said Burgess and

Commissioners shall pass an ordinance providing for the said

fire department and lockup, or either of them, and providing

for the said additional tax, which ordinance shall be submitted

to the voters of the town for adoption or rejection at the next

Two- thirds

election ensuing, the adoption of said ordinance; and at said

vote neces-
sary.

election the ticket shall be so prepared so as to give the voters

an opportunity of voting upon said question; and if at said

election two-thirds of the voters voting upon said question shall

vote for the adoption of the ordinance, then the said tax shall

be levied as provided: otherwise they shall not have power to

lay said tax.

Collector of

Sec. 418. The said Burgess and Commissioners may appoint

taxes.

a collector of taxes for the said town, who shall have the same

power to distrain and sell as collectors of county taxes have.

and shall receive such compensation for his services as the

said corporation may deem just; he shall give bond with

approved security to the said corporation for the prompt and

faithful discharge of his duties.

Sidewalks,

Sec. 419. The said Burgess and Commissioners shall have

grading and

authority to require all property holders to make sidewalks in

curbing.

front of their premises, and to keep the same in repair where

such premises front on any public street of the town; they

may prescribe the proper grade and require the curbing to

be set in accordance therewith, and such material used as shall

secure a safe, solid and convenient footway to the public;

and they may also require the property holders to make a paved

gutter or water-way outside the curbing the length of his or

her premises and according to such grade and specifications as

they shall furnish; and if the work be not done within three

months from the date of notification, the Burgess and Com-

missioners may order the same to be done at the expense of

the owners of the different lots in front of which the same shall

be done, and the costs thereof shall be a lien against the prop-

erty and collected as other town taxes are collected; provided

no action shall be taken to enforce the making of gutters

until the corporation shall be ready to grade and macadamize

the street when such work is required to be done.

Macadamizing
streets and

Sec. 420. The Burgess and Commissioners may level, grade
and macadamize the streets and alleys or any of them, in whole

alleys.

or in part, and cause bridges or culverts to be made over the

water courses or hollows in said streets or alleys and crossing

places of stone or otherwise at convenient points over the same;