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1835.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAP. 33
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which a stet may be entered, or which may be other-
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wise finally disposed of.
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CHAPTER 32.
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Passed Jan. 29,1836
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A supplement to the act, entitled, an act to incorporate
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the town, called and known by the name of Vienna,
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in Dorchester county.
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Power to tax dogs, &c.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of
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Maryland, That the Commissioners of the town of Vi-
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enna are hereby empowered to assess and levy a reason-
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able tax on dogs and bitches belonging to, or kept by
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any of the inhabitants of said town, to be received and
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collected as other taxes are, under the original law to
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which this is a supplement, and the said commission-
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ers, or a majority of them, may impose reasonable fines
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and penalties under the ordinances or by-laws of said
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town, for the restraining of dogs and bitches running at
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at large within the limits thereof, and may authorise
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and compel the bailiff to kill any dog or bitch within
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the limits of said town, whose owner cannot be ascer-
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tained, or whose owner or keeper shall refuse to make
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the payment of taxes, fines and penalties imposed in
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virtue of this act.
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Repair roads
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SEC. 2 . And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
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of the said commissioners to keep the streets and pub-
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lic roads, lying within the limits of said town, in good
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repair, and the bailiff or other person appointed by
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them for that purpose shall have and possess, within
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the limits of said town, all the powers that overseers of
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public roads now have.
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