1744 ARTICLE 7.

1894, ch. 283, sec. 54-I.

86. The Mayor may remit any fine or penalty imposed under any ordi-
nance of the Mayor and Council.

1920, ch. 423, sec. 54J.

87. They shall have the power to provide by general ordinance for
the grading, making or curbing, or for the re-grading, re-making or re-
curbing of any street, in the said town of Hampstead, without the passage
of a special ordinance in the particular case, whenever the owners of a
majority of the front feet of property binding on such street shall apply
for the same upon terms and under conditions to be prescribed in the
same general ordinance, and for assessment and levy in any such case
of the costs of such work in whole or in part, pro rata, according to the
street frontage upon all the property binding upon such street, and for
the collection of such assessment or levy as other town taxes are collected,
and until such assessment or levy is paid it shall be and remain a lien
upon such property in the pro rata amount of the said front foot assess-
ment or levy; and the residue of said costs, if any, shall be paid by the
Mayor and Council out of the proceeds of taxes levied for general pur-
poses or by a special tax to be levied by them in addition to the amount
levied by them for general corporate purposes, but which said special tax
shall not exceed fifty cents (50c) for every one hundred dollars ($100.00).

1920, ch. 423, sec. 54K.

88. They shall have the power to enter into a contract with the County
Commissioners of Carroll County, the State of Maryland, and the State
Rpads Commission of Maryland, or any one, or two of them, for the
grading, making, or curbing, or for the re-grading, re-making or re-curb-
ing of any street, or part of the same, in the said town of Hampstead,
and of agreeing in and by said contract to pay any portion of the expense
of such work and improvement; and to assess and levy the said portion
of the expense to be paid by the Mayor and Council, in whole or in part,
pro rata, according to the street frontage, upon all the property binding
upon such street, or part thereof, and for the collection of such assess-
ment or levy as other town taxes are collected, and until such levy or
assessment is paid it shall be and remain a lien, upon such property in
the pro rata amount of the said front foot assessment or levy; and the
residue of said expense, if any, shall be paid by the Mayor or Council
out of the proceeds of taxes levied for general purposes.

1900, ch. 250.

89. The Board of County Commissioners of Carroll County shall pay
annually to the Mayor and Council of Hampstead, a body corporate of
said county, one-half of the taxes-levied and collected for road purposes
within the corporate limits of the town of Hampstead, in said county, to
be applied and used by the said the Mayor and Council of Hampstead for
the repair, maintenance and improvement of the streets, roads and alleys
within the corporate limits of said town.