1812 ARTICLE 7.

town, and shall levy a, tax upon all such property, not to exceed, in any
one year, thirty cents on the one hundred dollars, as they may deem neces-
sary for the said corporate government expenses; and said Commissioners
may borrow, to be used for corporate purposes, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars before the collection of said taxes, which debt shall be
cancelled as rapidly as the collection of taxes succeeding said borrowing
will permit, and all expenses of incorporating said town under this Act
shall be included in the levy first made.

1900, ch. 519, sec. 15.

275. Said Commissioners may direct by ordinances what material
shall be used in the paving, repaving and kerbing the footways, or any
of them in said town, and provide that the same shall be done at the
expense of the owners of the land before which said footway shall he
made or repaired.

1900, ch. 519, sec. 16.

276. If the owner or owners of any land shall refuse or neglect for
thirty days after notice to pave, kerb or repair any footway immediately
before his or her land on the same side of the road, street, lane or alley
therewith, as directed by any ordinance of the Commissioners consistent
with this Act, the burgess shall cause said work to be done, and collect
the expenses and costs thereof in the manner that county taxes are col-
lected in Carroll County, or by action of debt.

1900, ch. 519, sec. 17. 1929, ch. 181.

277. The Burgess and Commissioners of said town shall have the
power to widen, open and keep open streets, lanes and alleys; and in
addition to the powers already possessed by them, shall have the right and
power to acquire by condemnation any land, improvements, rights of way,
waters, water-courses, or other property of any kind whatsoever, whether
used for private purposes or already devoted to a public use, or any inter-
est therein, whether within the corporate limits of said town or within
five (5) miles thereof, for the purpose of supplying said town with water
for either municipal or private uses or purposes; or which it may require
for an engine house or other fire purposes, sewers, culverts, drains, mar-
kets, parks, squares and other public places; or which it may require for
streets, roads, footways, lanes, alleys, highways or bridges, including the
laying ont, opening, extending, widening, straightening and closing up of
the same in whole or in part; or which it may require for any other public
or municipal purpose. In all condemnation cases instituted by it for
any purpose, the procedure followed shall be the method provided and
prescribed by Article 33A of the Code of Public General Laws of this
State. And the said burgess and Commissioners are further authorized
to provide for the payment of any property which the said town may
acquire for public purposes, by assessing and levying, either generally
upon the whole assessable property of the town, or specially upon the