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thereof, by the residents! of said town, and shall have the power to pass

all such ordinances as may be necessary requiring the residents of said
town, or the property owners thereof, to discontinue the use of all pit or

surface closets used in said town, wherein fecal matter is permitted to
accumulate.*

MANUFACTURERS AND MINERS.f

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 145. 1878, ch. 108.

385. If any individual engaged in mining or manufacturing in said

county, or any association or body corporate engaged in any business
whatever therein, shall for the space of thirty days be indebted to the
person in their employ, or to furnishers of any raw material, in the aggre-
gate sum of twenty-five dollars, and shall neglect or refuse to pay the same
for the space of thirty days, the circuit court for said county, as a court of
equity, or the judge thereof in vacation shall, upon the petition of the
employees or furnishers of raw material, or any number of them, appoint
a receiver to take charge of the affairs of such individual, association or
body corporate, with a view to their liquidation and settlement under the
authority of said court.

Clark v. Remington, 89 Md. 66.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 146. 1878, ch. 108.

386. The defendant in said petition shall have a right to answer the

same and deny the facts therein stated, and the issue shall be tried by
court immediately, or as soon as practicable after the filing of such answer;
or if either party shall demand a jury trial of the issues raised by said
petition and answer, then such issue shall be sent to the circuit court for

said county, as a court of law; and if the same shall be then in session,

shall stand for trial at that term, and if not in session, then such issues

shall stand for trial at the next term, but no demurrer or plea in abate-
ment shall be allowed, nor shall the same on any account be postponed;
rand if it shall appear from the finding of the court or jury upon the said
issues, or any of them, that such receiver should not have been appointed,
then he shall be discharged, and pending the decision upon such issue,

said receiver shall remain in possession of the property of such individual,
association or body corporate, but shall not dispose of the same until the
determination of such issues, unless the court, under special circumstances,

shall see proper to direct him so to do, in which case the proceeds thereof

shall remain in his hands in lieu of said property, to abide the result of
said issues.

*The other sections of ch. 60, 1916, authorized $1,500 of bonds for completing
sewerage system and the levy of taxes to pay interest on and to redeem said
bonds. Ch. 60, 1916, was approved by the voters at town election May, 1916.

+Ch. 37, 1904, as amended by ch. 211, 1910, relating to payment of wages of
-miners in Garrett County held invalid as being discriminatory, in State v. Potomac
Coal Co., 116 Md. 381.