ART. 1.] ALLEGANY COUNTY. 7

CITY OF CUMBERLAND.

Chapter 121 repeals sections 23, 31, 32, 33, 35, 53, 64, and enacts the following in

their stead:

3. The survey made under the authority of the mayor and
eity councilman of the town of Cumberland, and entered upon
the record of their proceedings and recorded in the office of the
clerk of the Circuit Court for Allegany county, shall constitute
the bounds and limits of said city; provided, however, that for
all sanitary and police purpose the mayor and councilmen of
said city shall have and exercise full authority and control for
one-half mile in every direction beyond the bounds and limits
above mentioned.

4. The mayor and councilmen may provide, by ordinance, for
the appointment of a clerk and such other -officers as to them
may seem fit for the proper execution and performance of the
powers and duties conferred on them by the laws of the State,
and their act of incorporation.

5. The mayor shall be allowed salary, not exceeding two
hundred [hundred] dollars, the councilmen shall be allowed a
per diem not exceeding two dollars per day for each day of
service, but the total per diem of any councilman shall not
exceed forty dollars per annum, and the salaries of all other
officers appointed bysaid mayor and councilmen shall be fixed
by ordinance at such reasonable and economical rates as to them
may seem just and proper.

6. The mayor and councilmen may pass all such ordinances
not contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State, as they
may deem necessary for the good government of said city; they
shall have power to remove all nuisances and obstructions from
the streets, lanes and alleys, and from any lots adjoining thereto;
they shall have power to remove or cause to be removed any
houses or other buildings that may become dangerous on any
account; they shall have power to cause the streets, lanes, alleys
and sidewalks to be paved, repaired and improved; they shall