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ALLEGANY COUNTY. [ART. 1.

tion to the estate and property so valued as fully
as if the same had been conveyed by the owner
thereof.

Ibid. c. 16.
Penalty for pol-
luting city
water.

45. If any person shall wilfully pollute said water
by throwing any dead animal or other impure sub-
stance into the same, or by swimming, bathing, or
washing themselves, or by washing clothes or the
skins of dead animals, or any other impure things
therein, or by erecting any necessary or other nui-
sance so near the said water as to pollute the same,
he shall forfeit to the said city a sum not exceeding
twenty dollars for each offence, to be recovered by
summons before any justice of the peace for Alle-
gany county, to be issued against the person so
offending, if a free man, otherwise against the hus-
band, father or master of the person so offending,
who shall be answerable therefor ; and the person so
offending shall be obliged to remove such nuisance,
to pay the sum of ten dollars for every day the same
shall continue, to be recovered as aforesaid for the
use of said city.

Ibid, c 17.
Penalty for In-
juring water
works, &c.

46. Any person who shall designedly injure the
said water works, or any part thereof, or obstruct
the passage of the water therein, shall for every
offence forfeit to the sum of twenty dollars, to be re-
covered in the manner and for the use mentioned
in the preceding section.

Ibid. s. 18
Penalty against
non-water
renters.

47. If any person, being first duly cautioned, shall
use or in any manner meddle with the water in said
water works, whether obtained from hydrants or
otherwise, such person not being a water renter at
the time, or licensed by said city, shall forfeit the
sum of six dollars, to be recovered and applied as
directed in the two preceding sections.

Ibid s 19.
Mayor and
councilmen to
pass ordinan-
ces for intro-
ducing water,
&c.

48. The mayor and councilmen of Cumberland
are hereby invested with the power and authority
to enact and pass all ordinances which, from time
to time, they may deem necessary and proper to
effect the objects herein specified, and to regulate