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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. [ART. 2.

and harbor thereof, when made, shall be signed by the
mayor, and the seal of the corporation thereto affixed,
and shall be deposited with the clerk of the corpo-
ration of the city, and received as evidence of the
boundaries of the said city, and of the harbor, lots,
streets, lanes and alleys therein; to declare and ad-
judge as nuisances, any encroachments on the streets,
lanes and alleys, and cause the same to be removed
at the expense of the persons offending; to lay off and
divide the city into election districts, and to define
their bounds and limits, and correct the same from
time to time, so as to preserve, as accurately as may
be, an equal number of inhabitants in each of said dis-
tricts, and to designate places for taking the vote at all
elections to be held in each of said districts; to pre-
vent the running at large of dogs, and to impose an
annual tax on the owners and keepers thereof in the
city, not exceeding five dollars; to restrain or prohibit
the running at large of horses, cows, sheep, goats, or
other animals; to direct in what part of the city build-
ings of wood shall not be erected; to pass ordinances
for preserving order, securing persons and property
from violence, danger or destruction, for protecting the
public and city property, rights and privileges from
waste or encroachment, and for promoting and secur-
ing the good government of the city.

Opening, &c,
streets, lanes,
&c.

41. Before the mayor, counsellor and aldermen of
the city of Annapolis shall pass any ordinance to open,
widen, straighten, extend, stop up or discontinue any
streets, lanes or alleys, or any part thereof, in pursu-
ance of the authority herein delegated, at least thirty

Notice.

days notice shall be given before the passage of such
ordinance, in some newspaper or newspapers published
in said city, and before any street, lane or alley shall
be so opened, widened, straightened, extended, stopped
up or discontinued, in whole or in part, the proprietors
of lots, or any part or section of the streets, lanes and
alleys so to be opened, widened, straightened, extended,
stopped up or discontinued, in whole or in part, whose
property will be depreciated by the act of the corpora-
tion, may apply to any justice of the peace in said city,