ART. 22.] HAGERSTOWN. ] 955

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 81, sec. 108.

150. The said justice shall thereupon give to said person a
certificate setting forth the said oath, and shall at the same time
cut off the ears and tail, and cut out the tongue, so as to prevent
any second allowance therefor; and the county commissioners

shall levy for the use of the person producing such certificate, the
sum to which he shall thereby appear to be entitled under the
provisions of section 148 of this sub-title of this article.

1872, ch 166.

151. Any person who shall be convicted of shooting any foxes

whilst pursued by dogs, in Washington county, shall be liable to
a fine of five dollars for each and every offence, to be recovered
before any justice of the peace in the county, as other small
debts are now recoverable.

HAGERSTOWN.

1884, ch 58.

152. The inhabitants of Hagerstown, in Washington county,
are created a corporation by the name of "The Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown," and by that name shall have perpetual
succession; may sue and be sued; may have and use a common
seal, and possess such other incidents and powers as attach by
law to a municipal corporation, and may purchase and hold real,
personal and mixed property for the benefit of said corporation;
provided, however, that the mayor and council shall not pur-
chase or acquire any real estate, unless the said mayor and
council shall first provide by ordinance for said purchase, and the
mode and manner of payment therefor; and all ordinances for
the purchase of real estate shall provide for submitting the
question of said purchase to the qualified voters of the town at
some regular election for the election of councilmen of said
town; and before any such ordinance shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of the town, at least four weeks' public notice
shall be given, by publication in one or more newspapers of the
town, of an intention to submit said ordinance to the qualified
voters of the town; and said notice shall set forth the ordinance
in full, and the mode and manner of payment proposed; and no
ordinance for the purchase of real estate shall be of any force or
validity unless it shall receive a majority of all the votes cast at
each election.