ART. 4.] ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY—RAILROADS. 529
stables and bailiffs of any county or city on the lines of said road,
shall arrest all such persons at any of the places aforesaid, on the
same knowledge and proof of their being common thieves or
pickpockets as provided in the preceding section, and the said
justice shall commit or bail such person on the same knowledge
of proof; and any person convicted in any county on the line of
said roads with being a common pickpocket, shall be punished
by a fine or imprisonment in the jail of the connty for the same
time and in the same amount as provided in the preceding sec-
tion ; and all the provisions of the preceding section shall apply
to all cases under this section, except so far as altered by this
section.
ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY.
1883, ch. 181.
760. It shall be the duty of the mayor and city council of
Baltimore to appoint a visitor, who shall, as often as once a year,
examine the books and accounts of the trustees of the " Enoch
Pratt free library of Baltimore city," and make a report thereof
to the mayor and city council of Baltimore; and said mayor and
city council shall, in case of any abuse of their powers by said
trustees or their successors, have the right to resort to the proper
courts to enforce the performance of the trust imposed on them.
Ibid.
761. The real estate and personal property vested in said
mayor and city council by virtue of the act of 1882, chapter 181,
authorizing the establishing of the Enoch Pratt free library of
Baltimore city, and to become vested by future purchases under
the provisions of said act, and the funds and franchises of the
"Enoch Pratt free library of Baltimore city," shall be exempt
from all State and municipal taxes, forever.
RAILROADS.
P. L. L., (1860,) art 4, sec. 856.
762. The mayor and city council may, on the application or
assent in writing of the owners of the major part in extent of
front feet of the lots fronting on each side of any street or part
of a street, pass such ordinances as shall be necessary for the con-
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