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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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145. The commissioners of said town are hereby
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Pass ordi-
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empowered to pass such ordinances, not contrary to
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nances
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law, for the regulation and good government of said
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town and the inhabitants thereof, and to restrain all
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disorders and disturbances, and prevent and remove
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all nuisances, inconveniences and annoyances within
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said town ; to prevent the running at large of horses,
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cattle, swine and geese, and to prevent the tiring of
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guns, pistols and fire-crackers in the streets of said
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town; the burning of chimneys in dry weather; the
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continuance of unsafe chimneys, stove or stovepipes ;
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to provide against fire ; to make, repair and regulate
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footways; to make and keep open drains and sewers ;
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to lay out and make new streets and alleys ; to build
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a market house ; regulate market days ; to build a
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jail or guard-house for the confinement of persons
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charged with or convicted of violations of the law
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or ordinances, and may cause the harbor, or such
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portions thereof as they may deem necessary, to be
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cleaned and cleared of all obstructions and annoy-
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ances in and upon the same, whether from vessels
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sunk or any other cause; may pass such ordinances
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as they may deem proper respecting the keeping of
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wharves in repair, so as to prevent their injuring
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the harbor, and for preventing vessels from casting
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filth or ballast into the same, and to prevent filth,
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earth, shells or soil from, being thrown from the
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wharves, or land, or houses, into the said harbor, so as
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to fill up the same, or obstruct the navigation thereof;
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and any justice of the peace of the said town shall
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Impose fines
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impose fines for the breach of any ordinances passed
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for breach.
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under this section, not exceeding twenty dollars in
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any one case, and all persons so convicted shall be
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committed to the county jail for not less than five
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or more than thirty days on failure to pay such
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fine.
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146. The commissioners are hereby authorized
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and empowered to pass ordinances for the licensing
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of circuses, menageries, theatricals, and other exhi-
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bitions for gain exhibiting in said town ; they shall
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have power to require licenses from the owners and
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nances for li-
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keepers of hacks, carts, wagons, drays and every
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censes.
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description of wheel vehicle and carriage kept for
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hire in said town ; also from hawkers, peddlars and
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street venders.
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