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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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from Upper Marlborough to the Holy Rosary Church
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back of the residence of A. T. Brooke, then in an
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air or direct line across the land of Miss Catharine
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J. Gaston to the Federal Spring Branch, at a point
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which will throw into the corporation all the land
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purchased by Thomas E. Williams and C. C. Ma-
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gruder, jr., of the trustees of Dr. Benadict J. Gardi-
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ner, then down and with the meanders of said Federal
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Spring Branch on the south side thereof, and exclu-
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sive of said branch to its mouth, the beginning point
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aforesaid.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the citizens of
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Time of elec-
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Upper Marlborough shall, on the first Thursday in
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tion.
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April, eighteen hundred and eighty, and every two
years thereafter, on the same day of said month, elect
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three commissioners to serve for two years from the
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date of their election and until their successors are
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elected and qualified, who shall have the manage-
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Power to pass
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ment of the town, and shall have full power to pass
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and enact all such laws and ordinances as they may
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deem wise, equitable and expedient for the comfort,
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health, convenience and prosperity of said town and
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its inhabitants ; to impose and appropriate fines, pen-
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alties and forfeitures for the breach of any of their
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by-laws or ordinances; to lay and levy taxes upon
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all kinds of property for the purpose of carrying into
effect the powers herein conferred; provided that
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Taxes not to
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said taxes shall not exceed twenty cents on every one
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exceed.
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hundred dollars worth of taxable property in any one
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year, which tax shall be collected by a person ap-
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pointed by said town commissioners for the purpose.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
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Levy dog tax
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are authorized to levy and cause to be collected the
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sum of one dollar for one dog, and one dollar for
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each additional dog, and two dollars for one bitch,
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and three dollars lor each additional bitch, kept,
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owned or possessed by each person or persons re-
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turned as the owner or owners thereof, within said
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corporate limits, and said commissioners are hereby
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Direct officer
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empowered to direct the officer appointed to preserve
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to kill dog
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the peace of said town, to kill any dog or bitch with-
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in the limits of said corporation, for which no owner
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can be found, and also any dog or bitch whose owner
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