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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

compensation of bailiff, clerk, treasurer, tax collector and such

other officers, agents or servants as may be employed by the cor-

poration; to suppress the practice of firing and discharging fire-

arms, fire-crackers, rockets, torpedoes and other explosives, either

by prohibiting the sale thereof or otherwise; to restrain and pro-

hibit gunning and to provide f or licensing, regulating or restrain-

ing theatricals or other public amusements within the city limits;

to establish day and night police and erect lamps; to borrow

money on the faith and credit of the city, and to open and close

streets, provided they shall not have the power to borrow any

sum or sums greater than five thousand dollars, or to close or

alienate any street or alley or parts thereof that are already opened

and used as highways without .first obtaining the assent of a

majority of the legal voters of the city cast at all election held

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for that purpose after twenty days' public notice; to erect and re-

pair bridges within the corporate limits; to levy and collect taxes

to dogs and bitches and to restrain them from going at large;

to prevent swine, geese, goats, horses, mules, cows, calves or cattle

of any kind whatsoever from going at large, and to restrain and

suppress the keeping of any hog-pen within certain portions of

the city; to regulate and define the location of slaughter houses

and smoke houses where large numbers of fish are smoked; to

regulate the speed of railroad trains through the limits of the

city; to prevent any immoderate driving or riding through the

streets in any carriage, stage, cart or other vehicle or on horse-

back so as to endanger the lives, limbs or property of any of the

inhabitants of said city, or to disturb the quiet enjoyment of the

streets and thoroughfares; to prevent disorderly conduct and

drunkenness in said city; to prevent and disperse the congrega-

tion of disorderly persons upon street corners and in the vicinity

of places of worship; to purchase such engines (or whatever con-

venience may be deemed best) for extinguishing fires and protect-

ing the property of the inhabitants from injury by fire; to define

the duties of the officers of said corporation; to require bonds

and fix the penalties thereof for the faithful performance of their

respective duties; and for conducting elections, making returns

and declaring the result thereof; and they shall have power to

enforce their ordinances by fines and penalties, and in the event

of the validity of the bonds of said city for thirty thousand dol-

lars issued in eighteen hundred and eighty-nine ever being ques-

tioned, the said mayor and city council are authorized by ordi-

nance to pledge the faith and credit of said city for thirty thou-

sand dollars and to issue bonds therefor, said new bonds only to .

be issued for the purpose of taking up for cancellation said bonds

of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for no other purpose

whatever.

155. Whenever they shall levy any tax they shall cause to be