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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

teen, one hundred and twenty and one hundred and twenty-three,

article three, of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Baltimore

Repeal

county," sub-title "Health and sanitary officers," be and the same

are hereby repealed so far as the same and each of said sections

apply to Towson.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the

county commissioners of Baltimore county to appoint a sanitary

officer for Towson, but they shall, on the first Tuesday in May,

Sanitary

eighteen hundred and ninety, and on the first Tuesday in May,

commis-
sioner.

every two years thereafter appoint a proper person as hereinafter

directed, to be styled "The sanitary commissioner of Towson"

for the term of two years, and the sanitary commissioner so ap-

pointed shall qualify by giving a bond to the county commis-

sioners in the penal sum of one thousand dollars and conditioned

for the faithful performance of his duties, which bond shall be

liable to be put in suit by any person damnified or injured by the

neglect or the wrongful doings of said sanitary commissioner.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, It shall be the duty of said sanitary

commissioner to remove all filth and garbage from the houses and

premises, streets, alleys and highways in the town of Towson and

vicinity; to keep the drains along the streets, alleys and highways

open and clean; to cut and remove the weeds and rank grass along

Duties.

the same; to clean the sidewalks in winter by the use of a snow-

plow directly after the fall of snow; to clean all privies, sinks

and sewers, and prevent the accumulation of all filth detrimental

to health in the village of Towson; the said sanitary commis-

sioner shall have full power to examine all alleys, by-ways and

premises within said town, and to require the owners or the occu-

piers of rented premises, to collect any garbage, filth or offal about

the same in piles convenient for removal, and upon the failure or

refusal of the occupier of any property to so collect such garbage,

filth or offal about the same in piles convenient for removal, and

upon the failure or refusal of the occupier of any property to so

collect such garbage, filth or offal, the commissioner shall do the

work and recover the cost thereof from the person for whom such

work shall be done in a suit before a justice of the peace; the

limits of Towson and vicinity under this act shall be the same

as defined in the original act of incorporation of Towsontown.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, It shall be the duty of the comity

commissioners to advertise for proposals for the work to be done

under this act in two newspapers published in Towsontown for

Proposals

two weeks prior to the first Tuesday in May, eighteen hundred

and ninety, and every two years thereafter and to award the work

to the lowest bidder for the same; provided, they shall not in any

event pay more than seven hundred dollars per year for such

work, and in the event of a failure to secure any satisfactory bids

for such work, the said county commissioners shall appoint some