JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 805

submitting the question to the voters of said city	Submit ques-
after twenty days' public notice by handbills or	tion to voters
otherwise, and two-thirds of the legal votes cast
upon such question being in favor thereof; to erect
and repair bridges within the corporation limits ; to
prevent swine, cattle, dogs or other animals from
running at large on the public streets, and to pre-
vent the keeping of any hog-pen within certain Emits
or wards within the city, and to levy a tax on dogs ;
they shall have power to pass all ordinances neces-
sary to define the duties of the officers of said corpo-
ration ; require bonds and fix the penalties thereof
for the faithful performance of their respective du-
ties ; to require bonds for the performance of any or
all contracts entered into with them ; pass all ordi-
nances for conducting the elections herein provided,
and for making returns thereof; provided that
duplicate copies of said returns shall be made out,	Duplicate
one copy of which shall be filed with the clerk of	copies.
the City Council, and the other with the clerk of the
Circuit Court for "Allegany county ; and they shall have power to enforce their ordinances by fines and
penalties ; and if said Mayor and City Council shall
be authorized by the vote above mentioned at any
time to pledge the credit of the city to the amount
of ten thousand dollars or more, then they may at
once issue coupon bonds of said corporation therefor,
at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent., and
payable in not less than thirty or more than fifty
years, with interest payable semi-annually, and may levy a tax to pay the interest thereon, and provide a
sinking fund for the redemption of said bonds.
41. All orders or resolutions for the appropriation
of money from the city treasury, whether for special
or general purposes, and all ordinances passed by the
City Council, shall be attested by the clerk and	Clerk to at-
approved by the Mayor; if the Mayor shall dis-	test.
approve any ordinance, resolution or order so passed
by the City Council, he shall return the same with
his reasons therefor at the next regular or special
meeting of said Council, when, if passed by two-
thirds of all the members elected to said Council, it
shall be an ordinance, resolution or order to all in-
tents and purposes as if it had been approved by the
Mayor ; and if the Mayor shall fail to return any
ordinance, resolution or order so passed by said City