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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
Duty of clerk.
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allow him such compensation for his services as they
may think proper; and that all ordinances passed by
the said burgess and commissioners shall, by their clerk
be entered in a book to be kept by him for that purpose,
and shall be open at all times, for the inspection of any
person interested, and copies of all ordinances shall be
put up in the most public places of said town, that the
the same may be generally made known.
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Fines and forfeitures.
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SEC. 8. And be it enacted,
That all fines and
forfeitures under the ordinances of the said corporation
shall be recoverable before the burgess aforesaid, as
small debts are recoverable out of court or before a justice
of the peace; Provided, that no fines or forfeitures,
imposed under any ordinances of said corporation, shall
exceed the sum of twenty dollars.
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Foot ways to
be laid off, &c.
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SEC. 9. And be it enacted,
That the burgess and
commissioners aforesaid may direct by ordinance, all,
or any of the foot ways in said town, to be laid off and
levelled, and paved or amended and repaired, with any
materials which to them may seem best, and such levelling
and paving shall be made and done at the expense
of the proprietors of the different lots before which the
burgess and commissioners shall direct such levelling,
paving, repairing or amending shall be directed, shall
not reside in the said town, the tenant or person occupying
the same, or who shall have the charge and
care thereof, shall cause the same to be done before the
front of such possession, and the money expended by
such tenant or other person in and about the said work,
in obedience to the ordinance and direction of the burgess
and commissioners aforesaid, shall be allowed by
the owner and deducted out of the rent then due, or
hereafter to become due, and if any owner or tenant
of any house or lot, or part of a lot, or the person having
the care of the same, shall refuse or neglect to level,
pave, and amend or repair the foot way in front of the
same, according to the ordinance and direction of the
burgess and commissioners aforesaid, it shall, and may
be lawful for the burgess and commissioners aforesaid,
to contract and agree with some person or persons, on
reasonable terms, to level, pave, amend or repair such
foot way, and to charge the expense thereof to the
owner or owners of the property in front of which
such work may be done, and shall recover the same
by distress on such property with cost.
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Power of burgess
and commissioners.
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SEC. 10. And be it enacted,
That the said burgess
and commissioners shall have power to make all such
by-laws, regulations and ordinances as from time to
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