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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
Appointment
of clerk.
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SEC. 7. And be it enacted,
That the said burgess
and commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have
power to appoint a clerk, and assign his duties, and
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
same may be generally made known.
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Fines and forfeitures.
Proviso.
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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 fine or forfeiture imposed
under any ordinances of said corporation shall exceed
the sum of twenty dollars.
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Foot ways to
be laid off.
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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
leveled, and paved or amended and repaired with any
materials which to them may seem best, and such leveling
and paving to be done, that the owner or owners of any
house, lot or part of a lot, when 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 or about the said work
in obedience to the ordinance and direction of the
burgess and commissioners aforesaid, shall be allowed
by the owner or owners 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 or 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
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