WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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the draw securely closed except when a boat or

vessel is actually passing through; and he shall give

notice of said time of opening and closing the draw

to all captains by handboards at said draw, and

should any captain or other persons attempt to pass

his boat or vessel through at any other time except

when the keeper shall open said draw, he shall be

responsible for all damage that may be done to the

draw or bridge and to persons or their property

passing over said bridge at the time. The County

Commissioners shall pay such reasonable compen-

Pay reasonable
compensation.

sation for the performance of the aforesaid duties as

in their judgment is just and proper, provided the

salary of the harbor master as such shall not exceed

fifty dollars per annum, and provided further that

nothing in this act shall interfere with the present

harbor master's duties or salary until said Janu-

ary the first, eighteen hundred and eighty three.

Approved March 30, 1882.

Chapter 127.

AN ACT to add certain sections to the charter of

the town of Westernport, in Allegany county, as

enacted by the act of 1S68, chapter forty, entitled

" An Act to incorporate said town."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted ty the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the following sections be

and are hereby added to the charter of the town of

Additional
sections.

Westernport, in Allegany county, as enacted by the

act of 1868, chapter forty, entitled " An Act to in-

corporate said town," viz :

SECTION 15. And be it enacted, That the Com-

missioners of Westernport, or a majority of them,

shall have power to pass ordinances requiring all

circus or theatrical performances, shows, plays and

Power to pass

public entertainments for which an admission fee is

ordinances.

charged, to take out a license before giving an exhi-

bition in said town, and to fix the cost of said license,

and shall also have power to pass all ordinances to

provide for regulating pawnbrokers, peddlers of nos-