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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

trums, notions, patents, secret or pretended inven-

tions and remedies, on the streets, lanes, alleys or

sidewalks of the town, and for licensing commercial

Licensing
commercial

travelers and all retail dealers non-resident of said

travelers, &c.

town, and shall also have power to pass ordinances

for licensing dogs, and to prevent swine, cattle, dogs,

geese or other animals from running at large on the

streets of said town.

SECTION 16. And be it enacted, That said com-

missioners, or a majority of them, are hereby author-

ized and empowered to pass such ordinances as may

Establish fire

be necessary for establishing a fire department in

department.

said town, and to appoint one or more fire inspec-

tors and to provide the necessary equipments for

said fire department, and to levy such taxes upon

the property in said town as may be necessary for

such purpose not exceeding one hundred dollars per

annum.

SECTION 17. And be it enacted, That all taxes col-

lected by the commissioners of said town, after de-

Taxes— how

ducting the cost of said fire department and the

expended.

salary of all officers of said town, shall be expended

upon the east and west sides of George's Creek in

the same proportion as the taxable basis of said two

parts of said town bear to each other.

Approved March 30, 1882.

Chapter 138.

AN ACT to allow time to James Wooters, late clerk

of the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's county, to

complete the records and other unfinished work

in his office at the expiration of his official term.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That James Wooters, late clerk

of the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's county, be

and he is hereby allowed and granted twelve months

Further time
to complete re-
cords.

from the date of the passage of this act, to bring up
and complete all records and other unfinished work

remaining unfinished and incomplete in said office

at the expiration of his term of office as such clerk,