WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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tied to receive respectively from the county com-

missioners the sum of three hundred dollars annu-

ally, payable in quarterly instalments.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said sanitary

officer so appointed for each locality by said county

commissioners shall have the general care of the

sanitary interest of the residents of Woodberry,

Towsontown, Waverly and their vicinities. They

shall make sanitary investigations and inquiries

respecting the cause of disease, and especially, epi-

demics, the causes of mortalities; they shall inquire

into and investigate all nuisance affecting the health

Investigate
all nuisances.

of the citizens of Woodberry, Towsontown, Wav-

erly and their vicinities, and for this purpose they

are hereby authorized to go upon any premises or

into any house in Woodberry, Towsontown, Wav-

erly and their vicinities; and upon a full report of

either of them to the county commissioners of the

existence of any public or private nuisance in

Woodberry, Towsontown, Waverly and their vicin-

ities, the said sanitary officers are hereby authorized

and empowered, upon the approval and direction of

the said county commissioners, to apply to the Cir-

cuit Court for Baltimore county, or to either of

said judges of said court, by bill or petition, in the

name of either of said sanitary officers, for an in-

junction to restrain and prevent such nuisance; or

Resrain and

upon said report of said sanitary officers of the ex-

prevent.

istence of a nuisance, under the directions of the

said county commissioners, either of said sanitary

officers may be directed to give notice to the owner

or owners, occupier or occupiers, of any land or

premises upon which said nuisance may exist, to

remove the same within forty eight hours after the

service of said notice; and on the failure, neglect

or refusal of the owner or owners, occupier or occu-

piers, of any land or premises to comply with said

notice, he shall forfeit and pay for any such neglect

or refusal the sum of twenty-five dollars; and either

Fine for ne-
glect or refusal

of said sanitary officers, upon said neglect or refusal

to remove said nuisance, shall cause the same to be

removed at the expense of the owner or owners,

occupier or occupiers, of said land or premises.

Said fine or expense of removal shall each be a lien

upon the land upon which said nuisance exists, and

the said fine and expense of removal shall each be

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