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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall elect from among the said commissioners one of

their number to act as chairman; they may pass such

ordinances for the rules and regulations of their ses-

sions and members not inconsistent with this act.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That a majority of the

commissioners shall have power to enact and pass all

laws and ordinances not inconsistent with the laws of

this state, of said county or this act, as they may deem

wise and expedient for the comfort, health, order,

prosperity, peace and convenience of said town and the
inhabitants thereof; to open and establish, curb, pave

and repair such roads, streets, lanes and alleys as have

been or may be laid out for that purpose, to prevent

and remove nuisances, to provide against fires, and

Power to pass

for the extinguishment of the same, to regulate fire

laws, &c.

companies, to provide for the safety of houses, build-

ings and chimneys from fire, to prevent the discharge

of explosive materials, to regulate party walls and

division fences, require a license to keep dogs and

bitches and to regulate their running at large, to pre-

vent and regulate the going at large of boasts, cattle,

sheep and hogs, to restrain or regulate public amuse-

ments, entertainments or exhibitions, and to license

the same, to restrain disorders and disturbances and

immoralities; to make, repair or keep in order the

roads, streets, lanes, footways and alleys of said town,

and the drains, sewers and culverts thereof, and to

Place of con-

build or secure a place of confinement for persons

finement.

charged or convicted of violating the laws and ordi-

nances for the suppression of vice and immorality,

and disorders.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the said commis-

sioners shall cause to be made an assessment from time

Assessment
and tax.

to time of all property, real and personal, within the

limits of said town, and shall levy a tax upon all such

property, not to exceed in any one year twenty cents

on the one hundred dollars, as they may deem neces-

sary for the said corporate government expenses; and

Borrow money.

said commissioners may borrow, to be used for corpo-

rate purposes, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-

lars before the collection of said taxes, which debt

shall be cancelled as rapidly as the collection of taxes

Expenses in

succeeding said borrowing will permit, and all ex-

levy.

penses of incorporating said town under this act shall

be included in the levy first made.