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Session Laws, 1896 Session
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LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAPTER 123.

AN ACT to repeal Sections 167 to 195 A, inclusive of Article
12 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Garrett
County," sub-title "Oakland," as said Sections were enacted
by Chapter 343 of the Acts of 1892, and to add certain
Sections to said Article to follow Section 195 A, and to
be designated as Sections 195B, 195C, 195D, 195 E, 195 F,
195 G, 195 H, 195 I, 195 J, 195 K, 195 L, 195 M.

193

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-,
land, That sections 167 to 195 A, inclusive, of Article 12
of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Garrett County,"
sub-title "Oakland," as said sections were enacted by chapter
343 of the Acts of 1892, be and the same are hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments, and certain new sections be

Repeal.

and the same are hereby added to said article to follow section
195 A, to be designated as sections 195B, 195C, 195 D, 195 E,
195 F, 195 G, 195 H, 195 I, 195 J, 195 K, 195 L, 195 M. The
whole to read as follows :

167. The inhabitants of the town of Oakland, in Garrett

New sections.

county, are a corporation by the name of the Mayor and Town
Council of Oakland, and by that name may have perpetual
succession, may sue and be sued, and may have and use a com-
mon seal, which may be altered at pleasure, and may purchase
and hold such real, personal or mixed property, as may be re-
quired for the purpose of said corporation and may dispose of
such property when necessary for the benefit of the said cor-
poration; and all the property and funds of every kind belong-
ing to said corporation are vested in the Mayor and Town
Council of Oakland.

A. body cor-
porate.


168. The officers of the said corporation shall be a Mayor,
a Town Council, which shall be composed of six members, a
President of the Town Council, a Town Clerk, a Treasurer,
a Tax Collector, a Police Magistrate, an Attorney, Bailiff and
a Weighmaster, who shall severally perform such duties and
have such powers as may be prescribed by this act, and the
ordinance passed in pursuance thereof.

The Mayor and the members of the Town Council shall be
elected by the votes in said town. The town clerk, treasurer,
and tax collector shall be elected by the Town Council. The
police magistrate, attorney, weighmaster and a bailiff shall be
appointed by the Mayor, by and with the advice and consent

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Officers of
corporation



 
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