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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

all kinds that ply for hire within limits of said
town ; to provide for and regulate license or
permits for all exhibitions and shows within
said town, or to prohibit and restrain them, and

What to regu-
late.

to prohibit and restrain gambling and games of
chance of all kinds ; to regulate and provide for
a tax on dogs ; to provide for and prevent the
running at large of all horses, cattle, hogs,
geese, chickens and other fowl upon the streets
or within the limits of said town ; to provide by
ordinance for condemning, laying out, opening,

What to pro-
vide for.

extending and making new streets or alleys, and
for altering, straightening, widening, grading,
improving or closing up in whole or in part any
existing street or alley, and for removing trees,
posts and other obstructions, and for laying out
public squares, drains, water-courses, and all ben-
efits or damages done, suffered or incurred by the
laying out, opening and making of new streets
or alleys, or by altering, straightening, widen-
ing, grading, improving, or closing up, in whole
or in part, any existing street, or alley, or laying
out public squares, drains and water courses,
shall be determined and assessed by five disin-
terested persons, residents of said town, appoint-
ed by the mayor and approved by the council,
who shall, within ten days after notification of

What to esti-
mate for.

their appointment, take an oath, before a justice
of the peace of Wicomico county, that they will
faithfully and fairly, and without partiality or
prejudice, value and assess the loss and damages
to be suffered and incurred by any person, or per-
sons, interested in the said property, over,
through, and by which the said street, or alley,
square, drain or water-way, is to be opened,
closed, extended, widened, graded or improved,
and also to estimate the benefits that may accrue
therefrom to any such property, over, through,
and by which the said street, or alley, square,
drain or water-way, is to be opened, closed, ex-
tended, widened, graded or improved, or any
property adjacent thereto, or any other property

What to give
notice of.

injured or benefited by said street, alley, square,
drain or water-way ; they shall give at least ten
days notice in one or more newspapers, published
in said town, of their purpose to lay out, open,
extend, close up, widen, straighten, grade or im-