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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 31. The bounds and limits of the town of
Centreville may be by the commissioners of

May be en-
larged, etc.

Centreville from time to time enlarged and ex-
tended so as to take in and incorporate with said
town portions of the circumjacent territory, and
the bounds and limits of said town, as enlarged
and extended to meet the requirements of the
growth and expansion thereof in the judgment
and discretion of said commissioners, shall be
appropriately marked by stones or other fixed
landmarks, and shall be described in plats and
certificates thereof, to be prepared by the county
surveyor, and filed and recorded in the office of
the clerk of the circuit court for Queen Anne
county; and the said commissioners of Centre-

Power to
condemn.

ville shall have power to order the condemnation
of lands and property for the opening, widening,
altering and straightening of streets, lanes,
alleys and footways within said town limits, and
to provide for the payment thereof in instal-
ments of one, two or three years, in their dis-
cretion, by special tax to be levied for the pur-
pose, the exercise of the right of condemnation
to be exercised as in case of opening, widening,
altering or straightening public roads by the
county commissioners, with right of appeal also
as in such cases made and provided : and the said
commissioners of Centreville shall have power
to establish front building lines on the streets of
said town, and to grant permits for buildings;
and no street, lane, alley or footway shall be
opened, altered, widened or straightened without
a permit from said commissioners first had and
obtained, prescribing the conditions thereof; and
the said commissioners shall have power to
enforce the powers hereby granted by appropri-
ate ordinances, and to enforce the same by fines,
penalties and forfeitures.
SEC. 64. All fines, penalties and forfeitures

May be recov-
ered.

which may be recovered under the provisions of
this article, relating to the town of Centreville,
or any ordinance passed in pursuance thereof,
may be recovered before a justice of the peace of
Queen Anne county in the name of the commis-
sioners of Centreville, as small debts are re-
covered, and applied to the benefits of said town;
and the commissioners of Centreville, or the