A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
CHAPTER 121.

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AN ACT to repeal Sections twenty -three, thirty-
one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty- five, fifty-
three, and fifty-four, of the first Article of the
Code of Public Local Laws and to re-enact the
same with amendments and insert additional
sections, relating to the Charter of the city of
Cumberland.

Passed Mar-
6, 1864.

SECTION 1. B e it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That sections numbers twenty-three,
thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-five,
fifty-three and fifty-four, of article first of the
Code of Public Local Laws relating to Allegany
county, be and the same are hereby repealed, and
the following are enacted in their stead.

Repealed.

Sec. 1. And be it enacted, That the survey made
under the authority of the Mayor and City Coun-
cilmen of the town of Cumberland, and entered
upon the record of their proceedings and recorded
in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for

Limits.

Allegany county, shall constitute the bounds and
limits of said city; provided, however, that for all
sanitary and police purpose the Mayor and Coun-
cilmen of said city shall have and exercise full
authority and control for one half mile in every
direction beyond the bounds and limits above
mentioned.

Proviso.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and
Councilmen may provide, by ordinance, for the
appointment of a Clerk and such other officers as
to them may seem fit for the proper execution and
performance of the powers and duties conferred on
them by the laws of the State, and their act of
incorporation.

Officers to be
appointed.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the Mayor shall
be allowed salary, not exceeding two hundred
[hundred] dollars, the Councilmen shall be allow-
ed a per diem not exceeding two dollars per day
for each day of service, but the total per diem oi
any councilman shall not exceed forty dollars per
annum, and the salaries of all other officers ap-

Salary.