ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 725

7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"Carroll County," sub-title "Hampstead." to be num-
bered 54-J and 54-K.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That wherever the misspelling "Hamstead" shall occur
in Chapter 283 of the Laws of 1894 of the State of Maryland,
the correct name of the town, "Hampstead," shall be under-
stood and declared to be meant.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 40, 54-A
and 54-D of the said Chapter 283 of the Laws of 1894 be and
the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, so as to read as follows:

SEC. 40. The inhabitants of the town of Hampstead in
Carroll County, are a body corporate by the name of "The
Mayor and Council of Hampstead," and by that name shall
have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued: may pur-
chase, hold, lease, receive, sell and dispose of real, personal
and mixed property for the use and benefit of said town; and
may have and use a common seal, which may be broken or
altered at pleasure.

SEC. 54-A. They shall have the power to grade and make
the sidewalks of the streets and alleys within the corporate
limits, and to regulate the width thereof; to lay flagstones
or other crossings across said streets and alleys whenever
necessary; to provide of what material the said sidewalks and
curbs of said streets and alleys shall be made and how the same
shall be done and kept in repair and remade from time to time ;
they may require the owners of the lots of ground in front of
which said grading and making, renewing and repairing of
said sidewalks are to be done, to do the same at their own ex-
pense ; and if any owner of a lot shall neglect to grade and
make the sidewalks in front of his, her or its lot or premises,
or repair the same when necessary, for the space of two
months, after notice in writing shall have been given such'
owners by the Mayor or Town Clerk, requiring the same to be
done, the Mayor and Council shall cause the same to be done
at the expense of the owner of the said lot, which expense
shall be a lien on said lot of ground until paid, and may be
recovered from said owners by the Mayor and Council as
other debts of like amounts are recovered in this State by
law, or such lien may be enforced by sale in a manner to be
prescribed by ordinance; they may also grade and make, in