ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 75
ninety-nine feet to the end of the eleventh line of the old
boundary (as denned by said Act of 1870) south thirty-four
degrees and thirty minutes, east thirteen hundred and thirty-
eight feet to a large sugar tree, marked with twelve notches;
south thirty-one degrees west eight hundred and forty-six feet
to said National road, thence north seventy-five degrees and
twenty minutes west one hundred and ninety-one feet to the
place of beginning.
But the Mayor and Councilmen of Frostburg shall have full
power and authority to extend by ordinance from time to time
the boundaries and limits herein described by adding to the
same any or all contiguous or other territory; provided, how-
ever, that said additional territory shall not extend beyond the
distance of one mile from the present limits and boundaries as
hereinbefore set forth.
For the removal and abatement of nuisances, to carry out
and enforce all sanitary regulations, and for the apprehension
of all disorderly persons, vagrants and their associates, the said
Mayor and Councilmen shall have jurisdiction for one mile
beyond the city limits as now located or as they may hereafter
from time to time be located under the provisions of this Act.
Section 144. The Mayor and Councilmen of Frostburg may
pass such ordinances, not contrary to law, as they may deem
beneficial and necessary for the good government of the city;
they shall have power to remove nuisances and obstructions
from the streets, lanes and alleys, drains and water courses
within said city, and from any adjoining lots, and also any
houses, or other buildings that may become dangerous to the
neighborhood on any account, and to provide for imposing a
fine upon any person or persons causing or creating any such
nuisances or obstructions, and to enforce such rules, penalties
and regulations as they may think necessary to preserve the
public health and secure the inhabitants from contagious, infec-
tious, or other diseases, to suppress drunkenness, vice, gam-
bling and immorality, and punish all violations of the public
peace from whatever cause, and, generally, they shall have
power to ordain and enforce all ordinances, rules and regula-
tions necessary for the peace, good order, health and safety of
the town, and of the people and property therein, and may
impose such reasonable fines, forfeitures, or imprisonments as
to them may appear necessary for the violation of any of the
ordinances of said town. They shall have power to establish
and regulate a Station House or Lockup for confinement of
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