334 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 167

CHAPTER 167.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 26
of Article 6 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "Caroline County, " sub-title "Federalsburg, " as said
section was amended by Chapter 30 of the Acts of 1917, au-
thorizing an increase in the assessment charges for certain
public improvements and granting additional power in re-
gard to the taxation of dogs.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 26 of Article 6 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Caroline County, " sub-title "Federals-
burg, " as said section was amended by Chapter 30 of the Acts
of 1917, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments to read as follows:

26. The said commissioners may pass such by-laws and
ordinances as they shall deem necessary and for the good gov-
ernment of said town and the inhabitants thereof; also for the
prevention, removal or abatement of nuisances: to prevent
swine, geese or other fowls and animals or stock from going
at large; for controlling the erection and locating of buildings,
fences, stock enclosures, and for prohibiting and controlling
the use of powder, firearms, fire crackers and other explosives;
for the protection of public property, sidewalks, shade or orna-
mental trees from destruction and injury; for the paving of
sidewalks and assessing and taxing the expenses thereof in
whole or in part upon the respective owners of property front-
ing thereon; for a license or tax on public exhibitions or amuse-
ments of all kinds, billiard, pool or bagatelle tables, and ten-
pin alleys, and for the collection of the same; for a tax on
persons for each dog kept by them for the promotion of
morality, health, convenience and safety of the inhabitants of
said town, and for the locating, opening, constructing, straight-
ening, widening, extending, improving, grading, paving, re-
pairing, closing or sewering of streets, lanes and alleys of said
town, whether done, exclusively by said commissioners, or in
conjunction with, or under the supervision of, the State Roads
Commission. And to assess the cost and expenses thereof in
whole or in part, a sum not to exceed two dollars and fifty
cents ($2. 50) per lineal foot upon the owner or owners of the
abutting property, whether the same be owned by an indi-
vidual, firm or corporation, which said cost and expenses as
assessed by said Commissioners of Federalsburg shall be due
and payable within ten days after any work done under the