420 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 249

special assessment on real property, according to the front
foot rule of apportionment, in the Town of Seat Pleasant
for the purpose of paying front foot benefits for public im-
provements.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 9, of Chapter 197 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1931, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

9. That the Common Council of Seat Pleasant shall meet
at least once a month and the Mayor for all purposes, except as
herein noted, shall constitute one of the Council. A majority
shall constitute a quorum, and a quorum shall be necessary to
transact business. If a vacancy exists among the officers of
the town or the members of the Council, other than the Mayor
the Council shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The
said Council shall be the sole judge of the qualifications of its
own members. They may provide by ordinance for contested
elections, they shall have the power to appoint one or more
bailiffs, who shall have the same authority within the town
limits, now possessed by constables of Prince George's County,
as to the ordinances of said town. The Mayor and Common
Council shall have power by ordinance to provide for the good
government of the town, preservation of peace and order there-
in, and for the maintenance of the good health of the residents
thereof, to establish grades of the streets, gutters and side-
walks of said town and to fix the width thereof; to open and
keep open and free from obstruction, all streets and public
reservations; to grade, close or alter the same; and their
rights, powers and duties in relation thereto shall be the same
as is provided by the Code of Public General Laws of this
State for opening, altering and closing public roads by the
Board of County Commissioners, with the right to appeal to
the Circuit Court for the county.

The Mayor and Common Council shall have full power to
pass such ordinances as they may deem necessary for the good
government, health, and improvement of the town and for the
preservation of peace and good order therein. They may pro-
vide by ordinance for the opening and closing of streets, alleys,
the straightening, widening and improvement of same, for the
establishment of width and care of sidewalks and the con-
struction of the same; they may by ordinance cause such li-
cense to be issued as the State laws may permit, upon such
terms and conditions as to them may seem proper.

The Mayor and Common Council shall have the same power
as the State Board of Health, within the corporate limits of
the said town. They may adopt and provide an efficient sys-
tem of drainage. They may adopt suitable measures for the