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Supplement to the Maryland Code, Containing the Acts of the General Assembly, Passed at the Sessions of 1861, 1861-62, 1864, 1865, 1866, and 1867
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ALLEGANY COUNTY. [ART. 1.

Ibid s 4.
Power to pass
ordinances
defined.

33. The mayor and councilmen may pass all such
ordinances not contrary to the constitution and laws
of this state, as they may deem necessary for the
good government of said city : they shall have
power to remove all nuisances and obstructions
from the streets, lanes and alleys, and from any
lots adjoining thereto; they shall have power to
remove or cause to be removed any houses or
other buildings that may become dangerous on
any account; they shall have power to cause the
streets, lanes, alleys and sidewalks to be paved, re-
paired and improved ; they shall have power to
establish markets, to regulate the hours and limits
thereof, and to regulate the mode of dealings
thereat; they shall have the same power over the
public grounds as over other parts of the city, but
shall not interfere with the title thereof j they shall
have power to ordain all such rules and regulations
as they may deem necessary for the protection and
preservation of the health of the city and its inhabi-
tants ; they shall have power to establish and regu-
late a city prison for the confinement of offenders
against the laws and ordinances of said city; they
may from time to time cause an assessment to be
made of all property in the city, real and personal,
by a person or persons appointed by them, and may
levy thereon a tax not exceeding in any one year
fifty cents in every hundred dollars worth of assess-
able property ; they shall have power to prevent all
nuisances and annoyances in said city, and may im-
pose such reasonable fines, forfeitures or imprison-
ments, as to them may appear necessary, for the vio-
lation of any ordinance of the said city ; they may
pass ordinances to prohibit or restrain the keeping
of bawdy houses, or houses of ill-fame within the
limits of the city ; to restrain and prohibit all loose
and suspected persons from resorting to, frequenting
or living in any such bawdy house or house of ill-
fame, and to provide for punishing all persons who
shall keep, authorize, or suffer to be kept any such



 
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