1836.

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAP. 309,

charge and care thereof, shall cause the same to be
done before the front of such property or possession,
and the money expended by such tenant or other per-
son in and about the said work, in obedience to the said
ordinance and direction of the burgess and commis-
sioners, or a majority of them, aforesaid, shall be al-
lowed by the owner, and deducted out of the rent then
due, or thereafter to become due; and if any owner or
tenant of any house or lot, or part of a lot, or the per-

Neglecting to
pave, &c.

son having the care of the same, shall refuse or neglect
to level, pave, amend or repair the foot way in front
of the same, according to the ordinance and direction

Proceedings
authorised

of the burgess and commissioners, or a majority of
them, aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the
burgess and commissioners, or a majority of them,
aforesaid, to contract and agree with some person or
persons, on reasonable terms, to level, pave, amend or
repair such foot ways, and to cliarge the expense tliere-
of to the owner or owners of the property in front of
which the work may be done, and shall recover the
same by distress on such property, with costs.

General power,

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
sioners, or a majority of them, shall have .power to
make all such by-laws, regulations and ordinances, as
from time to time they may deem wise, equitable and
expedient, for the comfort, health, convenience and

prosperity of the said town and its inhabitants; for the
prevention or removal of nuisances, preservation of
health, and suppression of vice and immorality within
the limits of said town; for the prevention of the fire-
ing of guns or crackers, horse racing, cock fighting,
and all other such improper practices within the limits
of said corporation; and shall have power to have an

Assessment

assessment made of the value of all the property with-
in the taxable limits of said town, and to lay an equal

Tax

tax on the same, to such amount as may, from time to
time, be deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes

Collection

aforesaid, which tax shall be collected and paid to the
said commissioners by the said burgess, who shall have
the same power to distrain therefor, as the collector of
the public county assessment has to distrain for taxes;
and the said commissioners, or a majority of them,
shall fix and allow such compensation to the said bur-
gess, for his collection of said taxes, as under all the