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=== TOWN ORDINANCES ===
With the incorporation of the town and the installation of a municipal government, the enactment of regulations to govern the new community followed. Some of these ordinances reflect the concerns of the mayor and council in the first years.
Book I, 1890-1896
No. 1, October 5, 1892 1. Provides for the creation of a police department. 3. Forbids profane and abusive language in public places. 4. Prohibits gambling within town limits. 5. Prohibits throwning stones or other missiles. 6. Prohibits interference with religious services. 7.-1. Bailiff or under-bailiff may deputize any citizen to assist.
-2. Person refusing to be deputized to be fined.
8.-1. Prohibits distributing intoxicants in public.
-3. Prohibits drinking intoxicants on streets or alleys.
-4. Provides fines - one to five dollars - and confinement in the county jail or town jail, not
to exceed ten days or until payment of fine.
-5. Provides fine of one to ten dollars or jail for conviction of drunkeness.
No. 2, Same Date 1. Forbids slaughter houses in town. 2. Forbids emptying water and/or waste on public streets alleys. 3. Orders the disposal of dead animals. (4 and 5 missing) 6. Prohibits encroachment of structures and fences on streets and alleys. 7. Prohibits draining of offensive matter from stables and manufacturing establishments into public streets or the river. 8. Requires permit to store or deposit within town limits any fertilizing agent, penalty for failure to comply being fines or imprisonment.
No. 3, Same Date
The seven articles provide tax or license fee for specific cases.
No. 4, November 7, 1892
Twelve articles list requirements for license or exemption for specific businesses or forms of recreation.
No. 5, December 23, 1892. Lovettsville and Berlin Bridge Company authorized to construct and maintain approaches to their bridge through and over specified streets.
No. 6, June 6, 1893. Provides for the care of cattle, sheep, hogs, goats within the town.
No. 7, August 5, 1893. Provides building regulations.
No. 8, October 3, 1893. Directs turning in all collected money to town clerk.
No. 9, April 23, 1894. Provides for tax collection.
No. 10, (Sarne date). Orders special elections for issuing water and street improvement bonds.
No.11, April 2, 1895. Amends licensing ordinances.
No. 12, June 1, 1894. Divides the town into three wards.
No. 13, July 17, 1894. Designates location of polls and sets voting regulations.
No. 14, August 10, 1894. Orders issue of $25 bonds for street improvements.
No. 15, September 6, 1894. Sets tax levy for 1894.
No. 16, September 14, 1894. Regulates disposition of funds received from sale of street improvement
bonds.
No. 17, October 9, 1894. Regulates material for sidewalks and manner of constructing.
No. 18, April 2, 1895. Provides street improvement boards.
No. 19, May 2, 1895. Accepts donation of certain streets, alleys, etc., and a park from the Real Estate and Improvement Company of Baltimore. Reference is made to water pipes.
No. 20, July 2, 1895. Sets rules of order, repealed and reenacted May 5, 1896.
No. 21, July 1, 1895. Provides protection for fire apparatus.
No. 22, October 1, 1895. Sets grade of "A" Street.
No. 23, April 21, 1896. Provides street improvement board.
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