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==== Book II - 1896-1907 ====

No. 30-35, January 11, 1898. Deal with health matters.

No. 31, July 5, 1898. Sets penalty for gambling.

No. 42, October 1, 1901. Sets liquor ordinance.

No. 43, October 1, 1902. Deals with street improvement board.

No. 44, June 3, 1902. Deals with placing telephone wires.

No. 45, April 4, 1905. Deals with regulations to be followed by Harpers Ferry Light and Power Company in erecting poles, stringing wire, etc.

Source: Brunswick Ordinance Books 1892 to 1990. The books of ordinances are kept in the mayor's office and are available for inspection on request.

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CITY HALL AND THE POLICE STATION

City Hall,or the Municipal Building,as it is also called, has had several locations, although the precise spots have not yet become clear.

There is a reference to old City Hall as bemg on the west side of Middle Street, now Maryland Avenue, and south of the first railroad track, in what we have come to call "old Berlin."

Later there is reference to an official building near Red Men's Hall. This would be near the Brunswick Museum. It could, however, be referring to the first location cited above, because the present home of Gunther's Auction had be:n deeded to the Red Men in 1873, before they build on Potomac Street in 1904.

Only lengthy research of land deeds in the Court House will solve this question.

City Hall on"A" Street housed th~ city jail and police station for many years. In 1981 It was moved to Brunswick Street and Central Avenue, where the Souder and Chick Dairy used to be. This department has a chief, nine uniformed policemen, and nine cruisers, all of which are fully equipped plus radio units from State Police and their own local units.

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"MAP - PLATT" by City Engineer Wm. C. Humm

The following is a paragraph from an article appearing in The Blade Times, March 4, 1920:

"A bill was read from City Engineer Humm for the amount of $96, due him for drawing a map of Brunswick, during the administration of Dr. A.G. Horine as mayor, 19061914. The map has only recently been completed and has already been of much value to the town. Mr. Moler offered a motion that the bill be paid, with the understanding that additional maps may be had, if needed."

This summer Mr. Humm's son, Thomas W., of near Lime Kiln, was in the hospital in a room with a member of the Brunswick History Commission. He caught the word "Brunswick" in his neighbor's conversation with a visitor.

At that point, Mr. Humm explained that he had the original map with all of the Brunswick subdivisions platted on it. The map was dated 1915 ad was prepared by his father. Thomas had kept It, feeling it was valuable, and was pleased to find someone who could use it.

After his recovery from the hospital he personally brought the blueprint to the BHC office, whose members were elated, as well as grateful to the Humm family.

Meanwhile, the map has proved to be a helpful tool to the researchers at BHC; and the Town of Brunswick, a surveyor and others have had copies made of the plat.

W-MMM

BRUNSWICK WATER SYSTEM

Cisterns, private wells and a centrally located "town well" were the main sources of water in the community of Berlin / Brunswick in the very early years. In 1921 a pump house was built on Petersville Road and connected to a 50,000-gallon wood storage tank built at North Maple Avenue and West "F" Street.

During this same period, river water was pumped to a wooden "water tub" on New York Hill at 9th and Park A venues, this water being used only for fire protection and washing. These systems were abandoned in the late 1920's; land was bought in

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