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Gleanings from the Maryland State Archives, Part 1

9/16/2021

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No Alcohol Sales in Myersville, 1864

Session Laws, 1864, vol. 531, pg. 265
 
AN ACT to prohibit the issuing of any license for the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors within
three miles of either of the churches in the village of Myersville, Frederick county, Maryland, and to prevent the sale of all kinds of intoxicating drinks within the above described limits.
Passsd Feb.18, 1864.

SECTION 1: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick county shall not grant a license to any person to sell spirituous or fermented liquors of any kind, at any time or place within three miles of either of the churches in the village of Myersville, Frederick county, Maryland, and that any person selling any kind of intoxicating drinks, whether of original manufacture or of a mixed character, within the above described limits, shall on conviction be subject to all the fines and penalties prescribed by the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, for selling spirituous or fermented liquors without license.

SECTION. 2: And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after the first day of May next.
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Burgess and Council to Establish Myersville Town Water System, 1918

​Code of Public and Local Laws of Maryland 1930, Vol 377, pg 2623
FREDERICK COUNTY. 2623
1918, ch. 329, sec. 1. 1918 Code, sec. 605.

The Burgess and Council of Myersville is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, establish and maintain a water supply system in and for the town of Myersville, in Frederick County, Maryland, for the
purpose of furnishing an adequate and proper supply of water in said town for all private and municipal purposes.

1918, ch. 329, sec. 2. 1918 Code, sec. 606.
The Burgess and Council of Myersville is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, lease, gift, or by condemnation in the manner now prescribed by law for the acquisition of private property for a public use, any and all lands or any interests therein, within or without the corporate limits of the said town of Myersville, which the said Burgess and Council may deem necessary for the proper construction of said improvements.

1918, ch. 329, sec. 7. 1918 Code, sec. 607.
The Burgess and Council of Myersville is hereby authorized and empowered to do all acts and things not specifically mentioned herein, which may be necessary to arrange for the construction and maintenance
of said water supply system herein provided for.

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