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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

than two newspapers published in the said Town of Hyatts-
ville, and by notices posted in at least three public places in
said town.

Violation
of town
ordinances.
Penalties.

29. The Mayor and Common Council may provide by ordi-
nance for the immediate arrest, without warrant, of any per-
son found violating any town ordinances; and when it shall
appear that the offender is intoxicated, may confine said
offender in some secure place until he be sober; and may pro-
vide further, for the confinement of any person arrested, if
the time be unreasonable, as in the night, whereby he cannot
attend the justice until a reasonable hour of the succeeding
morning, when he shall be taken before a justice of the peace
and dealt with according' to the nature of the offense; pro-
vided, that such person so arrested may deposit with the bailiff
a sum of money to cover any fine that may be assessed against
him for the violation of said ordinance, or security for the
same acceptable to said bailiff.

Justices
of the peace,

Duties of.

30. Justices of the peace for Prince George's County resi-
dent in the town are hereby declared to be conservators of the
peace of the town, and it shall be their duty to order the
arrest of any person found by them breaking the peace or
disturbing the quiet and order of the town, or violating any
of the ordinances made by the Mayor and Common Council
for securing the safety of property or the lives of the inhabit-
ants of the town, and upon complaint made before them of
the violation of any ordinance of said .town, shall issue pro-
cess, in the name of the Mayor and Common Council of
Hyattsville, to recover fine or penalty imposed for the viola-
tion of such ordinance against the party offending, and may
hear and determine the matter as any case arising under the
laws of this State, and shall receive the same fees therefor;
but in all such cases the bailiff shall bring such complaint
before a justice of the peace.

Vacancy
in office of
justice of the
Peace.

31. In the event of a vacancy in the office of justice of the
peace residents in the town, or in case of sickness, absence
or disability of the said justice, the hearing of the case or
transaction of the business assigned to said justices by this
charter may be had before any other justice of the peace
in and for Prince George's County; and the Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Hyattsville may provide for the expense so
incurred.

Duties
of bailiffs.

32. The bailiff shall perform such services as said Mayor
and Common Council shall direct; he shall arrest and carry
before a justice of the peace of Prince George's County as
provided in the preceding section, to be dealt with as herein-