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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

is refused the Mayor and Council may recover the same by
law in the same manner as county taxes are collected in this
State, the remaining one-third of the said expense shall be
paid by the Mayor and Council out of the taxes levied by
them upon the citizens of the town generally.

Mayor shall
have power of
a justice of
the peace.

Sec. R. The Mayor of said town, by virtue of his said
office for municipal purposes and for preserving the peace,
shall have all the power and authority of a justice of the
peace, and shall see that the ordinances of the corporation
are duly executed; he shall sign all ordinances passed by the
Council, and in case he disapproves of any ordinance, he may
refuse to sign the same, and shall return it to the Council,
at the next meeting thereof, with, his reason for withholding
his signature therefrom; and if the said ordinance, when again
put upon its passage, shall receive the votes of four of the
members of the Council, it shall become a valid ordinance
without the signature of the Mayor.

Fines,
penalties and
forfeitures.
How recovered

Sec. S. All fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by the
laws and ordinances of said Mayor and Council shall be
recovered before the Mayor or any justice of the peace resi-
dent within the corporate limits of said town, upon a warrant
issued against the offender, directed to the bailiff of said cor-
poration, on any constable of Carroll or Frederick Counties,
in the corporation name of said town, and shall be collected
by judgment and execution in the same manner and with the
same costs and fees provided for in the case of suits before a
justice of the peace, and with such penalties to the officers
for non-performance of duty in such cases prescribed by the
laws of the State; and said fines, penalties and forfeitures
shall be paid by the officer collecting the same to the clerk
and treasurer of said town; provided, that if the offense be a
breach of the peace or disturbing the good order of the town ,
or in violation of any of the ordinances intended to secure
the safety of the lives or property .of any of the inhabitants of

May be com-
mitted to jail.

the town, or licensing traveling showmen or exhibitors, the
person so convicted may be committed to the jail of Carroll
County or to the jail of Frederick County, or to some place
of confinment provided within the corporate limits of said
town by the Mayor and Council, by the said Mayor or justice
of the peace, until the fine and costs are paid, or for ten days;
and the Mayor or the justice of the peace who committed
such offender may, when it seems proper to him, order such
offender to be discharged before the expiration of ten days,
and the sheriffs of the said counties shall be entitled to be paid
by the said corporation the same fees as they receive for
keeping prisoners under the laws of this State,