JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

to discharge any of the duties of his office, he may, in addi-
tion to the remedy on his bond, be fined by the Town Com-
missioners, in their discretion, not exceeding ten dollars for
any one offense, for the payment of which fine his bond shall
be liable and responsible.

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112. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Town
Commissioners, and he shall have all the powers of a Justice
of the Peace for the collecting and recovering of fines and
penalties and the committing of offenders for violations of law
within the corporate limits of said town, or of any ordinance
duly passed and enacted by said Town Commissioners, and
an appeal from his decision and judgment in any case may be
taken to the Circuit Court for Charles County, which shall
hear and determine the matter as upon appeals from justices
of the peace; provided the party aggrieved by such decision
and judgment give bond, with sureties approved by the
President, in double the amount of the judgment and costs
against him.

Duties and
powers of the
president.

113. The justices of peace for Charles County, residing for
the time in the town of La Plata, are hereby declared to be con-
servators of the peace of the town, and it shall be their duty,
to order the arrest of any person breaking the peace of the
town or disturbing the quiet and order thereof or violating
any of the ordinances made and passed by the Town Commis-
sioners for securing the safety of the property or person of
the inhabitants of the town; and upon complaint being made,
under oath, before any such justice of the peace, of the viola-
tion of any ordinance of the town of La Plata, he shall forth-
with issue process against the offender in the name of the
Town Commissioners of La Plata to recover the fine or penalty
imposed for the violation of such ordinance, and may hear and
determine the matter as in other cases arising under the laws
of this State in which he has jurisdiction, and shall receive
the same fees therefor.

Duties of
justices of the
peace for said
county.

114. All fines and penalties, as well as all taxes collected
under the provisions of this Act, shall be collected in the
name of and for the use of the Town Commissioners of La
Plata, who shall expend the same as, in their judgment, they
may deem best for the purposes of the corporation.

Fines, penal-
ties and taxes.
How
expended.

115. The County Commissioners of Charles County, justices
of the peace, sheriff, constables and all other county and
State officers shall have, hold and exercise their respective
offices in the jurisdiction of the town of La Plata; provided
that such taxes for public or county road purposes as are

Offices of
Commission'rs
sheriff, etc.,
shall be in said
town.