CHAPTER 319.

Passed Mar.
16,1867.

AN ACT to repeal section two hundred and
ninety, one of Article twenty-one of the Code of
Public Local Laws, entitled Washington county,
and re-enact the same with amendments.

Section 29
repealed.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section two hundred and nine-
ty-one of Article twenty-one of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Washington county be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

Cognizance
of offences.

Sec. 291. Any Justice of the Peace residing
within the said town, or the Burgess or Assistant
Burgess of said town, may take cognizance of all
violations of the ordinances of said corporation,
and upon information may cause all persons offend-
ing against them to be brought before him for trial,
and if convicted may fine the party not exceeding
ten dollars, and in default of payment of the fine
and costs may commit the offender to the jail of
Washington county for a term not exceeding
twenty days, but any person convicted may appeal
from the judgment of the Justice of the Peace, or
Burgess or Assistant Burgess, to the Circuit Court
for Washington county, and the corporation shall
be liable for all )ail fees of persons so committed.

In force.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the day of its passage,

CHAPTER 320.

Passed Mar.
15,1867.

AN ACT to incorporate the Trustees of the Par-
sonage belonging to the Mechanicstown Charge
of the German Reform Church.

Incorporated.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That David S: Tiror, Hiram