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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, March 30, 1868
Volume 142, Page 2865   View pdf image (33K)
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THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 527

substitute, as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and shall, upon complaint made
by such supervisor, be liable to be arrested and

 

brought before any Justice of the Peace in the
county, upon a warrant, to be by said Justice is-
sued, in the name of the State therefor, and shall,
upon proof of such summons and failure to obey
the same, and refusal to pay said sum of one dol-
lar and fifty cents- per day, for not exceeding two
days, be fined to an amount equal to said sum of
one dollar and fifty cents per day, for not exceed-
ing two days, and all costs of such proceedings
before said Justice, including the pay for the wit-
nesses for the prosecution, and the said Justice, in
order to enforce the collection of said fines, shall
have the power to issue an execution upon the
judgment therefor, and to make it a part of said
judgment, and the party against whom any such
judgment is rendered shall stand committed to the
County Jail until such fine and costs be paid, but
said imprisonment shall not exceed ten days for
any one offence ; provided, that any party against

issue warrant.

whom any Justice of the Peace may render a
judgment, under any of the preceding Sections of
this Act, may at any time within ten days from the
rendition of such judgment, appeal from such
judgment to the Circuit Court for any county
wherein the same may have been rendered ; provi-
ded, the party so appealing shall give bond, with
surety, to the State of Maryland, to be approved
by the said Justice of the Peace, in the sum of
fifty dollars, with condition to prosecute such ap-
peal with effect, and to pay and satisfy the fine
imposed by said Justice of the Peace, in case the
judgment shall be affirmed, as, also, all costs ad-
judged by said Justice of the Peace, and, also, all
costs awarded by the Circuit Court for the county
to which said appeal shall have been taken, and
all fines collected under the provisions of this
Act shall be paid to the Commissioners of the
respective counties, to be by them applied for the
purpose of repairing the public roads in said coun-
ties, and the Judges of the Circuit Courts for the
counties to which this Act applies, shall give this
Act in charge to the Grand Jurors of their respec-
tive counties.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the County Com-

May appeal.



 

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