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ten dollars, the person so sentenced shall be discharged from
custody at the end of thirty days from the date of their impo-
sition, if no imprisonment has also been ordered by the court, or
at the end of thirty days from the expiration of the time for
which said person shall have been ordered to be imprisoned,
upon sufficient proof shown to the court that the person im-
prisoned is unable to pay the said fine and costs; And provided
also, that if the said fine and costs are more than ten and less
than fifty dollars, the person so imprisoned shall be discharged
from custody at the end of sixty days from the imposition thereof,
if no imprisonment be ordered by the court, or at the end of
sixty days from and after the expiration of the time for which
said person has been ordered to be imprisoned, on proof shown
of his inability to pay said fine and costs; And provided also, that
if the said fine and costs exceed the sum of fifty dollars, the
person so imprisoned shall be discharged from custody at the end
of-six months from the imposition thereof, or from the expiration
of the term for which he was ordered to be imprisoned, on proof
shown of his inability to pay.

235. The mayor and city council may punish corporally any
servant or slave guilty of a breach of any ordinance, unless the
master of such servant or slave pay the penalty annexed to the
offence.

FIBE COMPANIES AND FIBEMEN.

236. The mayor and city council have power to establish and
regulate fire wards and fire companies, and to pass ordinances
for the prevention and extinguishment of fires.

237. Any person who shall wilfully destroy or injure any
engine, hose, reel, or other apparatus whatever for the extin-
guishment of fires, belonging to any company in the city of Balti-
more, or to the said city, shall be guilty of felony, and upon con-
viction thereof, shall be sentenced to confinement in the peni-
tentiary for a period not less than two nor more than five
years.

238. Any person who shall assault, beat, or otherwise inten-
tionally hurt or injure any fireman of the city of Baltimore
whilst in the discharge of his duties as fireman, (except in self-
defence,) shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to imprison-
ment in Baltimore city jail for a period not less than one month,