ART. IS. J HARFOBD COUNTY. 617

by-taws and ordinances; but no ordinance of said commissioners
shall impose a fine, penalty or forfeiture for any one offence of
more than ten dollars.

64. If any person shall excavate any lot or lots, or parts thereof,
within the limits of the town of Havre de Grace, in Harford
county, for the purpose of obtaining moulding sand, or other-
wise, to the depth of two feet or more, and the said lot or lots,
or parts thereof, shall remain uncovered, it shall be the duty of
such person to make and keep in constant repair good and suf-
ficient under-drains, that will carry off all water that may collect
and would otherwise remain in them, in the part or parts thereof
so excavated, and said under-drains shall be well covered and
secured, so as not to endanger or incommode the public travel or
other proper use of any street or alley through which the same
shall pass.

65. Where the excavation of any lot or lots, or parts thereof,
as aforesaid, to a depth of two feet or more, sdjoins any of the
streets or alleys in the town of Havre de Grace aforesaid, it shall
be the duly of the ownor or owners of such lot or lots to imme-
diately erect and keep in constant repair good and sufficient walls
orfences along such streets and alleys, or parts thereof, where Bach
excavations so adjoin, so as effectually to protect such thorough-
fares from injury, and render the use thereof by the public as
safe and convenient as before such excavations were made.

66. The commissioners of Havre de Grace shall consent to the
temporary use of any street or public thoroughfare of the said
town, which may be required to enable the owner of any exca-
vated lot or lots as aforesaid, to comply with the provisions of
the preceding sections in constructing the said under-drains, walls
or fences.

67. The said commissioners shall have full power to prescribe
fines and penalties, not less than ten nor more than one hundred
dollars, against the owner of any excavated lot or lots as afore-
said, who, after receiving ten days' notice in writing, shall refuse
or neglect to comply with the provisions of the three preceding
sections, and the fines and penalties prescribed as aforesaid shall
be recoverable in the name of the said corporation, before a jus-
tice of the peace of Harford county, and, when collected, shall
be paid to the treasurer duly appointed by the commissioners
aforesaid, for the sole use and benefit of the said corporation.