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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1876
Volume 199, Page 532   View tiff image (56K)
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532

LAWS OF MARYLAND.
 

all laws and ordinances necessary to give effect and

 

operation to the powers vested in them.

 

SUB-SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That all fines, penalties

Fines, &c. —

and forfeitures, imposed by the ordinances of the

how recov-
ered .

said burgess and commissioners, shall be recovered

 

before the burgess or any justice of the peace resid-

 

ing within the corporate limits of the said town, and

 

may be collected by judgment and execution, in the

 

same manner and same fees to the officers as pro-

 

vided for in the case of small debts, to be paid and

 

applied to and for the benefit of the said town; and

 

if the offence shall have been a breach of the peace,

 

or disturbing the quiet and good order of the said

 

town by any riotous, immoral or obscene conduct,

 

or violating any of the ordinances intended to secure

 

the safety of the lives or property of any of the in-

 

habitants of said town, the person or persons so con-

Committed to

jail

victed may in addition thereto be committed to the

 

Carroll county jail, or some appropriate place of

 

confinement within the limits of said Town of

 

Uniontown, by the said burgess or justice until the

 

fine and costs are paid, but not exceeding ten days

 

for any one offence, and the person so committed

May be dis-

may be discharged after forty-eight hours imprison-

charged.

ment, from the time of his commitment, upon satis-

 

factory proof, under oath, before the said burgess or

 

justice of the peace, that the said person so com-

 

mitted is wholly unable to pay the said fine and costs,

 

and if the person, so convicted as aforesaid, shall be

 

a minor the same proceedings in every respect shall

 

be had against the parent or parents, or guardian,

 

or other person or persons, in whose custody or

 

under whose control the said minor may be, or is, or

 

ought to be; and any party convicted under any of

Right to ap-
peal.

the preceding sections, shall have the right to appeal

 

to the next term of the Circuit Court for Carroll

 

county, upon giving bond forthwith to prosecute said

 

appeal, or bail for his appearance, in person, at said

 

term of the Circuit Court.

In force.

SUB-SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall

 

take effect from the date of its passage.

 

Approved April 8, 1876.



 

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