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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1876
Volume 199, Page 608   View tiff image (55K)
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608

LAWS OF MARYLAND.
 

sons before a justice of the peace, and the said

 

justice have the power to place fines upon said

 

person according to ordinance bearing on the case;

 

and in case of failure to pay tine and costs, shall be

 

committed to the town station house for twenty-four

 

hours.

 

SUB-SEC. 7. The said Commissioners of Havre-de-

 

Grace, shall have the power by ordinance, to prevent

Powers.

the gathering of crowds of immoral and disorderly

 

persons within fifty yards of or on the corners of any

 

street in the vicinity of any house of public religious

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worship during time of religious service; and any

Penalty.

person or persons violating the provisions of this

 

section, shall be fined not less than five dollars, nor

 

more than twenty dollars; said penalty to be col-

 

lected in an action of debt in the name of the State

 

before any justice of the peace, for the use of said

 

commissioners for said town.

 

SUB-SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That an election

Election.

shall be held in the Town of Havre-de-Grace on the

 

first Monday in July next, in the same manner as

 

elections for commissioners of the said town are

 

held, between the hours of twelve o'clock at noon

 

and six o'clock P. M., at such place as may be

 

designated by the commissioners of said town, now

 

in office, for the ratification or rejection of the

 

amendments and additional sections or sub-sections

 

to their act of incorporation contained in this act ;

 

the commissioners shall give at least two weeks

Give notlee.

notice by advertisement in some newspaper pub-

 

lished in Harford county, and by hand-bills, of the

 

time and place of holding such election; at said

 

election, all persons in said town, who have the

 

qualifications necessary to vote for commissioners of

 

said town, may vote by ballot either for the amend-

 

ments and addition to the act of incorporation herein

 

contained, or against the same. If the majority of

 

the ballote cast at the said election have written or

 

printed upon them the words " for the amendments

 

and additions to the charter of Havre de Grace,"

 

then this act shall go into effect on the first day of

Conditions.

June next; but if the majority of the ballots have

 

written or printed upon them the words " against



 

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