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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

said Mayor and the justices of the peace for Carroll County,

residents of the Fifth Election District of said county, are

hereby declared to be conservators of the peace of the town,

and it shall be their duty to order the arrest of any person

found by them breaking the peace or disturbing the quiet and

order of the town or violating any of the ordinances made by

the Mayor and Common Council ; and upon complaint being

made before any of said justices of the peace for Carroll County

of the violation of any ordinance of said town he shall issue

To issue

process, in the name of the Mayor and Common Council of

processes.

Sykesville, to recover the fine or penalty imposed for the vio-

lation of such ordinance against the party offending, and may

hear and determine the matter as any case arising under the

laws of the State, and shall receive the same fees therefor.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted. That the Commissioners for

Road tax to be
used for

Carroll and Howard Counties, justices of the peace, sheriffs,

streets, etc.

constables and all the county and State officers shall have, hold

and exercise their office and jurisdiction in said town; and the

Commissioners of Carroll and Howard Counties shall appro-

priate annually one-half of the amount of road tax levied or

imposed upon the assessable property within the corporate

limits of the town, within their respective counties, to the

Mayor and Common Council of Sykesville, and shall direct

and require the officer or person who shall collect such taxes

within said corporate limits to pay said taxes to the Mayor

and Common Council of said town, who shall use the same ex-

clusively for the improvements of the streets and roads within

the corporate limits of the town.

SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That all roads, highways, streets,

Supervision of

avenues and alleys in the corporate limits of Sykesville (ex-

highways.

cepting the joint bridge between Carroll and Howard Counties)

are hereby declared to be under the supervision and control

of the Mayor and Common Council.

SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That the style of all ordinances

Style of or-

shall be ''Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and Com-

dinances.

mon Council of Sykesville," and all suits for violation of any

rules, ordinances, regulations and by-laws shall be instituted in

the name of the Mayor and Common Council of Sykesville

against the offending party or parties.

SEC. 27. And be it enacted, That all elections hereunder after

Election: how

the first election herein provided for shall be held at such places

held.

as the Mayor and Common Council of Sykesville shall desig-

nate, after at least ten days' public notice of the same given by