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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

dollars, in the discretion of the justice of the peace to

which such person may be carried; which said fine shall

collected as other fines are now collected ; provided

however, that the provisions of this section shall not

Proviso

effect those persons who, as conservators of the peace,

are required to carry a pistol or other weapons as part

of their equipments, and provided further, that it

shall be the duty of all officers, to take all persons

arrested in the day time under this act, immediately

before the justice of the peace, nearest the place of

arrest, for examination, except for drunk and disor-

derly conduct or theft, and any officer failing so to

do shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and

upon conviction shall be fined not less than five nor

more than ten dollars.

SEC. 2. And. be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved, March 30th, 1874.

CHAPTER 179.

AN ACT supplementary to an act entitled " an act

to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Balti-

more to issue bonds of the City of Baltimore, to an

amount not exceeding two millions five hundred

thousand dollars, for the purpose of providing

means for the improvement of Jones' Falls, with-

in the limits of the City of Baltimore," passed at

the January session of eighteen hundred and sev-

enty, chapter one hundred and thirteen, and to

provide for an additional issue of bonds, not to

exceed in amount one million five hundred thou-

sand dollars.

Issue bonds.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the, General Assembly of

Maryland, That the Mayor and City Council of Bal-