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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

parading and indecent exhibition of any stud have,

through the streets; to prevent the passage through

any part of said town, of any locomotive at a

greater rate of speed than six miles per hour;

and to pass all other ordinances and by-laws ne-

cessary to give effect and operation to the powers

vested in said corporation; und to preserve order

Preserve orders

and secure property and persons trom violence,

danger or destruction, and may impose tines,

penalties or forfeitures for the breach thereof; but

uo ordinance of said corporation shall impose a tine,

penalty or forfeiture for any offence of more than

ten dollars; and they may provide by ordinance for

the immediate arrest without warrant of any person

violating any town ordinance, by riotous and disor-

derly conduct, or driving or riding through the

streets when, in the judgment of the' President, or

any two of said Commissioners, the delay necessary

to the issuing of a warrant would be dangerous to

the peace and quiet of the town, or" the lives, limbs

and property of the citizens; and when it shall ap-

Arrest without

pear that the offender is intoxicated, so as to render

warrant

it unsafe to permit him to drive through the streets,

shall provide for the removal of the horse and vehicle

without the limits of the town, or for the deposit

thereof in some place of safety until the offender

shall be sober; provided, that nothing herein con-

tained shall authorize the passage of any by-law or

ordinance in conflict with the Constitution and laws

of this State.

Levy and co-

SEC. 152. They shall have power to levy and col-

lect taxes

lect taxes in said town, not exceeding in any one

year thirty cents in the one hundred dollars, on the

assessable property of said town; and shall also, for

the purpose of grading and paving the streets of said

town, have power to levy such other taxes upon the

property fronting on the street, or portion thereof

to be paved, as will pay the cost of grading and

paving the same.

Appoint an

SEC. 153. They shall once in every three years, or

assessor

oftener if they think proper, appoint an assessor,

who shall, under oath, value and assess the property.

in said town, in the same manner and with like au-

thority as county assessors, proceed to assess in the

county; but in assessing any of the land within the