JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 513
and bridge purposes; provided, that any person or
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persons so offending, on conviction thereof, as afore-
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said, who shall refuse or fail to pay said fine imposed
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and the cost thereon, such person or persons shall be
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imprisoned in the county jail of the county aforesaid
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for not less than ten nor more than twenty days.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
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Duty of Sheriff.
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of the sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable to whose
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attention a violiation of the provisions of this act is
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called, at once to report the same to a justice of the
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peace, and upon warrant being issued, to arrest the
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offender or offenders, and bring him or them before
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said justice for trial; any constable who fails so to
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report a case of offence, with the name of the in-
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former, under this act, when notified as aforesaid,
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shall himself be liable to a penalty of ten dollars, to
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be recoverable as like penalties are now recoverable.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That any person or
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persons who may feel himself or themselves aggrieved
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Aggrieved.
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by any judgment rendered by a justice of the peace,
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under the provisions of this act, shall have the right
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to appeal to the Circuit Court for Baltimore county,
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upon the conditions and subject to the regulations
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now provided by the general law regulating the
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appeals from justice of the peace; but the execution
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of the judgment of the justice of the peace shall not
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be stayed, unless the party appealing shall give bond
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to the State for double the amount of the fine im-
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posed, with security approved by the justice render-
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ing the judgment, with condition to prosecute his
appeal with effect, or to pay the fine imposed with
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all costs.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
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In force.
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effect from the date of its passage.
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Approved April 11th, 1874.
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