JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 671

when imposing a fine, penalty or forfeiture for the
violation of any by-law or ordinance of said corpo-
ration, shall have power to commit the person con-
victed to the public jail or any appropriate place of
confinement within the corporation, which the pres-
ident and commissioners may provide; and the
sheriff of the county shall receive and safe keep such
person according to the tenor of the commitment.
and shall be entitled to his usual fees therefor; and
the president of the commissioners, or justice of the
peace who have directed such commitment, may
order any person so committed to be discharged ;	May discharge
provided, such commitment shall not continue for
more than thirty days ; and the corporation shall be
liable to all jail fees of persons so committed.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all other acts or
parts of acts, conflicting with the foregoing section,	Repealed.
are hereby repealed.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.	In force.
Approved April 11th, 1874.

CHAPTER 449.
AN ACT to amend the act of eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, chapter three hundred and nine, enti-
tled " an act to incorporate the North Branch
Company," by adding two sections thereto, to be
numbered eight and nine.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the act of eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, chapter three hundred and nine, be and	Amended by
the same is hereby amended by adding two sections	adding
thereto, to be numbered eight and nine, as follows :
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the said North
Branch Company shall be liable for, and pay all	Liability
damages that may be done to private property by the
erection, maintenance and use of such boom or
booms, piers, dams, or appurtenant works, as are