1580 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 812]

be bound to work on the streets, lanes, alleys and thoroughfares
of said town for one day in every year, as the year is herein
defined. And if any person who is liable to render service fails
to attend, on notice from the bailiff, or sub-bailiff, or who
appears and fails or refuses to work and render service as
by the person or persons supervising the work he is required
and instructed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con-
viction thereof, before a justice of the peace or in the Circuit
Court for Dorchester County, such person shall be fined one
dollar, and shall be adjudged to pay the costs and to stand
committed to jail until fine and costs are paid and he shall
be bound to render proper service. Any person who pays to
the bailiff the sum of one dollar in lieu of rendering personal
service on the streets, lanes and thoroughfares of Hurlock shall
receive a receipt therefor from said bailiff exempting him from
work and service on the street for the term of one year, as
the year is hereinbefore defined. The Commissioners of Hurlock
shall have full power and authority to pass one or more ordi-
nances for executing, carrying out and enforcing the provisions
thereof and providing systematic arrangements in respect
thereto.

SEC. 330B. The County Commissioners of Dorchester
County, on the first day of October in each and every year
after the passage of this act, shall pay to the Commissioners of
Hurlock, to be used and applied by the said Commissioners of
Hurlock in keeping up the streets of said town of Hurlock, ft
sum equal to two per centum of the full amount of the county
taxes collected by said county commissioners, through the
county treasurer or tax collector for No. 15 or Hurlock Elec-
tion District of said county, out of the levy for the year preced-
ing; the year in which said payments, respectively, are made as
aforesaid; provided, that all payments heretofore made by the
County Commissioners of Dorchester County to the Commis-
sioners of Hurlock for the corporate purposes of said town, shall
be and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any acts of the said
Commissioners of Hurlock authorized by, and performed under,
the provisions of the section herein repealed, be and the same
hereby are ratified and confirmed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.