772 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 545]

of Capitol Heights and by notice posted in at least three public
places in said town.

SEC. 35. The Mayor and Common Council may provide by
ordinance for the immediate arrest, without warrant, of any
person found violating any town ordinance, and when it shall
appear that the offender is intoxicated, may confine said
offender in some secure place until he is sober, and may pro-
vide further for the confinement of any person arrested, if
the time be reasonable, as in the night, whereby he cannot
attend the justice until a reasonable hour of the succeeding
morning, when he shall be taken before a Justice of the Peace,
and dealt with according to the nature of the offense, provided
that the Mayor and Common Council may by ordinance pro-
vide that such person so arrested may deposit with the bailiff
a sum of money to cover any fine that may be assessed against
him, acceptable to said bailiff.

SEC. 36. Justices of the Peace for Prince George' County,
residents in the town are hereby declared to be conservators of
the peace of the town, and it shall be their duty to order the
arrest of any person found by them breaking the peace or dis-
turbing the quiet and order of the town, or violating any of the
ordinances made by the Mayor and Common Council for secur-
ing the safety of property or lives of the inhabitants of the town
and upon complaint made before them of the violation of any
ordinance of said town, shall issue process in the name of the
Mayor and Common Council of Capitol Heights to recover fine
or penalty imposed for the violation of such ordinance against
the party offending and may hear and determine the matter as
any case arising under the laws of this State, and shall receive
the same fees therefor, but in all such cases the bailiff shall
bring such complaint before a Justice of the Peace.

SEC. 37. In the event of a vacancy in the office of the
Justice of the Peace, residents in the town, or in the case of
sickness, absence or disability of the said justices, the hearing
of the case or the transaction of the business assigned to the
said justices by the charter, may be had before any other Justice
of the Peace in and for Prince George's county; and the Mayor
and Common Council of Capitol Heights may provide for the
expense so incurred.

SEC. 38. The bailiff shall perform such services' as said
Mayor and Common Council shall direct; he shall arrest and
carry before a Justice of the Peace of Prince George's County
as provided in the preceding section, to be dealt with as here-
inbefore provided, any person found breaking the peace or dis-