1102 ARTICLE 4.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 256. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 418.

525. If any alien passenger in such vessel shall be suffered to land
therefrom at any place within the distance of fifty miles from said city,
with the intent to proceed thereto otherwise than in said vessel, the master
or commander thereof shall forfeit and pay for every such person the sum
of one hundred dollars, unless within forty-eight hours after the entry of
the vessel, the owner or consignee shall give bonds or pay the commutation
money aforesaid.

P. L. L. (I860), Art. 4, sec. 257. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 419.

526. All or any of the said penalites and forfeitures, as well as the
said Commutation money, may be sued for in the name of the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, before any Justice of the Peace, in the same
manner and subject to the same rules and process, and the right of appeal
as provided in cases of small debts.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4. sec. 258. P. L,. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 420.

527. The Mayor may compound for or remit the said penalties and
forfeitures, and payments and recoveries, or any of them, either before or
after suing for the same, upon such terms as the circumstances of the case
may in his judgment require.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 259. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 421.

528. The Mayor and Register shall pay over to the Supervisors of City
Charities, semi-annually, three-fifths of all sums of money arising from
commutation by owners or consignees of vessels as aforesaid, which shall
be appropriated by said trustees to the use of the City of Baltimore, for the
purpose of supporting the foreign paupers of the said city, and the re-
maining two-fifths shall be paid to the Hibernian Society of Baltimore,
and the German Society of Maryland, in the proportions mentioned in the
next succeeding section.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 260. P. L. L. (1888), Art. -t. sec. 422.

529. All money received by the Mayor or Register for penalties and
forfeitures imposed by this sub-division of this Article shall be distributed
and paid by the Mayor and City Council as follows: two-fifths thereof to
the German Society of Maryland, and the Hibernian Society of Baltimore
to be divided between them as follows: to the German Society in propor-
tion to the amount received from and on account of German and Swiss
passengers, and to the Hibernian Society in proportion to the amount re-
ceived from and on account of Irish passengers; and the remaining three-
fifths to the Supervisors of City Charities.

P. L. L. (1860), Art 4, sec. 261. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 423.

530. The City Register shall be entitled to two per centum upon the
amount of money collected under this sub-diviaion of this Article.