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said Justice, and upon proof of such summons, and failure or refusal to
obey the same shall be fined not less than one dollar and not more than
five dollars, and all costs of such proceedings, and to be committed to the
jail of Caroline County until such fine and costs are paid.

1914, ch. 730, sec. 97.

151. All by-laws now in force relating or applicable to the Commis-
sioners of Denton and not included in this Act and not inconsistent with
this Act and all ordinances of the Commissioners of Denton now in force
and not inconsistent with this Act, shall be and they are hereby continued
until changed or repealed respectively by the General Assembly of Mary-
land or the Commissioners of Denton.

1914, ch. 730, sec. 98.

152. All officers provided for or named in thq charter of Denton, or
any amendments thereto, as it now stands before the passage of this Act,
whether by election or appointment, shall continue to hold, exercise and
discharge the duties of their respective offices until their successors shall
be duly qualified and nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to
interfere with the continuity of the terms or tenure of said officers; nor
shall the reappointment or re-election of any of said officers be necessary
in order to secure the said continuity of their said terms and tenures of
office unless otherwise provided in this Act.

1914, ch. 730, sec. 99.

153. Any suit, action or proceeding now pending shall not abate by
reason of the passage of this Act.

1914, ch. 730, sec. 100.

154. Each section of this Act and every part of each section are hereby
declared to be independent sections, and the holding of any section or
sections or part or parts thereof to be void, ineffective or unconstitutional
for any cause shall not be deemed to affect any other section or part thereof.

SEWERS.

1906, ch. 332, sec. 1. 1914, ch. 596. 1920, ch. 689.

155. The Commissioners of Denton are hereby fully authorized and
empowered to construct, establish and maintain in working order a sewer-
age system in the town of Denton for the collection, transmission and dis-
posal of drainage and sewage from the houses and other buildings and
cess pools, wells, sinks and other receptacles for sewage and drainage in
said town, including also, if the said Commissioners of Denton shall at any
time so determine, water and other drainage from the streets, lanes, roads
and alleys thereof, and that the Commissioners of Denton shall have full
power of determining when and where, 111 what order and under which
streets, roads, lanes and alleys the sewers and drains shall be constructed
or laid, and to make contracts for the construction thereof, except that