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the peace for Caroline County like other debts, but if any person shall
violate any of the ordinances or by-laws of said Commissioners, by loud
or boisterous talking or by using profane or vulgar language, or by im-
modest or vulgar behavior or exposure, or by otherwise disturbing the
peace and good order in said town of Marydel, or by obstructing the streets
or sidewalks with unnecessary assemblies, then it shall be lawful, and it
is made the duty of the bailiff of the said town or sheriff or any constable

of Caroline County to arrest the person so offending or violating the
ordinances as aforesaid, and to take s.uch person before some justice of
the peace of said county, and upon conviction for said offense the said
offender shall be fined not less than fifty cents nor more than ten dollars,
with cost, the fine to go to the use of said corporation, and in default

of payment of said fine and costs aforesaid the person so convicted shall
be committed to the jail in said county until the fine and costs are paid,
provided, said imprisonment shall not continue longer than ten days;
provided, nevertheless, that the fine for the violation of any ordinance or
by-laws can, upon agreement between the officer and the offender, be paid
direct to the officer (with ten cents additional), who shall give a receipt
for the same to the offender, for which receipt the clerk of the Town
Commissioners shall pay ten cents upon presentation.

1929, ch. 38, sec. 31.

415. At the meeting of said Commissioners, of Marydel three shall
constitute a quorum, and all questions submitted shall be decided by a
majority of those present, but less than a quorum may appoint the time
for a subsequent meeting and adjourn; and said Commissioners of Mary-
del shall serve without compensation.

1929, ch. 38, sec. 32.

416. Said Commissioners may appoint the clerk, baliff and other
officers, or either of them, from among themselves or among the inhabitants
of said town.

1929, ch. 38, sec. 33.

417. The said Commissioners may, in their discretion, exempt and
release from assessment or taxation a.ny public improvements, and all
machinery, plant and property used in manufacturing for a period not
exceeding five years, unless the qualified voters of the town of Marydel
shall, at an election when the question of such exemption for a longer
period than five years is submitted to them, cast a majority of votes in
favor of such exemption for such longer period; provided, however, that
nothing in this section contained shall discriminate against any existing
enterprise in favor of a like enterprise accepting the provisions of this
Act.

1929, ch. 38, sec. 34.

418. All male citizens residing within the corporate limits of Marydel
over the age of twenty-one years, unless exempted by the said Commis-