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substitute or pay to the Bailiff the sum of one dollar in lieu of said labor,
and any person who shall refuse to obey the summons of the Bailiff for
labor on the public streets shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon complaint made by the Bailiff, shall be arrested and taken before a
Justice of the Peace for Caroline County, upon a warrant to be issued by
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. 833, sec. 26.

451. All by-laws now in force relating or applicable to the Commis-
sioners of Preston and not included in this Act and not inconsistent with
this Act and all ordinances of the Commissioners of Preston 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until changed or repealed respectively by the General Assembly of Mary-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 Preston.

1914, ch. 833, sec. 27.

452. All officers provided for or named in the Charter of Preston, 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. 833, sec. 28.

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

1914, ch. 833, sec. 29.

454. 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.

1912, ch. 702, sec. 2.

455. The Commissioners of Preston are hereby authorized, empowered
and directed, with the proceeds of sale of said bonds,* to establish and con-
struct a sewerage system in the Town of Preston for the collection, trans-

*Sec. 1, ch. 702, 1912, authorized town to issue bonds to amount of $7,000 and
the voters approved at regular town election in May, 1912.