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of said fines and penalties, and costs attending the collection of the same,
the offender may be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding
twenty days.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 197. 1870, ch. 100. 1802, ch. 149, sec. 197.

299. They may provide by ordinance for the immediate arrest, without
warrant of any person violating any town ordinance by riotous or disorder-
ly conduct, or driving or riding through the streets, when in the judgment
of the President or any of the Commissioners or the bailiff of the town,
the delay necessary to the issuing of a warrant will be dangerous to the
peace and quiet of the town, or the lives, limbs or property of the citizens;
and when it shall appear that the offender is intoxicated so as to render
it unsafe to permit him to drive through the streets, they shall provide for
the removal of the horse and vehicle without the limits of the town, or for
the deposit thereof in some place of security until the offender shall be
sober, and may subject the property so taken and deposited to the payment
of the costs of the proceedings and the keeping of said property until the
same shall be released according to law, and may confine the offender in
some secure place until he shall be sober.

P. L. L., 1888. Art. S, sec. 198. 1870, ch. 100. 1892, ch. 149, sec. 198.

300. The Commissioners shall have power to build a lockup or place
of confinement for the reception of offenders, and the costs thereof shall be
assessed upon the citizens of the town, and collected as other town taxes
hereinafter provided for.

P. L. L., 1888. Art. 8, sec. 199. 1870, ch. 100.

301. They shall have power to determine the limits of the town, and
extend the same if they deem it expedient, and they shall file with the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for Cecil County a description of the boundaries
established by them, which shall be deemed a record of the boundaries of
the town.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 200. 1870., ch. 100. 1892, ch. 149, sec. 200.

302. The President and Commissioners shall have power to establish
the limits and width of the streets of said town, to open new streets, lanes
and alleys in the town, and to straighten and increase the width of and re-
move all obstructions from those already located or used, and to provide for
the paving of the said streets and sidewalks thereof, and for the keeping the
same in repair, and for the proper drainage of said streets and alleys, and
for that purpose to construct drains, sewers and culverts when necessary; to
determine conditions and limitations for the erection of buildings in said
town, and to require the removal of structures dangerous to public safety;
and shall have authority to pass all proper and necessary ordinances and
orders to that end; and shall have full power and authority to impose such
fines and penalties as they may deem proper and necessary to carry out and
enforce said ordinances and orders, and for that purpose shall have the
same authority in the collection of said fines and penalties as are conferred