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La Plata he shall forthwith issue process against the offender in the name
of the Town Commissioners of La Plata to recover the fine or penalty
imposed for the violation of such ordinance, and may hear and determine
the matter as in other cases arising under the laws of this State in which
he has jurisdiction, and shall receive the same fees therefor.

1912, ch. 770, sec. 114.

187. All fines and penalties, as well as all taxes collected under the
provisions of this Act, shall be collected in the name of and for the use
of the Town Commissioners of La Plata, who shall expend the same as
in their judgment they may deem best for the purposes of the corporation.

1912, ch. 770, sec. 115.

188. The County Commissioners of Charles County, justices of the
peace, sheriff, constables and all other county and State officers shall have,
hold and exercise their respective offices in the jurisdiction of the Town
of La Plata; provided, that such taxes for public or county road purposes
as are levied by the County Commissioners of Charles County upon the
inhabitants or the property in the Town of La Plata shall be expended
on the streets and roads within the corporate limits of said town, under
such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon or adopted by and
between said County Commissioners and the Town Commissioners of
La Plata.

See sec. 200.

1912, ch. 770, sec. 116.

189. The Town Commissioners of La Plata shall have the same powers
chat are now exercised, or that may be exercised, at any time by the State
Board of Health of Maryland, restricted, however, to the limits of said
Town of La Plata.

1912, ch. 770, sec. 116A.

190. The Commissioners of said town may purchase and hold any prop-
erty, real, personal or mixed, that may be necessary for municipal pur-
poses and dispose of the same for the benefit of said town.

1912, ch. 770. sec. 116B.

191. They shall have power to establish building lines in all the streets
and highways in said town, or which shall hereafter be opened therefor,
and to compel all persons erecting buildings in said town to conform
thereto, under such penalties as they may prescribe by ordinance, but no
building shall hereafter be erected for the purpose of a stable or privy
or for a place of confinement of any live stock within 100 feet of any
existing public street or highway in said town. Any person or persons
violating this last section shall on conviction pay a fine of not less than
fifty nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense and the cost of
prosecution, and upon failure to pay said fine and costs shall be com-
mitted to jail until the same shall be paid, or for the period of forty days,
whichever shall first occur.