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any person appointed to office by him shall be incompetent or unfaithful
to the duties of his office, he may file a written statement of charges against
Mm with the commissioners, a copy of which charges shall be sent to the
person charged, and the board of commissioners shall set a time to hear
the same, and if, after a full hearing, they shall find such officer incompe-
tent or unfaithful, the burgess shall remove him from his office, and with
the consent and approval of the commissioners shall appoint a proper per-
son to fill his place.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 11, sec. 129. 1918 Code, sec. 184.

174. All other officers, not herein named, who may be deemed neces-
sary to execute the powers of the said corporation and the laws thereof
shall be appointed in such manner as shall be directed by ordinance.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 11, sec. 130. 1918 Code, sec. 185.

175. All moneys arising from taxes, fines, forfeitures and penalties
imposed by virtue of any by-laws or ordinance of said corporation shall be
appropriated to the uses thereof in such manner as may be directed by

ordinance.

P. L. L., 1S88, Art. 11, sec. 131. 1918 Code, sec. 186.

176. All fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed under the ordinances

of the corporation shall be recovered by an action of debt, in the name of
the corporation, before the burgess or any justice of the peace of Frederick
County, upon warrant against the offender directed to any constable of
the county or of said corporation, in the same manner as small debts are
recovered; and the constable shall serve the same under the same penalties
as in case of summons for small debts from a justice of the peace, and

shall receive the same fees therefor, to be paid by the corporation.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 11, sec. 132. 1918 Code, sec. 187.

177. An appeal shall lie to the Circuit Court for Frederick County
from any judgment of the burgess or any justice of the peace imposing
any fine, penalty or forfeiture under the ordinances of the said corpora-
tion, subject to the same conditions and regulations now provided by the
general laws regulating appeals from justices of the peace; but enforce-
ment of said judgments shall not be delayed, unless the party appealing
shall give bond to the corporation in double the amount of the judgment
and costs, with security approved by the burgess or justice of the peace
rendering the judgment, with condition to prosecute the appeal with

effect, or to pay the judgment rendered, with costs.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 11, sec. 133. 1918 Code, sec. 188.

178. The burgess or any justice of the peace when imposing any fine,
penalty or forfeiture, for the violation of any ordinance of said corpora-
tion, shall order the person convicted to be committed to the public jail if
he shall fail or refuse to pay the fine, penalty or forfeiture and costs, there