FREDERICK COUNTY. 2603

1900, ch. 341, sec. R. 1918 Code, sec. 571.

575. The Mayor of said town, by virtue of his said office for munic-
ipal purposes and for preserving the peace, shall have all the power and
authority of a justice of the peace, and shall see that the ordinances of
the corporation are duly executed; he shall sign all ordinances passed by
the Council, and in case he disapproves of any ordinance, he may refuse
to sign the same, and shall return it to the Council, at the next meeting
thereof, with his reason for withholding his signature therefrom; amd if
the said ordinance, when again put upon its passage, shall receive the
votes of four of the members of the Council, it shall become a valid ordi-
nance without the signature of the Mayor.

1900, ch. 341, sec. S. 1918 Code, sec. 572.

576. All fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by the laws and
ordinances of said Mayor amd Council shall be recovered before the Mayor
or any justice of the peace resident within the corporate limits of said
town, upon a warrant issued against the offender, directed to the bailiff
of said corporation, on any constable of Carroll or Frederick Counties,
in the corporation name of said town, and shall be collected by judgment
and execution in the same manner and with the same costs and fees pro-
vided for in the case of suite before a justice of the peace, and with such
penalties to the officers for non-performance of duty in such cases pre-
scribed by the laws of the State; and said fines, penalties amd forfeitures
shall be paid by the officer collecting the same to the clerk and treasurer
of said town; provided, that if the offense be a breach of the peace or
disturbing the good order of the town, or in violation of any of the ordi-
nances intended to secure the safety of the lives or property of any of the
inhabitants of the town, or licensing traveling showmen or exhibitors, the
person so convicted may be committed to the jail of Carroll County or to
the jail of Frederick County, or to some place of confinement provided
within the corporate limits of said town by the Mayor and Council, by
the said Mayor or justice of the peace, until the fine and costs are paid,
or for ten days; and the Mayor or the justice of the peace who committed
such offender may, when it seems proper to him, order such offender to
be discharged before the expiration of ten days, and the sheriffs of the said
counties shall be entitled to be paid by the said corporation the same fees
as they receive for keeping prisoners under the laws of this State.

1900, ch. 341, sec. U. 1918 Code, sec. 573.

577. The Mayor may remit any fine or penalty imposed under any
ordinance of the Mayor and Council.

1900, ch. 341, sec. V. 1916 Code, sec. 574.

578. The Mayor shall annually appoint a bailiff for said town, which
appointment shall be subject to the approval of the Council, and the said
bailiff in the execution of the duties of his office shall have, within the
corporate limits of said town, all the powers and authority of a constable.