2622 ARTICLE 11.

of the town, and shall serve all civil and criminal processes that may be
directed to him, and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by
ordinances; and they may, from time to time, appoint such additional
policemen and other officers as may be required for the preservation of
order in said town. The burgess may also direct civil and criminal proc-
esses to the sheriff of Frederick County or to a duly qualified county con-
stable, and when so directed the said sheriff or county constable, as the
case may be, shall serve the same within the police limits of said town.

1904, ch. 94, aec. 13. 1918 Code, sec. 601.

625. All fines, forfeitures and penalties under the ordinance of the
corporation shall be recoverable before the burgess or any one of the
councilmen; and any person refusing to pay such fines and forfeitures
shall be committed to the jail of Frederick county until payment or dis-
charge in due couse of law; and the burgess and each of said councilmen
shall, in virtue of his office, have and exercise all the powers of a justice
of the peace, in so far as the recovery of said fines and forfeitures is con-
cerned, and may commit to jail for the non-payment thereof; and all
moneys so collected shall be paid over to the treasurer of said corporation.

1904, ch. 94, sec. 14. 1918 Code, sec. 602,.

626. The burgess and councilmen shall, by ordinance, prohibit the
running at large in said town of any horses, cattle, sheep or swine.

1904, ch. 94, sec. 16. 1918 Code, sec. 603.

627. The burgess and councilmen shall have full power and authority
to authorize and permit, and by an ordinance, grant to any electric or
steam railroad company or telephone or telegraph company, whose road
or line enters or is intended to enter the limits of the corporation of My-
ersville, the right and privilege of laying down and constructing its tracks
and of building and grading its road along, through or over any streets,
lanes and alleys of said town, subject to such regulations as may be pro-
vided by ordinance. The said burgess and council shall have power by
agreement with the owners or proprietors of any county road or turnpike
road running through said town to take charge and help in repair so
much of said county or turnpike road as lies within the taxable limits
as one of the streets of said town.

1904, ch. 94, sec. 17. 1918 Code, sec. 604.

628. Those parts of the several county roads within the limits of said
town are hereby made and declared to be public streets of said town, and
shall continue to be improved and repaired by the County Commissioners
of Frederick County under the directions of the burgess and council of
said corporation until the resources of tbe town will justify their improve-
ment by said corporation, which time shall be determined by the burgess,
and council of said corporation.