WASHINGTON COUNTY. 4845

1906, oh. 316, sec. 239.

495. Any burgess, assistant burgess or commissioners who shall wil-
fully or omit to do any act required by this Act or by the ordinance or by-
laws of Hancock relative to the holding of elections in the town of Hancock,
after indictment in the Circuit Court for Washington county, and upon
conviction thereof shall suffer a penalty by fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of the court.

1906, ch. 315, sec. 240.

496. For the enforcement of the town ordinance the burgess shall, by
and with the advice and consent of the said commissioners of Hancock,
appoint one of the justices of the peace residing in Hancock to act as the
police justice for the said town who fchall have power to issue warrants
commanding the bailiff of said town to arrest any person violating any of
the ordinances of said town and have him brought in for trial, and he
shall have the same power to summon witnesses and to enforce their
attendance in these cases that he has in all other cases coming before him
as justice of the peace; and after the trial of such person he, in case of
conviction, may impose such fine as the ordinance of said town in such
cases provides; and the person convicted may, in default of the costs and
fine, be committed to the town jail until such fine and costs or forfeiture
be paid; provided, that where the parties are committed to the said town
jail by the said police justice acting for the burgess and commissioners
the number of days of imprisonment shall be double the fine and costs,
that is to say, for every one dollar of the amount of the fine and costs the
culprit shall have two days in jail; when the time has expired according
to his commitment the fine and forfeiture shall be considered as paid and
the person discharge,* but in no case shall the term of imprisonment
exceed thirty days; the said police justice shall be furnished with copies
of the ordinance of the town and shall keep a docket for corporation cases
and therein record and make regular entries of the proceedings in all cases,
setting forth the fine and imprisonment imposed and the amount of costs,
and he shall submit said docket to the inspection of any person who may
request to see the same, and upon demand of any person interested shall
deliver a copy of any judgment rendered by him, or it shall be the duty
of said police justice to make out a summarized statement of all corpora-
tion cases tried before him, with the fines and costs therein collected, which
statement shall be submitted semi-annually to the burgess and commis-
sioners after being sworn to before a justice of the peace, and he shall
pay over to the treasurer of the town of Hancock, annually, all fines col-
lected by him; all stationery supplies used by said police justice in the
town business shall be furnished him by the burgess and commissioners.

1906, ch. 315, sec. 241.

497. The said police justice shall be allowed the same costs and fees

*"'Discharged" evidently intended.
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