WICOMICO COUNTY. 4999

for Wicomico County, by giving written notice within twenty days front
said decision, filed with the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners, of his
desire to appeal; and on the filing of said notice, it shall be the duty of the
Clerk to deliver the papers connected therewith to the Clerk of said Court,
and the same proceedings shall be had on the appeal as in cases of appeal
from judgment of Justice of the Peace; provided, nevertheless, that the
Board of Commissioners may decline to open, lay out, extend, widen,
grade or straighten any street, alley or highway, or any square, waterway
or drain, notwithstanding the decision of said Court; but in case of refusal
to do so, they shall be liable for all costs incurred, and shall pay the same.
All benefits assessed by virtue of the above provisions shall be liens on the
respective lots or parcels of ground on which they are assessed, from
the time of the final ratification of the aforesaid return, and shall be col-
lected as taxes are collected, or may be collected by action at law. On
appeal, the Court or jury may alter the award so returned, whether of
damages or benefits, and award costs in its discretion.

1900, ch. 192, sec. 34.

47i For the purpose of carrying out the aforegoing powers, and for the
preservation of the health, cleanliness, peace and good order of the com-
munity, and for the protection of the lives and property of the citizens
from fire and disease, and to suppress, or cause to be suppressed, abated
or discontinued, any and all nuisances within the said limits of said town,
they may pass any and all ordinances and by-laws from time to time neces-
sary, and to enforce and insure the observance of the said ordinances in

addition to an action in debt, or such other civil remedies as may exist in
such cases by law for the recovery of fees, fines and penalties thereto af-
fixed; they may affix thereto reasonable fines, and in default of payment
of any fines so imposed, they may provide for the imprisonment of the
offender for a period not exceeding thirty days in the county jail, or until
such fines are paid; and instead of the foregoing penalties it shall be
lawful, in the case of vagrancy, to sentence such person to hard labor on
the public streets not exceeding ten days.

1900, oh. 192, sec. 35.

48. All ordinances and by-laws heretofore passed by the Commission-
sioners of Delmar, and now in force and not in conflict with the provi-
sions of this charter, shall be valid and remain in force until the same are
repealed, amended or modified by the Commissioners.

1900, ch. 192, sec. 36.

49. All property within the corporate limits of Delmar that is subject
to taxation for county purposes in Wicomico County shall be taxed for
municipal purposes in Delmar, and the Board of Commissioners of Del-
mar, at their first meeting in June in the year nineteen hundred, and every
five years thereafter, or oftener, shall appoint three citizens, noted for
their good judgment in the fair valuation of property, as assessors, who,