5134 ARTICLE 23.

Circuit Court of Wicomico County by giving written notice within ten
days from said decision filed with the Clerk of the Commissioners of
Sharptown of his desire to appeal; and on the filing of the said notice it
shall be the duty of the said clerk to deliver the papers connected there-
with to the Clerk of said Court, and the same proceedings shall be had
on appeal as in the case of appeal from judgments of justices of the peace;
provided, nevertheless, that the Commissioners of Sharptown 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 so to do 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 collected 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. On final ratification of any report of a commission
appointed under the provisions of this section, the Clerk of the Commis-
sioners of Sharptown shall at once record in a book kept for that purpose
the said return, plat and all proceedings connected therewith. And if
for any reason the person to whom damages are awarded refuse to receive
the damages assessed, or from infancy or any other cause are prevented
from receiving and receipting for same, the damages so assessed shall be
deposited in some bank of Sharptown paying interest on deposits, if any,
to the credit of the person entitled to such damages and thereupon the
Commissioners of Sharptown may proceed in the same way as if said
damages had been paid to the person or persons themselves.

1912, ch. 635, sec. 175

362. The commissioners of Sharptown may provide that a violation of
the provisions of any ordinance may be a misdemeanor and punishable
by a fine and imprisonment.

1912, ch. 635, sec. 176.

363. The commissioners of Sharptown may pass ordinances to regu-
late the construction and repairing of buildings in Sharptown, and the
granting of permits therefor, specifying the material of which same shall
be built; to direct in what part of the town wooden buildings shall not be
erected; to regulate the speed of horses, wheeled vehicles, automobiles in
the town limits; to regulate and prevent the throwing of sweepings, dust,
ashes, offal, garbage, paper or other material in any street, alley or public
places, or on any vacant lot in said town; to grant and regulate franchises
for electric light and gas companies, telephone and telegraph companies;
all such franchises shall not be granted for a period of more than twenty-
five years, and be renewable at discretion of the commissioners of Sharp-
town; to regulate the keeping of dogs in said town and provide for a tax
thereon, and for the collection of the same; to provide for the killing of
dogs on which no taxes are paid; to prevent the running at large of horses,