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5186 ARTICLE 24.

of money so collected and exemptions granted, and shall apply the said
money, under the direction of the said Mayor and Council, to hiring labor
to work on the streets, lanes and alleys aforesaid, and at the expiration

of his term shall pay over to the Mayor and Council any surplus that may
remain in his hands, and the said policeman shall make the said report,
under oath, at each regular monthly meeting of the Mayor and Council,
and it shall contain, in addition to the things hereinbefore provided, a true
account of all moneys received and expended, the name of each and every
man who has performed the labor herein required of him, the number

-of days he has worked, the time when and the street or streets, lane or
lanes, alley or alleys on which the said labor was performed.

1908, ch. 733. 1920 Code, sec. 26.

27. Any person liable to labor as aforesaid who shall refuse to obey
such summons, and shall refuse to labor on said streets, lanes and alleys as
hereinbefore provided, and as hereinbefore specified, and shall refuse or
neglect upon demand as aforesaid to pay to said policeman the sum of one
dollar per day for the time not to exceed two days, as aforesaid, or shall
refuse or neglect to furnish a substitute as aforesaid, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon complaint made by such police-
man, be liable to be arrested and brought before any Justice of the Peace
in the County upon a warrant to be issued by said Justice in the name of
the State therefor, and shall upon proof of such summons and failures to

obey the same and refusal to pay said sum of one dollar per day for not

exceeding two days, be fined to an amount equal to said sum of one dollar
per day for not exceeding two days, and all costs of such proceedings before
the said justice, including the attendance fees for the witness for the
prosecution; and the said Justice, in order to enforce the collection of said
fines, shall have the power to issue an execution upon the judgment there-
for, and to make it a part of said judgment, and the party against whom

any such judgment is rendered shall stand committed to the County jail
until such fine and costs be paid, but said imprisonment shall not exceed
ten clays for any one offense; provided, that any person against whom any
Justice of the Peace may render a judgment under any of the preceding
sections of this Act, may at any time within ten days of the rendition of
such judgment appeal from such judgment to the Circuit Court for Wor-
cester County upon giving bond with surety to the State of Maryland to
be approved by the said Justice of the Peace in the sum of fifty dollars,

with condition to prosecute such appeal with effect, and to pay and satisfy
the fine imposed by said Justice of the Peace in case the said judgment
shall be affirmed, as also the costs adjudged by said Justice of the Peace,
and also all costs awarded by the Circuit Court aforesaid; and all fines

collected under the provisions of this Act shall be paid into the treasury

of the town to be applied for the purpose of repairing the streets, lanes
and alleys of said town.

1908, ch. 733. 1920 Code, sec. 27.

28. From any judgment rendered by any lower tribunal in the enforce-

 

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