ART. 21. ] WASHINGTON COUNTY.

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143. All fines, penalties and forfeitures under the
ordinances of the corporation, shall be recovered
before the mayor, and the mayor may commit the
offender for non-payment of such fines and costs
incurred to the county jail until paid, and the costs
in such proceedings shall be the same as are charge-
able by a justice of the peace in criminal proceedings.

Ibid. P. 3.
Fines, &c, how
recovered

144. The taxable property of said town for the
purposes of the corporation of Hagerstown, and as
authorized, shall be the same as that assessable and
taxable for state and county purposes, and that the
mayor and council may provide for taking the
assessable property from the assessment books of
the county, with power upon proper explanation to
correct the same as in justice it may be required.

Ibid. 9 1.
What property
taxable.

145. The mayor of Hagerstown is hereby author-
ized and empowered, by and with the advice and
consent of his council, to appoint not exceeding four
sober, discreet and honest persons as police for said
town, and removable at pleasure, and that after
revoking such appointment he shall communicate
the same in writing to a called meeting of the coun-
cil, or at the first regular meeting held after such
appointments, and shall then confirm or reject such
appointment, and such person or persons so appoint-
ed shall be the acting police of said town until
rejected by said council, and if confirmed shall hold
the said office until the expiration of said time for
which the mayor making such appointments shall
expire, unless sooner removed as aforesaid by the
mayor, who shall have power to fill vacancies occa-
sioned by such removal or otherwise, by and with
the advice and consent of his council as aforesaid,
and such police shall be general 'conservators of the
peace; they shall disperse and suppress all disorderly
assemblies, be present at public meetings held in said
town, to preserve the peace, and generally to main-
tain the quiet and good order of the town; arrest
all offenders and take them before the mayor for
trial, and execute the process of said mayor, and to

Ibid s 2.
Appointment
and duties of
police officers.