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ART. 21. ] WASHINGTON COUNTY.
SHARPSBURG.
1807, c. 319 repeals and re-enacts section 291 as follows:
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291. Any justice of the peace residing within the
said town, or the burgess or assistant burgess of said
town, may take cognizance of all violations of the
ordinances of said corporation, and upon information
may cause all persons offending against them to be
brought before him for trial, and if convicted may
fine the party not exceeding ten dollars, and in
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1867, C. 310.
Who to have
cognizance of
offences
against ordi-
nances.
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default of payment of the fine and costs may commit
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Fines.
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the offender to the jail of Washington county for a
term not exceeding twenty days, but any person con-
victed may appeal from the judgment of the justice
of the peace, or burgess or assistant burgess, to the
circuit court for Washington county, and the corpo-
ration shall be liable for all jail fees of persons so
committed.
In force from March 15, 1867.
SHERIFF.
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Imprisonment.
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1861, c. 153 repealed section 292 and enacted as a substitute that the Sheriff of said
county should be entitled to thirty-five cents per day for keeping each prisoner
confined in the jail of said county, and that this art should be in force from
February 19, 1861, until the end of the next regular session of the General Assembly.
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WILLIAMSPORT.
1864, c. 80 enacts as follows:
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314. The act of incorporation of the town of Wil-
liamsport, in Washington county, passed December
session, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, chapter
one hundred and twenty-five, with the several sup-
plements thereto, is hereby revived and made as
effectual to all intents and purposes as if the said
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1804, c. 80
Incorporation
revived
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act of incorporation had not expired. The burgess
and commissioners of said town have power to
include within said corporation the public grave
yard at Williamsport.
In force from February 5, 1864.
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Public grave
yard.
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