ART. 12.] HARFORD COUNTY.

ing sections in constructing the said underdrains, walls
or fences.

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67. The said commissioners shall have full power
to prescribe fines and penalties not less than ten nor
more than one hundred dollars, against the owner of
any excavated lot or lots as aforesaid, who, after receiv-
ing ten days' notice in writing, shall refuse or neglect
to comply with the provisions of the three preceding
sections, and the fines and penalties prescribed as afore-
said, shall be recoverable in the name of the said cor-
poration before a justice of the peace of Harford county,
and when collected shall be paid to the treasurer duly
appointed by the commissioners aforesaid, for the sole
use and benefit of the said corporation.

Fines and pen-
alties.

68. All the property held by former commissioners
of Havre de Grace, under law grants, or otherwise, is
vested in the said commissioners.

How property
vested.

69. The said commissioners may borrow on the faith
of the corporation of said town any sum of money not
exceeding five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
for the same bearing the regular legal interest of this
state, and in such sums and payable at such times as
the commissioners may direct, not exceeding twenty
dollars, but they shall not issue any note, token or
evidence of debt to be used as currency.

Loans.

Sub-Sec. 1. The said commissioners may direct by
ordinances all or any of the footways within the tax-
able limits of the town, to be laid off, levelled and
paved, or repaired with such materials as they may
deem best, at the expense of the proprietors of the dif-
ferent lots, in front of which the same shall be done ;

Paving, &c.,
footways.

provided, that said commissioners shall first grade said
footway, and place curbstones to the same at the [ex-
pense of the corporation.

Proviso.

Sub-Sec. 2. If any owner or tenant of any house or
lot or part of a lot, or the person having charge thereof,
shall refuse or neglect to pave or repair the footway in
front of the same, according to the ordinance of the
commissioners, the commissioners, or a majority of
them, may contract with some person on reasonable

Neglect to pave ,
&c.