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QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. [ART. 17.

to comply with the provisions of this law shall be

Penalty.

liable to a fine of not less than one dollar for each dog
and two dollars for each bitch brought or kept by him
or her in said town in addition to the penalty of hav-
ing the same shot or otherwise destroyed if found going
at large without a collar about his or her neck.

Ordinances.

46. Said commissioners may pass all laws and ordi-
nances necessary to give effect and operation to the
powers vested in them, and may impose such fines,

Fines, penal-
ties and forfeit-
ures.

penalties and forfeitures for breach of their laws and
ordinances as they may think proper, not exceeding
five dollars for any one offense; and said commission-

Limits of town

ers shall forthwith locate and define the limits of said
town, and cause surveys and plots thereof to be made,
and have the same filed and recorded in the office of
the clerk of the circuit court for Queen Anne's county
for reference and safe keeping, and said commissioners

New streets

shall have power to open and establish new streets,
lanes and alleys in said town, with the consent of two-
thirds of the owners of property fronting on same.

Justices, con-
servators of
peace.

47. The justices of the peace of Queen Anne's county
resident in said town are hereby declared to be conser-
vators of the peace of said town, and it shall be their

Their powers
and duties.

duty to order the arrest of any person or persons found
breaking the peace or disturbing the quiet and order of
said town, or violating any of the ordinances made by
the commissioners for securing the safety of the pro-
perty or lives of the inhabitants of said town, and shall
have power to require any person or persons so offend-
ing to give security to keep the peace, or in default
thereof, may commit such person or persons to the
county jail for not more than forty-eight hours, and in
addition thereto, may impose a fine upon such person
or persons of not more than five dollars, to be collected
by execution as officers fees now are, and such fines to
go to the benefit of the town; all fines, penalties, and
forfeitures which may be incurred under the provisions
of this act, and the supplements and amendments there-
to relating to the town of Centreville, and not other-
wise provided for, shall be recovered before a justice of