ART. 11.] FREDERICK. 1149

or the skins of dead animals, or any other impure things therein,
or by erecting any privy or other nuisance so near the said water
as to pollute the same, he shall forfeit to the said city a sum not
exceeding twenty dollars for each offence, to be recovered by
summons before any justice of the peace for said county, to be
issued against the person so offending; and the person so offending
shall be obliged to remove such nuisance or pay the sum of ten
dollars for every day the same shall continue, to be recovered as
aforesaid for the use of said city.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 11, sec. 139.

219. Any person who shall designedly injure the said water
works or any part thereof, or obstruct the passage of the water
therein shall, for every offence, forfeit the sum of twenty dollars,
to be recovered in the manner and for the use mentioned in the
preceding section.

Ibid. sec. 140.

220. If any person, being first duly cautioned, shall use or in
any manner meddle with the water in said water-works, whether
obtained from hydrants or otherwise, such person not being a
water renter at the time, or licensed by said city, he shall forfeit
the sum of six dollars, to be recovered and applied as directed in
the two preceding sections.

Ibid. sec. 141.

221. The sheriff shall receive and safe keep in the jail of said
county all persons who shall be committed thereto for a breach
of any of the ordinances of said city, according to the tenor of
the commitment, and in the same manner and under the same
regulations as persons committed for a violation of the laws of
the State.

1884, ch. 221.

222. The mayor and aldermen may provide by ordinance for
taking up, fining or committing to the workhouse in said city all
disorderly persons and common disturbers of a neighborhood
that may be found in said city; and the overseer of said work-
house shall receive and keep such persons according to the terms
of the commitment.