ART. 11.] FREDERICK;. 1153

and materials found, and shall cause the city commissioner to
ascertain the proportion of expense chargeable to each proprietor,
and may recover the same by action in the circuit court or before
a justice of the peace, according to the amount awarded, or may
distrain the personal property of such proprietor at any time
within six months from the time when the ascertainment of the
proportion of such proprietor shall be made by the city commis-
sioner ; provided, at least ten days' notice be given by the mayor
of said city to the said proprietor, of the amount of his assessment
prior to such suit or distress; and the said corporation are vested
with full power to pass all ordinances necessary to carry this
section into effect.

1867, ch. 96.

237. The mayor and aldermen, at the usual time of making
appointments, shall appoint a coal weigher for the city of Fred-
erick, and shall have power to pass all ordinances necessary and
proper to prescribe and define his duties, the amount of his com-
pensation, and to punish all violations of ordinances passed under
the provisions of this section.

Ibid.

238. In cases in which any person shall be found guilty of
violating any ordinance of the corporation of Frederick, it shall
and may be lawful for the mayor or any justice of the peace trying
said cause, upon the conviction of the offender, to impose the fine
prescribed by the particular ordinance under which said person
is tried, and upon failure or refusal of the party convicted thereof
to pay such fine and costs, to commit the person convicted to the
jail of Frederick county for the time prescribed by the said ordi-
nance, unless the person convicted shall pay such fine and costs
before the day limited in such commitment, in which case the
mayor or justice of the peace shall issue his order to Hie sheriff
to release said person.

Ibid.

239. The mayor and aldermen shall have full power and au-
thority to pass all ordinances necessary and proper to prevent,
restrain and prohibit all minors from frequenting or visiting any
bawdy house or house of ill-fame within the limits of the city of
Frederick, and to provide for the punishment of the keepers of
such houses.
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