ART. 12.] OAKLAND. 1283

1886, ch. 990.

193. Where sidewalks are constructed of solid and lasting
materials, such as brick or stone, only the first cost of the same shall
be borne by the owner or possessor of the property abutting
thereon, and it shall be the duty of the mayor and council to
keep such sidewalks in good repair thereafter; but when the
sidewalks are constructed of wood, the owner or possessor of the
property abutting thereon, shall keep the same in good repair at
his own proper cost and expense; and if said last mentioned side-
walks at any time need such repair, it shall be the duty of the
bailiff to notify the persons responsible for the same, when, if the
required repairs are not made within twenty days after said notice,
the mayor and council shall forthwith proceed to repair the same
and charge the expense thereof to the owner or possessor respon-
sible for the said repairs; and if the cost and expenses thus
incurred are not paid within ten days after the presentation of
the bill for the same to the responsible owner or possessor, or his
duly accredited agent, then it shall be lawful for the mayor and
council to proceed to collect the same by due process of law,
whether the party charged be a resident or non-resident of the
town, county or State, and whether adult or infant, non compos,
feme covert, or otherwise.

Ibid.

194. The mayor and council may establish a town prison or
lock-up, and confine therein for a space of time not exceeding
twenty days, any person who shall neglect or refuse to pay any
fine imposed for the violation of any ordinance or by-laws of the
town now in force, or which the mayor and council are empow-
ered to pass, in order to give operation to all the powers vested in
them; and the said mayor is empowered to impose fines for the
breach of such by-laws and ordinances, and may enforce the col-
lection of the same by bringing suit in the name of the mayor
and council before any justice of the peace in said county in the
same manner as small debts are recovered; provided, that there
shall be no fine imposed less than one dollar nor more than twenty
dollars.

1884, ch. 847.

195. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad company shall keep a
flagman to guard the crossing of the tracks of said company over