ART. 13.] HAVRE DE GRACE. 1349

keep the walls and fences in good repair and safe condition; and
they shall have the power to enforce the ordinances passed to

carry out the provisions of this section, by fines of not less than

five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, to be collected
before a justice of the peace.

1878, ch. 440.

173. They shall have power to provide for and take care of

any persons suffering from accident or otherwise, who are unable
to take care of themselves, and if deemed necessary shall have
them sent to the almshouse of said county; and all expenses so
incurred shall be repaid to the corporation by the county commis-
sioners, who are authorized and required to levy annually for
such amounts, payable to the mayor and city council of Havre de

Grace.

1880, ch. 307.

174. They shall have the power to enforce the observance of

such ordinances as they may pass, by fines of not less than fifty
cents nor more than twenty dollars, unless herein specially pro-
vided for'; all fines imposed by any ordinance may be collected
in the name of the mayor and city council of Havre de Grace,
before a justice of the peace, similar to the mode of collecting
small debts, and the delinquent shall stand committed to the

county jail until the fine is paid, with costs; the sheriff shall re-
ceive and safely keep in the jail of said county, all persons so
committed for breach or violation 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 com-
mitted for the violation of the laws of this State; and the bailiff

of said city, or his deputies, shall have power to arrest, without
warrant, any persons engaged in violating any of the ordinances

or disturbing the public peace, and confine them in the lock-up
until such time as he can, without unreasonable delay, take them
before some justice of the peace for trial; the mayor and city

council shall have power, by ordinance, to license and regulate
hackney coaches, carts, drays, wagons, or other carriages kept for
hire and employed within the city, with power to make all
necessary regulations respecting the same, and also the power to
sell sand or clay from any of the streets, lanes or alleys of the