1628 PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. [ART. 17.
P. L. L., (1860,) art. 16, sec. 118.
273. All fines imposed under the ordinances and by-laws of
the said commissioners, shall be recoverable in the name of the
said commissioners, before a justice of the peace for said county
as small debts.
Ibid. sec. 119.
274. The said commissioners shall receive no compensation
for their services.
Ibid. sec. 120.
275. Any constable in said village or the district in which it
is situated, may impound any swine or geese he shall find going at
large therein; and any constable so doing, shall immediately set
up notices thereof at the most public places in said village for at
least three days, inserting in such notices the marks and descrip-
tion of the said geese or swine, and if the same are not claimed
within five days after impounding them, and the expenses of
impounding or keeping them, as determined by a justice of the
peace, paid, together with the sum of fifty cents for every hog,
and twelve and a half cents for every goose, the same shall, after
two days' notice, in writing, of the time and place of sale, be sold
by the constable at public sale, and the proceeds applied first to
the payment of the expense of impounding and keeping them,
and of the residue, one-half shall go to the constable, and the
other half to the commissioners of said village for the use of the
Tillage.
Ibid. sec. 121.
276. Any constable neglecting or refusing to perform the
duty required of him in the preceding section, shall forfeit the
sum of five dollars for each neglect, to be recovered before a
justice of the peace, as small debts, one-half to the informer and
the other half to the said commissioners for the use of the
Tillage.
REGISTER OF WILLS.
P.. L. L., (1860,) art. 16, sec. 125.
277. The register of wills in said county shall be entitled to
an annual allowance from the county commissioners, sufficient to
supply his office with fuel.
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