1666 QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. [ART. 18.

1868, ch. 53.

57. The justices of the peace of Queen Anne's county, resi-
dent in said town, are declared to be conservators of the peace
of said town; and it shall be their duty to order the arrest of
any person found breaking the peace or disturbing the quiet and
order of said town, or violating any of the ordinances made by
the commissioners for securing the safety of the property or
lives of the inhabitants thereof, and shall have power to require
any person so offending to give security to keep the peace, or in
default thereof, may commit such person to the county jail for
not more than forty-eight hours, and in addition thereto, may
impose a fine upon such person of not more than five dollars, to
be collected by excution as officers' fees now are, and such fines
shall go to the benefit of the town; all fines, penalties and
forfeitures which may be incurred under the provisions of this
sub-title of this article, and not otherwise provided for, shall be
recovered before a justice of the peace for Queen Anne's county,
resident in the town, in the name of the said commissioners, as
small debts, and applied to the benefit of the town; and in all
such proceedings the bailiff shall have the same power, proceed
in the same manner, and have the same fees as constables in cases
of small debts, and for police duties shall be entitled to the same
fees as constables in like cases; and all process shall be returnable
before some justice of the peace for Queen Anne's county,
resident in said town.

1878, ch. 118.

58. The commissioners may adopt the county assessment and
valuation of all real and personal property in the town, and may
annually, between the first day of April and the first day of
May, levy on the property so assessed, such sums of money, not
to exceed thirty cents for every hundred dollars, in any one year,
as they may deem necessary for the improvement and expenses
of said town.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 17, sec. 49.

59. They shall appoint two persons to make said assessment,
who shall make oath before the said commissioners that they
will faithfully and impartially make the same to the best of their
judgment, and they shall be paid for their services by said com-
missioners out of the taxes levied as aforesaid.