ART. 18.] SUDLERSVILLE. 1717

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fine or otherwise, the owner of any lot to pave or repair the
footways in front thereof, agreeably to the ordinances to be
passed by them; and shall have power to open and establish new
streets, lanes and alleys, and to straighten and widen old streets,
lanes and alleys, and to provide for the payment of damages and
expenses incurred by opening, widening or straightening the
streets, lanes and alleys, as aforesaid, by levying and assessing
the same generally upon the whole of the assessable property of
the town, or upon the property of persons to be benefited thereby.

1870, ch. 313. 1888, ch. 66.

249. The justices of the peace, resident in said town, are here-
by declared to be conservators of the peace of said town, and it
shall be their duty to order the arrest of any person found break-
ing 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 of
said town, 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 for the commission of
said offence impose a fine on such person of not more than five
dollars; and such person in default of payment thereof may be
committed to the county jail for a period of not more than five
days. All fines, penalties and forfeitures under this sub-title of
this article, and not otherwise provided for, shall be recovered
before a justice of the peace for said county resident in said town,
in the name of the commissioners, and applied to the benefit of
said town; and in all such proceedings the bailiff shall have the
same power to proceed in the same manner and have the same
fees as constables, and for police duties shall be entitled to the
same fees as constables, and all process shall be returnable before
some justice of the peace, resident in said town.

1870, ch. 313.

250. The commissioners may cause an assessment and valu-
ation, by two good men, to be selected and sworn by them, of
all the real and personal property in said town, (bank stock,
bonds, notes and other evidences of debt excepted,) to be made