1990 WASHINGTON COUNTY. [ART. 22.
1878, ch 241.
239. All fines and forfeitures imposed by the ordinances of
the corporation shall be recoverable before the burgess or any
justice of the peace, but no fine or forfeiture imposed under any
ordinance of said corporation shall exceed the sum of twenty
dollars; and the said burgess and commissioners are empowered
to erect a lock-up for the temporary custody of prisoners on
their way to the county jail, and for the confinement of persons
arrested for violating any town ordinance, or for the non-payment
of any fine imposed under the provisions of this charter, or for
the confinement of persons committed by justices of the peace
of the said town or vicinity, either for further hearing or until
such persons can be conveyed to the county jail.
Ibid.
240. Any person may take up and impound any live stock
or geese found going at large in said town, and the owner shall
pay, on reclaiming the same, the sum of twenty-five cents for
each head of live stock, and five cents for each goose, for every
twenty-four hours the same may have been impounded; provided,
that when any geese or live stock are impounded they shall be
advertised by notices set up at two of the most public places
within said town.
1880, ch. 350.
241. The ferry across the Potomac river at Hancock, estab-
lished under the act of 1880, chapter 350, shall be kept for public
use and benefit by the county commissioners, under such regu-
lation as they shall prescribe; and they shall make such provision,
annually, as may in their judgment be necessary for the same;
and they shall have power and authority to raise money by levy
for maintenance of said ferry.
HUCKSTERS.
1867, ch. 273.
242. It shall not be lawful for any persons, not permanent
residents of this State, to come into Washington county, for the
purpose of carrying on the business of huckstering, by gathering
butter, eggs, poultry, etc., without having first obtained from the
clerk of the circuit court for said county, a license therefor.
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