ART. 23.] SALISBURY. 2091

1888, ch. 186.

147. For the purpose of carrying out the foregoing powers,
and for the preservation of the health, cleanliness, peace and
good order of the community, and for the protection of the lives
and property of the citizens from fire or disease, and to suppress,
or cause to, be suppressed, abated or discontinued, any and all
nuisances within the said limits of said town, they may pass any
and all ordinances and by-laws, from time to time necessary, and
to enforce and insure the observance of the said ordinances in
addition to an action in debt, or such other civil remedies as may
exist in such cases by law for the recovery of fees, fines and
penalties thereto affixed; they may affix thereto reasonable fines,
and in default of payment of any fine so imposed, they may pro-
vide for the imprisonment of the offender for a period not
exceeding thirty days, in the county jail, or until such fines are
paid ; and instead of the foregoing penalties it shall be lawful in
the case of vagrancy, to sentence such person to hard labor on
the public streets not exceeding ten days.

Ibid

148. All ordinances and by-laws passed by the council shall be
sent to the mayor for his approval; he shall return the same to
the next stated or special meeting of the council, with his approval
or his disapproval; and any ordinance or by-law returned by the
mayor without his approval shall not become a law unless subse-
quently passed at a regular meeting by a four-fifths vote of the
whole council, and within sixty days from the time of the return
of the ordinance.

Ibid.

149. All ordinances and by-laws heretofore passed by the
commissioners of Salisbury, and now in force, and not in conflict
with the provisions of this charter, shall be valid and remain in
force until the same are repealed, amended or modified by the
mayor and council.

Ibid.

150. From any judgment rendered by the police justice in the
enforcement of the ordinances of the towns, an appeal shall lie by

the party aggrieved to the circuit court for Wicomico county
provided, the appeal is taken within thirty days after the render-
ing of such judgment; but no appeal shall stay process or