2178 WORCESTER COUNTY. [ART. 24.

peace by a warrant and judgment; and in case of failure or
refusal to pay the same, the party so fined shall be committed for
a period not exceeding ten days, to the public jail of said county,
in the same manner that commitments are made for fines imposed
by the circuit courts of this State on conviction for misdemeanor;
but the said commissioners shall have power at any time to remit
or release the said fines, penalties, forfeitures and costs, or any
part thereof, at their discretion; and any party fined, or subject
to any fine or forfeiture, may, within five days after the same
shall be imposed and judgment recovered, supersede or stay the
same for thirty days by giving ample personal security to the
justice of the peace; and any party subjected to a fine, penalty
or forfeiture, by virtue of any of the provisions of this sub-title
of this article, shall have a right to appeal within five days there-
after to the circuit court for said county, and shall have a right,
if he so elect, to a trial by jury; and the fines and forfeitures
imposed and collected by any of the provisions of this sub-title of
this article may be paid by said commissioners to the bailiff as
compensation for his services, or the said commissioners may
make such other disposition of said fines and forfeitures as they
may deem best.

1878, ch. 443.

248. They shall provide for levying and collecting an annual
tax of fifty cents on the owner of every dog, and one dollar on
the owner of every bitch within the said town, and the killing of
every dog and bitch whose owner cannot be ascertained, or whose
owner shall refuse to pay said fine within one month from the
time he shall be notified.

Ibid.

249. The public grounds in said town shall be vested in said
commissioners so far as to preserve the same and prevent depre-
dations thereon, and they may erect a pump thereon if they think
proper, and the entire care, control and custody of the public
streets lanes and alleys shall also be vested in them.

1883, ch. 335.

250. They shall cause each male inhabitant of said town, of
twenty-one years of age and upwards, to work on the streets, lanes
and alleys of said town, under the supervision of the bailiff, at