814 CECIL COUNTY. [ART. 8.

be directed by the president and commissioners, by whom an
annual statement of receipts and disbursements shall be made,
and be open for the inspection of the citizens of the town; all
such fines, penalties and forfeitures may be recovered before a
justice of the peace in the same manner as fines, penalties and
forfeitures are now recovered by law; and for the non-payment
of such fines, penalties and forfeitures, the offender shall be com-
mitted to the lock-up or jail of the town for a period not exceeding

ten days.

1884, ch. 443.

100. Any person guilty of riotous or disorderly conduct within
the corporate limits of the town, or who may otherwise violate
any of the ordinances of the town, shall be punished by fine or
imprisonment in the lock-up or jail of the town, after conviction
thereof before any justice of the peace of the town, in the dis-
cretion of such justice, who is authorized to commit to said lock-up,
for such number of days as in his judgment may be right and
proper, the party so convicted by him ; or if the punishment be a
iine, may commit said party until said fine shall be paid; pro-
vided, however, such person so committed shall have the right to
appeal from such judgment to the circuit court for Cecil county
by giving bond for his appearance therein, with such surety as the
justice may approve.

Ibid.

101. It shall be the duty of the bailiff or constable of the town,
as the case may be, to arrest any person for riotous or disorderly
conduct, or the violation of any of the ordinances of the town,
and forthwith take him, her or them before any justice of the
peace of the town and present to said justice the charge against
the person so arrested, and the justice shall forthwith proceed to
try the right and justice of the charge, and if said party shall be
found guilty, shall commit such party to the custody of the officer,
who shall place him or her in confinement in the lock-up of the
town until discharged by law.

CIRCUIT COURT.

1865, ch. 117.

102. There shall be four terms of the circuit court for Cecil
county in each year, commencing, respectively, on the second