646

LAWS OF MARYLAND

seals, with a certificate of their qualification before
a justice of the peace, as hereinbefore provided, to the

mayor and common council of said town, which

said valuation and assessment shall be ratified or

rejected by said mayor and common council, as in

their judgment may seem proper; and before actu-

ally opening, closing, widening, extending or alter-

ing any street, lane or alley, the said mayor and

common council shall pay, or tender, or cause to be

paid, or tendered, to the person, his, her or their

agent, guardian or representative, the amount of

damage so awarded ; and if any person shall feel ag-

grieved by the determination of said mayor and

common council in ratifying or rejecting said return,

or in the amount of compensation awarded, or in

any matter relating to the same, he, she or they

may, within sixty days from the date of said ratifi-

Right of ap-

cation or rejection, appeal to the Circuit Court for

peal.

Carroll county, and the judgment of said court

shall be final ; and it shall be the duty of the said

mayor and common council to cause the papers con-

nected therewith to be delivered to the clerk of said

court, on petition, in writing, of any person feeling

himself aggrieved, and the persons appointed to as-

sess the damages as aforesaid shall be paid such com-

pensation as the mayor and council shall determine.

SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That all fines, penal-

Fines — how

ties and forfeitures imposed by the laws and ordi-

recovered

nances of the said mayor and common council shall

be recovered before the mayor or any justice of the

peace residing within the corporate limits of said

town, upon a warrant issued against the offender

and directed to the bailiff in the corporate name of

the said town (except that the bailiff shall not 'be

required to have a warrant to arrest when he sees

an offence committed), and may be collected by

judgment and execution in the same manner and

with the same fees to the officers as provided for in

cases of small debts; and the said fines, penalties and

forfeitures, so received, shall be paid and delivered to

How applied.

the treasurer of said town, to be applied to and for

the use and benefit of said town ; and if the offence

shall be a breach of the peace or disturbing the quiet

and good order of the said town by being drunk, or

by riotous, immoral or obscene conduct, or violating