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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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seals, with a certificate of their qualification before
a justice of the peace, as hereinbefore provided, to the
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mayor and common council of said town, which
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said valuation and assessment shall be ratified or
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rejected by said mayor and common council, as in
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their judgment may seem proper; and before actu-
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ally opening, closing, widening, extending or alter-
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ing any street, lane or alley, the said mayor and
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common council shall pay, or tender, or cause to be
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paid, or tendered, to the person, his, her or their
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agent, guardian or representative, the amount of
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damage so awarded ; and if any person shall feel ag-
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grieved by the determination of said mayor and
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common council in ratifying or rejecting said return,
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or in the amount of compensation awarded, or in
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any matter relating to the same, he, she or they
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may, within sixty days from the date of said ratifi-
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Right of ap-
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cation or rejection, appeal to the Circuit Court for
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peal.
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Carroll county, and the judgment of said court
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shall be final ; and it shall be the duty of the said
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mayor and common council to cause the papers con-
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nected therewith to be delivered to the clerk of said
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court, on petition, in writing, of any person feeling
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himself aggrieved, and the persons appointed to as-
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sess the damages as aforesaid shall be paid such com-
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pensation as the mayor and council shall determine.
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SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That all fines, penal-
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Fines — how
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ties and forfeitures imposed by the laws and ordi-
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recovered
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nances of the said mayor and common council shall
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be recovered before the mayor or any justice of the
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peace residing within the corporate limits of said
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town, upon a warrant issued against the offender
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and directed to the bailiff in the corporate name of
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the said town (except that the bailiff shall not 'be
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required to have a warrant to arrest when he sees
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an offence committed), and may be collected by
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judgment and execution in the same manner and
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with the same fees to the officers as provided for in
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cases of small debts; and the said fines, penalties and
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forfeitures, so received, shall be paid and delivered to
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How applied.
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the treasurer of said town, to be applied to and for
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the use and benefit of said town ; and if the offence
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shall be a breach of the peace or disturbing the quiet
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and good order of the said town by being drunk, or
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by riotous, immoral or obscene conduct, or violating
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