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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Fine for vio-

fined in a sum not less than seventy-five dollars nor

lation.

more than one hundred and fifty dollars for each

and every offence, and shall stand committed to the

county jail until such fine and the costs of suit are

paid.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That on information

made under oath of any violation of the provisions

of this act to any justice of the peace of Somerset

county, he shall forthwith issue his warrant to the

Issue war-
rant to sher-

sheriff or any constable of said county, requiring

iff.

said officer to proceed forthwith to arrest the party

or parties alleged to have been engaged in the vio-

lation of this act, and bring him or them before said

justice at once for trial, and upon conviction shall

be fined as required by section two of this act.

SEC. 4 And be it enacted, That the said justice of

the peace shall either give the case an immediate

hearing, or at the instance of the party or parties

charged, shall appoint some early day, within the

next five days thereafter, to hear the case, the party

Give immedi-
ate hearing

or parties charged giving such good and sufficient
bail as said justice shall require for his or their ap-
pearance; and any party or parties feeling himself

or themselves aggrieved by any conviction or judg-

ment of said justice, shall have the right to appeal

to the Circuit Conrt for Somerset county, which shall

hear and determine the same as other cases on

appeal.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect upon the consent and ratification of the pro-

visions of this act by the Legislature of the State of

How effective

Virginia, as required by the compact between the
States of Virginia and Maryland, in the year seven-

teen hundred and eighty-one.

Approved April 10, 1880.