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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the proportion of expenses chargeable to each pro-

May recover

prietor or owner, and may recover the same by

by action.

action in the Circuit Court, or before the justice of

the peace, according to the amount awarded, or may

distrain the personal property of such proprietor or

owner at any time within six months from the time

when the ascertainment of the proportion of such

proprietor or owner shall be made by the Street

Notice shall

Commissioner ; provided, that ten days notice shall

be given.

be given by the Mayor to the said proprietor or

owner of the amount of his or her assessment, prior

to such suit or distress.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the following sec-

Sectionadded

tion is hereby added to said charter of said town of

Frostburg, to be numbered thirty-four, to read as

follows :

SEC. 34. And be it enacted, That in cases in which

Violating any

any person or persons shall be found guilty of vio-

ordinance.

lating any ordinance of the town, it shall and may

be lawful for the Mayor or any justice of the peace
trying said cause, upon conviction of the offender,

to impose the fine prescribed by the particular ordi-

nance under which said person or persons is or are

Failure or

tried, and upon failure or refusal of the party thus

refusal to pay
fine.

convicted to pay such fine and costs, to commit such

person or persons thus convicted to the town lock-up
for a time not exceeding five days, or to the county

jail for a period not exceeding thirty days.

In force.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall go

into effect immediately upon its passage.

Approved April 5, 1878.