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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

or record of the proceedings and ordinances of

said commissioners, which shall be open at all

times for the inspection of any person interested ;

and the said clerk shall make out and furnish the

collector once in every year, a list of taxes for col-

lection.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the said commis-

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sioners may pass ordinances to preserve the health

ordinances,

of the town; to prevent and remove nuisances; to

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prevent, restrain or regulate the running at large

of horses, cattle, swine and geese within the limits

of said town; to prohibit the firing of guns and

pistols, or the shooting of fire crackers within the

said town ; to prohibit and disperse the tumultuous

meetings of idle, dissolute or drunken persons; to

provide for working and mending the public

streets; to open, close, alter, and widen the streets,

lanes and alleys ; to provide for the paving of the

side-walks and gutters, and generally to provide

for the regulation, good government and improve-
ment of said town, and may enforce the observance

thereof, under such penalties, fines and forfeitures

as they shall deem proper, not exceeding ten

dollars for any one offence, and all such fines,

penalties and forfeitures may be recovered before

a justice of the peace, by warrant, judgment and

commitment, for a period not exceeding ten days,

to the public jail of Worcester county, in the same

manner that commitments are made for fines im-

posed by the Circuit Courts of this State, on con-

viction for misdemeanor; but the said commis-

sioners or a majority of them shall have power

May remit or

at any time to remit or release the said fines,

release fines.

penalties, forfeitures and costs, or any part thereof

at their discretion; but any party fined or sub-

jected to any penalty or forfeiture, may within

five days after the same shall be imposed, and

judgment recovered, supersede or stay the same

for thirty days by giving ample personal security

to the justice of the peace.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the said com-

Levying and
collecting

missioners shall provide for levying and collecting
an annual tax of fifty cents on the owner of every

tax.

dog, and one dollar on the owner of every bitch