JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 763

SEC. 45. And be it enacted, That the commission-
ers may provide by ordinance for the immediate
arrest, without warrant, of any person found vio-	Provide for
lating any town ordinance, and when it shall appear	arrest by or-
that the offender is intoxicated, may confine said	dinance.
offender in some secure place until he shall be sober;
and may provide, further, for the confinement of
any person arrested, if the time be unreasonable, as
in the night, whereby he cannot attend the justice,
until a reasonable hour t'he succeeding morning,
when he shall be taken before a justice of the peace
and dealt with according to the nature of the offence.
SEC. 46. And be it enacted, That the justices of
the peace of Prince George's county, resident in said
town, are hereby declared to be conservators of the peace of said town, and it shall be their duty to	Conservators of the peace.
order the arrest of any person or persons found
breaking the peace or disturbing the quiet and order
of said town, or violating any of the ordinances
made by the commissioners for securing the safety
of the property or lives of the inhabitants of said
town, and upon complaint made before him of the
violation of any ordinances of the said corporation,
shall issue process in the name of the commissioners
of Laurel to recover the fine or penalty imposed for
the violation of such ordinances against the party
offending, and may hear and determine the matter
as any case arising under the laws of the State, and
shall receive the same fees therefor.
SEC. 47. And be it enacted, That the justice of
the peace may, in default of payment of any fine or
penalty imposed by him, or as may be prescribed by
ordinance, for a violation of any ordinance of the
said corporation, commit the party fined as provided in section eleven of this act, and in all such proceed-	May commit.
ings the bailiff shall have the same powers, proceed
in the same manner, and have the same fees as con-
stables in cases of small debts, and for police duties
shall be entitled to the same fees as constables in	Process-
like cases; and all process shall be returnable before	where return-
some justice of the peace for Prince George's county,	able.
resident in said town.
SEC. 48. And be it enacted, That in the event of
a vacancy in the oiEce of the justice of the peace,