1430 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 584

pairing the footways in the streets, lanes and alleys of
said town, and impose a tax on any lot fronting on any
street, lane or alley, for the purpose of grading, regulating,
paving and repairing the footways in front thereof, or
compel by fine or otherwise, the owner of any lot to pave
or repair the footways in front thereof agreeably
to the ordinances to be passed by them; and shall have
power to open and establish new streets, lanes and alleys,
and to straighten and widen old streets, lanes and alleys,
and to provide for the payment of damages and expenses
incurred by opening, widening or straightening the streets,
lanes and alleys, as aforesaid, by levying and assessing the
same generally upon the whole of the assessable property
of the town, or upon the property of persons to be bene-
fited thereby.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the corporate
limits of the town of Templeville are hereby declared to be
as follows.

Beginning for the same at a point where the western-
most boundary of Samuel Walls' property intersects the
north side of highway 302 and running northerly 300 fe.et
along said boundary, thence easterly parallel with high-
way 302 to intersect a line drawn perpendicular to high-
way 302 northerly from said highway along the eastern-
most boundary of the Lowman and Trice property; thence
southerly reversing said line 300 feet to said highway 302;
and continuing across said highway along a line drawn
perpendicular to said highway southerly 200 feet, measured
from the south side of said highway, thence westerly
parallel with highway 302 to intersect a line extended
southerly from the point of beginning and perpendicular to
said highway 302, thence northerly reversing said line to
the point of beginning.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the justices
of the peace, if any are resident in said town,
are hereby declared to be conservators of the
peace of said town, and it shall be their duty
to order the arrest of any person found breaking the
peace or disturbing the quiet and order of said town,
or violating any of the ordinances made by the commis-
sioners for securing the safety of the property or lives of
the inhabitants of said town, and shall have power to
require any person so offending to give security to keep
the peace, or in default thereof, may commit such person
to the county jail for not more than forty-eight hours, and