1808 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 732

meanors, but no penalty shall exceed a fine of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) and imprisonment for ninety (90) days. Im-
prisonment in default of fine and costs shall be regulated by
the provisions of Section 4 of Article 38 of the Annotated
Code (1943 Supplement) and any amendments thereof.

All fines, forfeitures, and penalties imposed by any ordi-
nance or resolution of the legislative body may be recovered
in the corporate name of the municipality before a Trial
Magistrate, as small debts are recovered, and the money
arising therefrom shall be paid to tie municipality for its
use. Provided, that any person subject to any fine, forfeiture,
or penalty by virtue of any ordinance passed under authority
granted in this Article shall have a right of appeal within ten
(10) days to the Circuit Court of the County in which such
fine, forfeiture, or penalty was imposed, and shall have the
right, if he so elect, to a trial by jury, upon giving ample
security for the payment of such fine and costs.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That none of the pro-
visions of this Act shall be contrued to apply to Worcester,
Kent, Caroline, Allegany, Washington, Calvert, Wicomico,
Dorchester, Somerset, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Cecil, Charles,
Frederick, Prince George's, and St. Mary's Counties, said
Counties being hereby expressly exempt from the provisions
thereof.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any provision
of this Act, or the applicability thereof to any person or cir-
cumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the
applicability thereof to other persons and circumstances shall
not be affected thereby.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
(effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 732.
(House Bill 354)

AN ACT to repeal Section 2 and to amend Section 3 of
Chapter 526 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1943
relating to storm drainage districts in the Washington
Suburban Sanitary District.