WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 97

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Common Council shall have the same power as the State
Board of Health, within the corporate limits of the said
Town, and may pass such ordinances as it may deem neces-
sary for the preservation of the health of the residents of the
Town and remove all nuisances from, and prohibit all busi-
ness within the corporate limits thereof, as shall in its opin-
ion affect the sanitary conditions thereof.

The Mayor and Council may annually appoint a health
officer for the Town in the same manner as other appoint-
ments are made, who shall be a reputable practising physician,
whose duty it shall be to exercise the same functions in
matters pertaining to health within the corporate limits of
the Town as health officers of the State Department of Health,
and he shall receive such salary or compensation as the Mayor
and Council shall fix.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Common Council shall have power to enact all just and reas-
onable ordinances, consistent with the laws of this State, to
make effective all of the provisions of this Charter; to provide
the Town with good government, to preserve the public order,
and to safeguard the health, morals, and general welfare of
its citizens; to license, in a manner and in such incidents
consistent with the Public General and Local Laws of Mary-
land, for the purposes of regulations and revenue and to pro-
tect the health, safety, and morals of the citizens of the Town,
all and every kind of business transacted or carried on within
the Town, and to fix the rate of licenses upon the same in
an amount not to exceed $25.00 in each case, and to provide
for the collection thereof by suit or otherwise.

(b) To give full force and effect to the powers and author-
ity conferred on the Mayor and Common Council, they may
provide for the enforcement of such ordinances by reasonable
fines and penalties not to exceed $50.00 in any one case as
may appear to them right, and they may recover said fines
or penalty by action of debt, and in addition thereto any
offender in default of fine may be imprisoned until the fine be
paid not exceeding 30 days, imprisonment in all cases to be
in the Town lock-up if one be provided, or in the County Jail,
and the Sheriff or Chief of Police of Prince George's County
shall receive and confine any person so committed as now pro-
vided by law. All such Town cases shall be tried in the Trial
Magistrate's Court for Prince George's County, as now pro-
vided by law.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted. That the Mayor and
Common Council shall have full power and authority to levy