WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 460.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact section twenty-

nine of chapter one hundred and fifty-one of

the act of eighteen hundred and seventy-two,

entitled "An act to incorporate the town of

Crisfield, in Somerset county," and the act of

eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, chapter

fifteen, repealing and re-enacting the same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That section twenty-nine of chapter

one hundred and fifty-one of the acts of the Gen-

eral Assembly of Maryland of the session of

Repeated and
re-enacted.

eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and the acts of

eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, chapter fif-

teen, be and the same are hereby repealed and re-

enacted so as to read as follows :

SEC. 29. That all persons charged with offences

against any of the provisions of this chapter, or

against any of the ordinances of the said commis-

sioners for the regulation and good government of

the town, shall be tried before a justice of the

How tried.

peace of Crisfield district, in Somerset county,

who may fine the offender if he shall be adjudged

guilty, such sum as is prescribed by said ordi-

nances, not exceeding the amount authorized by

this chapter; and said person or persons may be

proceeded against by a summons for debt, as small

debts are recovered, or by a warrant in the name

of the State of Maryland, for the use of the Com-

How proceed-
ed against

missioners of Crisfield, in a proceeding criminal

in form as well as nature; and the said justice

may, in such cases as are begun by warrant as afore-

said, commit the party or parties adjudged to be

guilty of any of the offences as aforesaid, to the

town jail, till the fine and costs imposed therefor

shall be paid; and said fine or fines shall in either

case be paid to the said commissioners for the use

of the corporation; but said commissioners shall

have power to remit the said fine or imprisonment

Power in remit

or any part thereof, on cause shown; and either

party may appeal in any case to the Circuit Court

for Somerset county, and the laws relating to in-