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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

or disturbing the good order of the town, or in vio-

lation of any of the ordinances intended to secure

the safety of the lives or property of any of the

inhabitants of said town, or licensing traveling

showmen or exhibitors, the person or persons so

convicted may be committed to the jail of Carroll

county, or to some place of confinement provided

within the corporate limits of said town, by said

burgess or justice of the peace until the fine and

costs are paid, or for ten days, whichever shall first

occur; and the burgess or justice of the peace who

May discharge

committed such oifender, may, when it seems to him

proper, order such offender to be discharged before

the expiration of ten days; and the sheriff of said

county shall be entitled to be paid by said corpora-

tion the same fees as he receives for keeping prisoners

Fees of sheriff

under the laws of the State; and no fine imposed

upon any offender shall be less than one dollar nor

more than ten dollars.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That this act of

incorporation, embraced in the previous sections,

Submitted to

shall be submitted to the voters of Taneytown em-

voters.

braced within the limits set out in this act, who are

qualified to vote for members of the General Assem-

bly at an election which shall be held on the third

Monday in April, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,

for its acceptance or rejection, and if accepted by a

How effective.

majority of the ballots cast at such election, each

and every of the sections and provisions of said act

shall go into force and effect, and if rejected, the

same shall be forfeited; and the Board of County

Commissioners of Carroll county, or the president

of said board, shall appoint two citizens of said town

Judges of

to act as judges of said election, who, before holding

election.

such election, shall be sworn or affirmed before some

justice of the peace for said county to perform the

duties of judges of election under this section; the

said judges shall give three days' notice of the time

and place of holding the polls for said election, and

shall keep the polls open for the reception of votes

from twelve o'clock M. to six o'clock P. M., of the

Proceod to

said day of election, and immediately after that time

count.

shall proceed to count the ballots in the presence of

such persons as choose to be present, and announce

the result of said count; and if the said act of incor-

poration shall be accepted by said balloting, all