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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and collected by way of distress, after giving ten
days notice of the sale of said property, posted in
five of the most public places in said town by the
bailiff.

Power to sum-
mon persons
to testify.

Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That the President
and Commissioners shall have power and authority
to summon persons before them to testify in any
matter; to impose fines not to exceed ten dollars in
any case, and penalties to issue attachments for
persons failing to obey their process, and commit
to jail any person who shall fail or refuse to pay

Settle with
Treasurer

any fine imposed by them upon such person; they
shall settle with the Treasurer, and he with them,
on or before the second Monday in March annually,
and cause the receipts and expenditures for the past
year to be published in at least one newspaper pub-
lished in said town, on or before the fourth Satur-
day of March, following their settlement, and
should the commissioners or officers of said town
neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties en-
joined upon them in this act they shall be liable to
conviction in the Circuit Court for Caroline county,
and finable in a sum of not more than twenty
dollars in the discretion of the Court.

Hitching pla-
ces.

Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That the Board of
Commissioners shall erect and keep in good repair
at least tour good hitching-places (commonly called
horse-racks) on the public grounds, between the
school-house and Gay street, for the purpose of
hitching horses, each of said hitching-places to be
of at least thirty feet in length.

To take ef-
fect.

Sec. 16. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage, and that
all acts heretofore passed incorporating said town
of Denton are hereby repealed.