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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

small debts, and with such penalties to the officers for

non-performance of duty as in such cases prescribed

by the laws of the state, and said fines, penalties and

forfeitures shall be paid by the officer collecting the

same to the clerk and treasurer of said town; provid-

ing, that if the offense be a breach of the peace or dis-

turbing the good order of the town, or in violation 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

Penalty.

to the jail of Carroll county, or to some place of con-

finement 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 committed such offender may, when it

seems to him proper, order such offender to be dis-

charged before the expiration of ten days, and the

Fees to sheriff.

sheriff of said county shall be entitled to be paid by

said corporation the same fees as he receives for keep-

ing prisoners under the laws of the State, and no fine

imposed upon any offender shall be less than one dol-

lar nor more than ten dollars.

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

poration embraced in the previous sections shall be

Submit to

voters.

submitted to the voters of Taneytown, embraced within

the limits set out in this act, who are qualified to vote

for members of the general assembly, at an election

which shall be held on the third Monday in May,

eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for its acceptance
or rejection, and if accepted by a majority of the bal-

lots cast at such election, each and every of the sec-

When effective.

tions 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 citi-

zens of said town to act as judges of said election,

who, before holding 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 said day of election, and immediately after