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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and to open, widen, straighten or close up the same

in whole or in part, provided free access is allowed to

all public roads running to the limits of the town

through the highways of the town.

SEC. 134. For the enforcement of the town ordi-

nances the police justices shall have all the power of

ordering arrests and summoning witnesses that is now

Fees of police

vested in them by law, and they shall be entitled to

justices.

demand and receive the same fees as in other criminal

proceedings; but the mayor and council may determ-

ine and fix an annual salary to be paid to said justices

quarterly, and in such case they shall impose no jus-

tices' fees in the trial of cases before them. Each of

Furnished with

said justices shall be furnished with copies of the ordi-

copies of ordi-

nances of the town, and each shall keep a separate

nances

docket for corporation cases, and therein record and

make regular entries of his proceedings in all such

cases, setting forth the fine or imprisonment imposed

and the amount of costs, and he shall submit said

docket to the inspection of any person who may re-

quest to see the same, and upon demand of any per-

son interested shall deliver a copy of any judgment

rendered by him. It shall be the duty of said justices

Make out, sum-

to make out a summarized statement of all corpora-

marized state-

tion cases tried before them, with the fines and costs

ment.

therein collected, which statement shall be submitted

quarterly to the council, after being sworn to before the

mayor. Upon the request of the council the said jus-

tices shall produce their dockets and may be placed

under oath and interrogated as to the entries therein.

They shall pay over to the tax collector, quarterly, all

fines by them collected.

SEC. 135. That if either of the justices of the peace

appointed by the mayor and council neglect to dis-

charge any of the duties imposed upon him by this

act, or refuse to pay over the fines by him collected, as

Liable to In-

herein directed the shall be liable to indictment in the

dictment

circuit court for Washington county, and upon con-

viction he shall be fined the sum of fifty dollars, or be

imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding

three months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 136. From any judgment rendered by either of

the police justices in the enforcement of the ordinan-

Right of appeal

ces of the town, an appeal shall lie by the person ag-

grieved, to the circuit court for Washington county,

provided the appeal is taken within three days after