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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Board of Officers, the same shall be and become
at once payable; in case any delinquent shall
fail, refuse or neglect to pay all such fines so
imposed on him within ten days after he has
been notified thereof, the said fines so imposed
may be collected in the name of the State
before any Justice of the Peace of the county
or city where said delinquent may reside, in

Fines— How
collected.

the same manner as other fines for offences
against the police regulations of the State are
collected, upon the complaint in writing of
the commandant of such regiment, battalion
or company which shall set forth how, when
and for what offences and for what amount
said fine or fines have been imposed, (such cer-
tificate to be competent evidence at the hear-
ing of the commission of the offences charged
and the judgment of the court-martial impos-
ing said fines), the said Justice, upon being
satisfied at the hearing of the case of the com-
mission of said offence or offences, shall ad-
judge and require the said fine or fines to be
forthwith paid, together with all the costs of
such proceedings, (all cases of offence against
the same individual at the same time to con-
stitute one case); in default of the payment
of said fine or fines as aforesaid, with costs,
as aforesaid, the said Justice shall commit the
delinquent to the jail of the city or county

To commit.

where the delinquent resides for one day for
every dollar of the said aggregate amount of
fines and costs, but in no case shall the period
of said imprisonment exceed ten days; pro-
vided, that the said Board of Officers or the
commandant of such regiment or battalion or
independent company shall have power, in
their discretion, respectively, to remit any of
the said fines and penalties so imposed by
virtue of this act, or any part of the same.

Inspection.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the respec-
tive commands composing said force, shall be
inspected by some officer designated by the
Commander-in-Chief, as of ten as be may think
necessary, but not less than once a year, and