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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
the town limits; they shall also have power
to provide for the codification of all ordi-
nances which may have been or may hereafter
be passed, and for the purpose of carrying out
the foregoing powers, and for the preservation
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Sanitary.
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of the cleanliness, health, peace, and good
order of the community; and for the pro-
tection of the lives and property of the citij
zens; or to suppress, abate or discontinue, or to
cause to be suppressed, abated or discontinued,
all nuisances within the corporate and sanitary
limits of said town, they may pass all ordi-
nances or by-laws from time to time necessary ;
and, to ensure the observance of said ordinances
in addition to the action of debt or such other
civil remedies as may exist in such cases by
law for the recovery of the penalties thereunto
affixed, they may affix such reasonable fines,
not exceeding fifty dollars in any case, as to
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Fines,
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them may appear right; and in default of the
payment of any fine imposed, they may pro-
vide for the imprisonment of the offender for
a period not exceeding twenty days, or until
the fine be pa id; and, instead of the aforesaid
penalties, it shall be lawful, in case of the con-
viction of any person for vagrancy, to sentence
such person to hard work for a period not ex-
ceeding ten days.
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Taxation.
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SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the Commis-
sioners shall have power to lay an equal tax
on the property within the limits of said town
to such an amount each year, not exceeding
the sum of twenty-five cents on each one hun-
dred dollars worth of property, as may be
deemed necessary for the government of said
town, which taxes so levied and assessed shall
be collected promptly by the Bailiff of said town
and by said Bailiff paid over as collected, or
within ten days thereafter, to the Treasurer of
said town, appointed by said commissioners;
and the said Bailiff shall have the same power
to distrain for said taxes as the collector of
public county taxes has to distrain for the
same; and the said Commissioners shall fix
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