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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

repair at his own proper cost and expense;
and if said last mentioned sidewalks at any
time need such repair, it shall be the duty of

Repairs.

the Bailiff to notify the persons responsible
for the same, when if the required repairs are
not made within twenty days after said notice,
the Mayor and Council shall forthwith pro-
ceed to repair the same and charge the expense
thereof to the owner or possessor responsible
for the said repairs, and if the cost and ex-

Expenses.

penses thus entailed are not paid within ten
days after presentation of the bill for same to
the responsible owner or possessor aforesaid,
or his or her duly accredited agent, then it shall
be lawful for the Mayor and Council to pro-
ceed to collect the same by due process of law
whether the party charged be a resident or
non-resident of the town, county or State, and
whether adult or infant, non compos, feme
covert or otherwise.

Lookup.

SEC. 129. The Mayor and Council may estab-
lish a town prison or lockup, and confine therein
for a space of time not exceeding twenty days,
any person who shall neglect or refuse to pay
any fine imposed for the violation of any ordi-
nance or by-laws of the town now in force, or
which said Mayor and Council is hereby em-
powered to pass, in order to give operation to
all the powers hereby vested in them; and the
said Mayor is hereby empowered to impose
fines for the breach of such by-laws and ordi-

Fines.

nances, and may enforce the collection of same
by bringing suit in the name of the Mayor and
Council before any Justice of the Peace in said
county in the same manner as small debts are
recovered; provided, that there shall be no
fine imposed less than one dollar nor more
than twenty dollars.

Repeal.

SEC. 130. And be it enacted, That all laws re-
lating to the Corporation of Oakland conflicting
or inconsistent with the provisions of this act
be and the same are hereby repealed.