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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tinue, or to cause to be suppressed, abated or
dicontinued, all nuisances within the corpor-
ate and sanitary limits of said town; they may
pass all ordinances 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 pen-
alties thereunto affixed; they may affix thereto

Fines.

such reasonable fines, not exceeding fifty dol-
lars in any case, as to them appear right, and
in default of the payment of any fine imposed,
they may provide for the imprisonment of
the offender for a period not exceeding twenty
days, or until the fine be paid; and instead of
the aforesaid penalties, it shall be lawful, in
case of the conviction of any person for va-
grancy, to sentence such person to hard work
for a period not exceeding ten days.

SEC. 143 C. The Board of Street Commis-
sioners shall have charge of all repairs and
improvements of the streets, alleys, high
ways, lanes, squares, drains and water-courses
of the town; they shall have control of the
expenditure of all money appropriated by
the Mayor and Council, together with the
special improvement fund provided in sec-
tions 143 I and 143 J, and of the drainage fund
provided in sections 143 N and 143 O of this
act, and of all the money credited to street
repairs and improvements derived from fines
and licenses under section 128, and the levy of

Expenditure
of money.

ten cents as provided in section 143 H; shall
have power to expend said money whenever,
in their judgment, the same may be needed,
with full power to make contracts and employ
labor at such compensation as they shall de-
termine; and in no case shall the Board of
Street Commissioners expend in any one year
a larger sum in repairs and improvements than
the amount appropriated therefor.

SEC. 143 H. The Mayor and Council shall
annually levy on the assessable property of
the town all needful taxes, not exceeding in.