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Repealed and
re-enacted.
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be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, and that an addi-
tional section be added thereto designated
seventy-six A, so as to read as follows :
SECTION 76. All fines, penal ties and forfeitures
imposed under the ordinances of the corpora-
tion shall be recovered by an action of debt,
in the name of the corporation, before the
Burgess, or any Justice of the Peace of Fred-
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Action of
debt— how re-
covered.
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erick county, upon warrant against the of-
fender directed to any Constable of the county
or of said corporation, in the same manner as
small debts are recovered, and the said Con-
stable shall serve the same under the same
penalties as in cases of summons for small
debts from a Justice of the Peace and shall
receive the same fees therefor, to be paid by
the corporation.
SEC. 76 A. And be it enacted, That an appeal
shall lie to the Circuit Court for Frederick
county from any judgment of the Burgess, or
any Justice of the Peace imposing any fine,
penalty or forfeiture under the ordinances of
the said corporation, subject to the same con-
ditions and regulations now provided by the
General Laws regulating appeals from Justices
of the Peace, but enforcement of said judg-
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Bond.
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ments shall not be delayed, unless the party
appealing shall give bond to the corporation
in double the amount of the judgment and
costs with security approved by the Burgess
or Justice of the Peace rendering the judg-
ment with condition to prosecute the appeal
with effect, or to pay the judgment rendered
with costs.
Approved April 7, 1886.
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