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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and if anyone should feel aggrieved by the decision of the
Mayor and Council in any matter relating to their decision, he,
she or they may appeal to the Circuit Court for Worcester
county, by giving written notice within twenty days from said
decision, file with the secretary of the council, notice of their
desire to appeal, and on the filing of said notice, it shall be the
duty of said secretary to deliver the papers connected there-
with, to the clerks of said court, and the same proceedings
shall be had on the appeal as in cases of appeal from judgment
of justice of the peace; provided, nevertheless, that the
Mayor and Council may decline to open, lay out, extend,
widen, grade or straighten any street, alley or highway or any
square, water-way or drain, notwithstanding the decision of said
court; but in case of refusal so to do, they shall be liable for
all cost incurred and shall pay the same. All benefits assessed
by virtue of the above provisions shall be liens on the respec-
tive lots or parcels of ground on which they are assessed, from
the time of the final ratification of the aforesaid return, and
shall be collected as taxes are collected, or may be collected by
action at law, on appeal. The court or jury may alter the
award so returned, whether damages or benefits, and award
cost in its discretion.

43. For the purposes of carrying out the foregoing powers

May impose
penalties.

and for the preservation of the health, cleanliness, peace and
good order of the community, and for the protection of the
lives and property of the citizens from tire or disease, and to
suppress or cause to be suppressed, abated or discontinued, any
and all nuisances within the said limits of said town, they may
pass any and all ordinances and by laws, from time to time,
necessary, and enforce and insure the observance of the said
ordinances, in addition to an action in debt, or such other civil
remedies as may exist in such cases by law for the recovery
for fees, fines and penalties thereto affixed; they may affix
thereto reasonable fines, and in default of any fine so imposed
they may provide for the imprisonment of .the offender for a
period not exceeding thirty days in the lock-up in said town,
or in the county jail, or until such fines are paid, and instead
of the foregoing penalties it shall be lawful, in the case of
vagrancy, to sentence such person to hard labor on the public
streets, not exceeding ten days.

Approval or
veto of
ordinances

44. All ordinances and by-laws passed by the council shall
be sent to the Mayor for his approval, he shall return the same
to the next stated or special meeting of the council, with his