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prohibit the use of profane, indecent, seditious or riotous
language, drunkenness, fighting and disorderly conduct in
said town; to regulate the firing of cannon, guns, pistols,
squibs or any kind of firearms and fireworks in said town ;
to prevent the running at large in said town of all animals ;
to prevent any immoderate riding or driving through the
streets of said town with carriage, stage, cart, wagon, sleigh,
bicycle or other vehicle, or on horseback, so as to endanger
the lives, limbs or property of the citizens or corporation, or
disturb the quiet enjoyment of the streets or thoroughfares
of said town; to prevent indecent exhibition of every kind ;
to preserve order and secure persons and property from
violence, danger or destruction within said town, and pre-
scribe fines, penalties and forfeitures for the violation of any
of the said ordinances; but no fine or penalty shall exceed
the sum of twenty-five dollars, and all fines and penalties
imposed by said ordinances shall be collected as other fines,
penalties and forfeitures are collected under the laws of the
State; and all fines, when collected, shall be promptly paid
to the treasurer of the corporation for the use of the town ;
and in case of default in the payment of such fines, penalties
and forfeitures, and the costs attending their imposition and
collection of the same, the offender may be imprisoned in the
town or county jail for a term not exceeding thirty days, in
the same manner as commitments are made for fines imposed
by the Circuit Court for the judicial district in which said
town is situated, on conviction for misdemeanor; but any
party fined or subject to a fine or forfeiture may, after the
same be imposed, supersede or stay the same for five days
by giving ample security to the officer imposing the same ;
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Authority and
power given
commis-
sioners to
preserve
order.
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and any party subject to a fine, penalty or forfeiture, by
virtue of any of the provisions of this Act shall have right
of appeal within five days thereafter to the Circuit Court of
Kent County, upon giving ample security for the payment of
such fine and costs. All ordinances shall be posted for five
days in some public place in said Betterton, and the certifi-
cate of the secretary entered upon the records of the corpo-
ration shall be due evidence of the passage and publication
of the ordinance, respectively. All ordinances shall be
enforced from and after the date of their last respective
publication.
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