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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAP. 227	SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall have full power to make all regulations and ordinances
	Hake regula- tions and ordinances.	not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State as from time to time they may deem necessary or expedient for the comfort, convenience and prosperity of the said town and its inhabitants; for the prevention, removal or abate- ment of any nuisance and the preservation of health, the suppression of vice and immorality, and for general police regulations within the limits of said town, and to impose fines and penalties for violations thereof, to be collected as provided for in the last preceding Section 6. SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall have power to pass ordinances requiring all circus or
	Certain ordi- nances may be passed.	theatrical performances, shows, plays and public entertain- ments for which an admission fee is charged to take out a license before giving an exhibition in said town, and to fix the cost of said license, and shall have the power to pass all ordinances to provide for regulating peddlers of nostrums, notions, patent, secret or pretended inventions and remedies, on the streets, alleys or sidewalks of said town. SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That said commissioners may provide by ordinance for the immediate arrest without war-
	Arrest to be made.	rant of any person violating any town ordinance, when in the judgment of the said president or of the constable or police of the town the delay necessary to the issuing of warrants would be dangerous to the peace and quiet of the town or to the lives, limbs or property of the citizens; and when it shall appear that offender is intoxicated so as to render it unsafe to permit him to ride or drive through the streets of said town, shall provide for the custody of the horse or horses, vehicle or vehicles, ridden or driven by such persons, in some place of safety until such offender or offenders shall become sober; and the said commissioners shall by ordi- nance subject the property so taken and deposited to the payment of all cost of the proceedings and the keeping of the said property until the same shall be released according to law. SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That the police and the other
	Vested with certain powers.	officers of the peace appointed by the said commissioners under the powers conferred by this Act are hereby vested with the same power and authority as any constable or police officer may now or hereafter have under the laws of the State.