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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 262

may be deducted from the salary of the officer so offending,
or collected as other fines are collected.

FEES AND POWER OF BAILIFF.
176. The bailiff and all policemen of said town duly
elected or appointed according to law, shall have the same

Fees and power
of ballff.

powers and receive the same fees as constables in Allegany
county for making arrests or serving process for violation of
the ordinances of said town or in the discharge of their
duties as such. The bailiff shall collect and turn over to the
treasurer all fines imposed for violation of ordinances, and
shall properly care for and safely keep all prisoners confined
in the town lockup, and shall be entitled to charge and
receive the sum of fifteen cents for each meal served to such
prisoners, and the sum of one dollar ($1.50) and fifty cents
for the transportation of prisoners committed to the county
jail.
VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES.
177. In cases where any person is found guilty of violat-
ing any of the ordinances of said town, it shall and may be

Violation of or-
dinances.

lawful for the Mayor or any justice of the peace appointed
for districts 11, 12, 26 and 28, authorized to try said case,
upon the conviction of the offender to impose the fine pre-
scribed by the particular ordinance under which said person
is tried, and upon failure or refusal of the party thus con-
victed to pay such fine and costs, to commit him to the town
lockup for a time not exceeding five days, or to the county
jail for a period not exceeding thirty days.

EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION.
178. Said Mayor and Councilmen shall have power to
make contracts exempting from town taxation the real and

Exemption
from taxa-
tion.

personal property or capital stock of any manufacturing
company desiring to locate in said town, and as an induce-
ment to locate therein; provided, that such contract exempt-
ing the same shall be limited and shall not exceed ten years.

179. The revised, codified and printed ordinances of the

Legal evidence

Mayor and Councilmen of Frostburg now adopted, or as the
same may hereafter be adopted from time to time by the
Mayor and Councilmen, and the printed copy thereof, issued
by authority and under the sanction of said body, shall be
legal evidence of the passage and of the contents of the
ordinance contained therein in any court of law or equity