EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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ance of such duties as may be assigned to him as in their
judgment may be just and equitable.
Section 239. Any burgess, assistant burgess or commis-

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sioners who shall wilfully or omit to do any act required by
this Act or by the ordinance or by-laws of Hancock relative
to the holding of elections in the town of Hancock, after
indictment in the Circuit Court for Washington county, and
upon conviction thereof shall suffer a penalty by fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
Section 240. For the enforcement of the town ordinance
the burgess shall, by and with the advice and consent of the

Penalty.

said commissioners of Hancock, appoint one of the justices
of the peace residing in Hancock to act as the police justice
for the said town who shall have power to issue warrants
commanding the bailiff of said town to arrest any person
violating any of the ordinances of said town and have him
brought in for trial, and he shall have the same power to
summon witnesses and to enforce their attendance in these
cases that he has in all other cases coming before him as
justice of the peace; and after the trial of such person he, in
case of conviction, may impose such fine as the ordinance of
said town in such cases provides; and the person convicted
may, in default of the costs and fine, be committed to the
town jail until such fine and costs or forfeiture be paid ;
provided, that where the parties are committed to the said
town jail by the said police justice acting for the burgess and
commissioners the number of days of imprisonment shall be
double the fine and costs, that is to say, for every one dollar
of the amount of the fine and costs the culprit shall have two
days in jail; when the time has expired according to his.
commitment the fine and forfeiture shall be considered as
paid and the person discharge, but in no case shall the term
of imprisonment exceed thirty days; the said police justice
shall be furnished with copies of the ordinance of the town
and shall keep a docket for corporation cases and therein
record and make regular entries of the proceedings in all
cases, setting forth the fine and imprisonment imposed and
the amount of costs, and he shall submit said docket to the
inspection of any person who may request to see the same,
and upon demand of any person interested shall deliver a
copy of any judgment rendered by him, or it shall be the
duty of said police justice to make out a summarized state-

Justices of the
peace to act
as police
justice?, etc