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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

returned by the mayor without his approval shall become law,
unless subsequently passed by a unanimous consent of the
council at a regular meeting of the same.

SEC. 160. The city council shall meet regularly once in each

Meeting of
council.

month, and as much oftener as they may deem proper for the
dispatch of business; and at the first meeting after their
election, they shall elect one of their number president, who
shall preside at the meetings of the council, and superintend
such improvements of the town as may be ordered by the
council.

Powers of
council.

SEC. 162. The city council shall pass ordinances to preserve
the health of the city, to prevent, restrain and regulate the
running at large of horses, cattle, swine and geese within the
limits of said city; to prohibit the firing of guns or pistols,
and to regulate shooting of firecrackers and fireworks of every
description within said city; to prohibit and disperse tumultu-
ous and disorderly meetings of idle, dissolute and drunken,
persons; to provide for working and mending public streets:
to open, close, alter and widen the streets, lanes and alleys of
said city; to provide for the payment of the salaries of the
police; to provide for the erection of board walks upon the
sidewalks of said city; to provide for the regulation, good
government and improvement of the city; they shall have
control and superintendence over the public property of the
city, and the franchisements and the easements of the public
streets of said city shall be vested completely in them, with
power to grant the same whenever to them the interest of the
public shall demand; they may enforce the observance of any
ordinances passed by them under such penalties and forfeitures
as they may deem proper, not exceeding ten dollars for any
one offence; and all such penalties, fines and forfeitures may
be recovered before a jastice of the peace by a warrant and
judgment; and in case of failure or refusal to pay the same,
the party so fined shall be committed for a period not exceed-
ing ten days to the public jail of said county, in the same
manner that commitments are made for tines imposed by the
Circuit Courts of this State, on convictions for misdemeanors
but the mayor shall have power to remit, at any time, the said
fines, penalties or forfeitures and costs or any part thereof in
his discretion; provided, however, that any party feeling him-
self aggrieved by such line, penalties or forfeiture, shall have
his appeal to the Circuit Court, as appeals are now regulated by
law; and the fines and forfeitures imposed and collected by any
one of the provisions of this act, or the ordinance thereunder