498

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of commissioner of said village without favor,
partiality or prejudice; and a certificate of such
qualification shall be made and returned by said
justice of the peace to the said commissioners,
to be filed and recorded among their proceed-
ings.
SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That the said com-

Post ordinan-
ces.

missioners cause to be posted in two public
places in said village all ordinances enacted for
the government of said village.
SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That the said com-
missioners may pass ordinances to preserve the

Preserve
health, etc.

health of the village ; to prevent and remove
nuisances ; restrain or regulate the running at
large of horses, cattle and geese within the
limits of said village ; to prohibit the firing of
guns and pistols in the said village ; to prohibit
and disperse the tumultuous meetings of idle,
dissolute and drunken persons ; to provide for
the mending of the public streets, and generally
to provide for the regulation and good govern-
ment and improvement of said village ; and may
enforce the observance thereof under such pen-
alties, fines and forfeitures as they shall deem
proper, not exceeding ten dollars for any one
offence ; and all such fines, penalties and for-
feitures may be recovered before a justice of
the peace by warrant, judgment and commit-
ment for a period not exceeding ten days to the
public jail of Charles county, in the same
manner that commitments are made for fines
imposed by the circuit courts of the state, and
conviction for misdemeanor ; but the said com-

May remit.

missioners, or a majority of them, shall have
power at any time to remit or release the said
fines, penalties and costs, or any part thereof,
at their discretion ; that any party fined or sub-
jected to any penalty or forfeiture may, within
five days after the same shall have been im-
posed and judgment recovered, supersede and
stay the same for thirty days by giving ample
personal security to the justices of the peace.

Effective.

SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1888.