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ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
all the moneys received and expended, the name
of each and every man who has performed the
labor herein required of him, the number of
days he has worked, and the time when, and
the road on which the said labor was performed.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That any person
liable to labor as aforesaid who shall refuse to
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obey such summons, and shall refuse to labor on
said public roads, as hereinbefore provided, for
one or two days, as hereinbefore specified, and
shall refuse or neglect upon demand, made as
aforesaid, to pay to said supervisor the sum of
one dollar and fifty cents per day for one or two
days' labor as aforesaid, or shall refuse or ne-
glect to furnish a substitute as aforesaid, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall,
upon complaint made by such supervisor, be lia-
ble to be arrested and brought before any justice
of the peace in the county upon a warrant, to
be by said justice issued in the name of the state
therefor, and shall, upon proof of such summons
and failure to obey the same and refuse to pay
said sum of one dollar and fifty cents per day
for not exceeding two days, be fined to an amount
equal to said sum of one dollar and fifty cents
per day for not exceeding two days, and all costs
of such proceedings before said justice, including
the pay for the witnesses for the prosecution;
and the said justice, in order to enforce the col-
lection of said fines, shall have the power to issue
an execution upon the judgment therefor and
to make it a part of said judgment, and the party
against whom any such judgment is rendered
shall stand committed to the county jail until
such fine and costs be paid, but said imprison-
ment shall not exceed ten days for any one
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Refusal to be
deemed a mis-
demeanor.
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offense ; provided, that any party against whom
any justice of the peace may render a judgment
under any of the preceding sections of this act,
may, at any time within ten days of the rendi-
tion of such judgment, appeal from such judg-
ment to the circuit court for Worcester county,
provided the party so appealing shall give bond
with surety to the State of Maryland, to be ap-
proved by the said justice of the peace, in the
sum of fifty dollars, with condition to prosecute
such appeal with effect, and to pay and satisfy
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