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ART. 23.] WICOMICO COUNTY. 1123
aggregate five thousand dollars, and may issue notes or other
evidence of indebtedness for the same and in such sums and
payable at such time as they may by ordinance prescribe;
provided, that the payment of said notes or other evidence of
indebtedness issued under authority of this section and the
interest thereon must be paid by the Mayor and Council from
the general taxes levied for the use of the city under the power
in this Act conferred, the levying or collecting of any such
special tax for the payment of such notes or other evidence
of indebtedness being expressly prohibited.
158M. And be it enacted, That for the enforcement of the
city ordinances the police justice shall have all the powers of
ordering arrests and summoning witnesses, trying cases and
inflicting fines and punishments that are now vested in jus-
tices of the peace by law, and shall be entitled to demand and
receive the same fees as in other criminal cases. He shall be
furnished with a copy of the charter and ordinances of the
city, and shall keep a separate docket for corporation cases,
submit the same when requested and render quarterly state-
ments and pay over all the fines to the treasurer. And the
Mayor and Council may provide that a violation of the pro-
visions of any ordinance may be a misdemeanor and punisha-
ble by fine and imprisonment. From any judgment rendered
by the police justice in the enforcement of any provision of
this charter or of the ordinances of the city an appeal shall lie
by the party aggrieved to the Circuit Court for Wicomico
county; provided, the appeal is taken within thirty days after
the rendering of such judgment; but no appeal shall stay pro-
cess or execution upon judgment, unless good and sufficient
bond be given for payment of fine and all costs in case judg-
ment be affirmed.
158N. And be it enacted, That all bonds issued and ordi-
nance passed under the provisions of chapter 463 of the Acts
of 1902, entitled "An Act to authorize the Mayor and Council
of Salisbury, Wicomico county, to issue bonds defraying the
costs of repairing fire engines," and chapter 466 1/2 of the Acts
of 1906, entitled "An Act to authorize the Mayor and Council
of Salisbury, in the State of Maryland, to issue bonds for the
purpose of grading, paving, curbing and draining the streets
and roadways of the town of Salisbury, in Wicomico county,
and State of Maryland, and to levy and collect taxes for the
payment of the same," be and they are hereby declared to be
valid, legal and binding and of full force and effect as if
herein fully set forth And chapter 490 of the Acts of 1904, en-
titled "An Act to authorize the Mayor and Council of Salis-
bury to borrow ten thousand dollars and to issue bonds for the
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