SS8 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the Councilmen of said town
shall meet regularly at least once a month at a time to be
fixed by an ordinance of said town, and shall hold such meet-
ings as may be necessary for the dispatch of business.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That said Councilmen shall fix
the compensation and fees of all officers appointed by said
board. They shall keep a journal of their proceedings and enter
the yeas and nays of their proceedings on any question, reso-
lution or ordinance at the request of any member.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall
have the power to suppress all disorderly meetings; to pro-
hibit the use of profane, indecent, seditious or riotous lan-
guage, drunkenness, fighting and disorderly conduct in said
town; to regulate the firing of cannon, guns, pistols, squibs
or any ,kind or firearms and fireworks in said town; to prevent
the running at large in said town of all animals; to prevent
any immoderate riding or driving through the streets of said
town with carriage, stage, cart, wagon, sleigh, bicycle or other
vehicle or on horseback, so as to endanger the lives, limbs or
property of the citizens or corporation, or disturb the quiet
enjoyment of the streets or thoroughfares of said town; to pre-
vent indecent exhibition of every kind; to preserve order and
secure persons and property from violence, danger or destruc-
tion within said town, and prescribe fines, penalties and for-
feitures for the violation of any of the said ordinances; but no
fine or penalty shall exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars, and
all fines and penalties imposed by said ordinances shall be
collected as other fines and penalties and forfeitures are col-
lected under the laws of the State, and all fines, when col-
lected, shall be promptly paid to the treasurer of the cor-
poration for the use of the town, and in case of default in the
payment of such fines, penalties and forfeitures, and the costs
attending their imposition and collection of the same, the
offender may be imprisoned in the town or county jail for a
term not exceeding thirty days, in the same manner as com-
mitments are made for fines imposed by the Circuit Court for
the judicial district in which said town is situated, on con-
viction for misdemeanor; but any party fined or subject to a
fine or forfeiture may, after the same is imposed, supersede or
stay the same for five days by giving ample security to the
officer imposing the same; and any party subject to a fine,
penalty or forfeiture by virtue of any of the provisions of this
Act, shall have right of appeal within five days thereafter to
the Circuit Court of Kent county, upon giving ample security
for the payment of such fines and costs. All ordinances shall
be posted for thirty days in some public place in said town,