996 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 492

carrying out the foregoing powers and for the preservation of
health, cleanliness, peace and good order of the town, and for
the protection of the lives and property of the citizens, or lo
suppress, abate or discontinue, or cause to be suppressed,
abated or discontinued all nuisances within the corporate and
sanitary limits of said town, they may establish a board of
health and may pass all ordinances and by-laws from time to
time necessary; and to insure the observance of said ordi-
nances in addition to the action of the debt for the recovery of
penalties thereunto affixed, to be brought in the name of the
Mayor and Councilmen of Lonaconing, they may fix such rea-
sonable fines, not exceeding fifty dollars in any case, as to them
may appear right; and in default of the payment of any fine
imposed or of the costs therein incurred, they may provide for
the imprisonment in the corporation prison, or in the jail of
Allegany County, of the offender, for a period not exceeding
thirty days, or until the fine and costs be paid, or in default of
such payment they may compel the offender to work upon the
streets, alleys, lanes and highways of said town, at the rate of
one dollar and twenty-five cents per day, until his services
shall amount to the fine and cost imposed.

Section 16. That they may from time to time cause an
assessment to be made on all property, real and personal in
Town by three persons appointed by them, and may levy a tax
thereon for general purposes not exceeding in any one year,
more than forty cents, nor less than twenty-five cents.

Section 31. That the said bailiff and police officers shall
have the same power and authority as constables in Allegany
County for making arrests or serving any process for violation
of the ordinances of the town or in the discharge of their
duties as bailiff or police officers; and shall receive such salary
for their services from the Mayor and Councilmen as may be,
from time to time designated by said Mayor and Councilmen.

Section 34. That the said corporation shall not use any
device, token, note or certificate of evidence of debt to be used
as currency, and at no time shall said Mayor and Councilmen
obligate the said town in any amount in excess of more than
five thousand dollars above the amount assessed as taxes upon
the real and personal property of said town, and shall not obli-
gate said town in excess of the amount of taxes as herein speci-
fied, unless at least two-thirds of the members of the said
Mayor and Councilmen shall vote in the affirmative; the terms
of this section not to apply nor in any way restrict the issuance