698 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ANNUAL TAX.

SEC. 237. They may levy annually a general tax on the
property in said corporation assessed as aforesaid not exceed-
ing thirty cents on every one hundred dollars of the assessed
value thereof, which shall be a lien on said property, real, per-
sonal and mixed, of the taxpayers of said city, respectively,
until paid; and interest shall be chargeable on such taxes after
thirty days from the time when the same are due and payable;
and they shall be due and payable thirty days from the date of
levying the same. The said corporation may also, in its discre-
tion, allow a discount not exceeding five per centum for prompt
payment of said taxes.

POLICE JUSTICE.

SEC. 238. The Justice of the Peace of the Seventh Election
District of Carroll County, selected by the Judge of the Circuit
Court for said county to serve as Police Justice, is hereby given
jurisdiction to try, hear and determine all offenses and acts
committed in disregard of the ordinances of the Mayor and
Common Council, and upon complaint made before him of the
violation of any ordinance of said corporation he shall issue
process in the name of the Mayor and Common Council, di-
rected to a Bailiff, Constable or Sheriff of Carroll county, to
recover the fine or penalty imposed for the violation of such
ordinance or the arrest of the party offending; and he shall
hear and determine the matter in controversy as in any case
arising under the laws of the State, and shall receive the same
fees therefor.

SEC. 239. In default of payment of any fine or penalty im-
posed by him for a violation of any ordinance of the said cor-
poration, the said Justice of the Peace so serving as Police
Justice may commit the party offending to the county jail of
Carroll county for the time prescribed by said ordinance; or, in
event said ordinance omits to prescribe the fine or time, may
impose a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and in default
of its payment may commit for a period not exceeding sixty
days, or may impose both fine and imprisonment, in his dis-
cretion. And the Sheriff of said county shall receive and con-
fine the person so committed in the same manner as other pris-
oners; provided, that any person so fined or committed to jail
shall have the right to take an appeal to the Circuit Court for
Carroll County within ten days from the date of trial; and
may, upon entering into his recognizance with sufficient secur-
ity, be released from legal custody.