422 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAPTER 313.
Passed Mar 7, 1864.	AN ACT to amend section one hundred and "forty- three of Article twenty-one of the Code of Pub- lic Local Laws, relating to offending against the ordinances of the town of Hagerstown, in Washington county.
Amended and re-enacted.	SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assem- bly of Maryland, That section one hundred and forty -three of Article twenty-one of the Code of Public Local Laws, entitled, Washington county, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol- lows:
Penalties, &c	143. All fines, penalties and forfeitures under the ordinances of the corporation shall be recov- ered before the Mayor, as small debts are recover- able before any Justice of the Peace, or the Mayor may, at his discretion, commit offenders , against said ordinances to the jail of Washington county for a period not exceeding thirty days; and the Sheriff of said county shall receive and safe keep all such offenders in the manner and under the same regulations as persons committed for a vio- lation of the laws of this State.
In force.	Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage.