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Session Laws, 1914
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1264 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 88. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners
shall have power to select any Justice of the Peace in the Third
Election District of Caroline County to serve as police judge
and said Judge selected as aforesaid is hereby given jurisdiction
to try, hear and determine all offenses and acts committed in
disregard of the ordinances of the Commissioners and upon
complaint made before him of the violation of any ordinance
of said corporation he shall issue process in the name of the
Commissioners of Denton directed to the bailiff, constable or
sheriff of Caroline County, to recover the fine or penalty im-
posed for the violation of such ordinance or the arrest of the
party offending, and he shall near and determine the matter
in controversy as in any case arising under the laws of this
State and shall receive the same fee therefor.

SEC. 89. And be it further enacted, That in default of pay-
ment of any fine or penalty imposed by said Justice of the
Peace, for the violation of any ordinance of the said Commis-
sioners, the said Justice of the Peace may commit the party
offending to the County Jail of Caroline County for the time
prescribed by said ordinance, or in the event said ordinance
omits to prescribe the fine or time, may impose a fine not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars and in default of its payment may
commit the party to the County Jail for a period not exceeding
sixty days or may impose both fine and imprisonment in his
discretion 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
Caroline County within ten days from the date of trial and
may upon entering into his recognizance with sufficient surety
for his appearance to Court be released from legal custody.

SEC. 90. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners
may whenever they may deem it necessary, borrow money on the
credit of said town, by note or otherwise, any amount they may
deem necessary, provided that said indebtedness, thus created,
shall not exceed at any time the sum of three thousand dollars

SEC. 91. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the County Commissioners of Caroline County to pay an-
nually to the Commissioners of said town six per centum of
the taxes levied upon the property within the limits of said
Corporation, provided that said town shall not receive less
than the sum of two hundred dollars, said sum shall be used for

 

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