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alter the award so returned, whether of damages or to benefits, and
award costs in its discretion. On final ratification of any report
of the assessors appointed under the provisions of this Section,
the Secretary to the Commissioners shall at once record in a
book kept for that purpose the said return, plat and all pro-
ceedings connected therewith. And if for any reason the
person to whom damages are awarded refuses to receive the
damages assessed, or from infancy or any other cause are pre-
vented from receiving and receipting for same, the damages
so assessed shall be deposited in some bank of Caroline County,
paying interest on deposits, if any, to the credit of the person
entitled to such damages, and thereupon the Commissioners
of Denton, may proceed in the same way as if said damages had
been paid to the person or persons themselves.

SEC. 96. And be it further enacted, That all able-bodied
male citizens residing in the town of Denton, twenty-one years
of age and over, shall be compelled to labor one day of ten
hours in every year on the p.ublic streets of said town; provided,
however, no person shall be required to labor as aforesaid who
may furnish a substitute or pay to the bailiff the sum of one
dollar in lieu of said labor, and any person who shall refuse
to obey the summons of the bailiff for labor on the public
streets shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
complaint made by the bailiff, shall be arrested and taken before
a Justice of the Peace for Caroline County, upon a warrant
to be issued by said Justice, and upon proof of such summons,
and failure or refusal to obey the same shall be fined not less
than one dollar and not more than five dollars, and all costs
of such proceedings, and to be committed to the jail of Caroline
County until such fine and costs are paid.

SEC. 97. And be it further enacted, That all by-laws now in
force relating or applicable to the Commissioners of Denton
and not included in this Act and not inconsistent with this
Act and all ordinances of the Commissioners of Denton now in
force and not inconsistent with this Act, shall be and they are
hereby continued until changed or repealed respectively by the
General Assembly of Maryland or the Commissioners of Denton.

SEC. 98. And be it further enacted, That all officers provided
for or named in the charter of Denton, or any amendments
thereto, as it now stands before the passage of this Act, whether
by election or appointment, shall continue to hold, exercise and
discharge the duties of their respective offices until their suc-