1836.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 285.

ney carriage, who shall ask and receive any greater
hire or other compensation, in money or in other valua-
ble articles for the use of such carriage, or the convey-
ance of any person or persons or baggage therein than
is allowed by this act, or who shall refuse or omit when
required to inform any person using such carriage, or
applying for the use of it, of the true number of such
carriage, or the correct amount of the rate of fare au-
thorised to be charged for the use of it, or who shall
wilfully mislead and misconvey or insult by abusive or
indecent and opprobrious language,any passenger whom

Penalty

he shall have, or shall have had in his care for convey-
ance in the carriage of which he is the driver, shall
for every such offence incur such penalty, not exceed-
ing twenty dollars, as sliall he adjudged by the May-

Other offences
enumerated

Penalty

or of the said city, or any Alderman or Justice of the
Peace therein, before whom complaint shall be made
by or on behalf of the party injured.

Penalties reco-
verable

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all penalties which
shall be incurred tinder this act, or for the breach of
any of its provisions may be recovered by warrant is-
sued in the name of the State, in the same manner, and
before the same persons, as usual debts within the said

Case of appeal

city are recoverable, with the right of appeal to Bal-
timore city court, on the trial of which appeal, the par-
ty of whom the penalty is claimed, shall be entitled to
a jury trial, but there shall be no stay of execution on

Bond required

any judgment appealed from, unless the party appeal-
ing shall give bond with security, approved by the of-
ficer rendering such judgment, and conditioned that
the party appealing shall prosecute the appeal with ef-
fect, and obey, perform and pay such judgment as
shall be rendered by Baltimore city court on the trial

Proceeds appro-
priated

of the said appeal, and all penalties which shall be re-
covered for the brcacli of any provision of this act,
sliall be and they are hereby appropriated one half to
the use of the two dispensaries in the city of Baltimore,
to be equally divided between them, and the other half
to the use of the informer, whose name shall be endor-
sed on the warrant issued for the recovery of each re-
spective penalty.