JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1834

ordinances and regulahons as they may deem proper and
expedient, for the purpose of prohibiting or causing to be
abated or Removed, obstructions, from the streets, lanes,
alleys, sewers, waters or water courses of the town, as well
as all nuisances, whether such at common taw, or so declar-
ed by day ordinance of the said moder;ator and commission
ers, for the purpose of, maintaining the cleanliness and
health of the town, and for the security of property by the
prevention or extinction of fires, and the regulation of fire

CHAP, 302.

companies. Provided, that all punishments fur the violation
thereof shall be by fine, and. that no fine imposed, shall ex-
ceed the sum of twenty dollars

Proviso

See 4 And be it enacted, That all by-laws and ordinan-
ces of the said moderator aud commissioners, shall be pub-
lished at least twice in all the newspapers published in
Hagerstown, and that such publication shall he held, deem-
ed and taken as sufficient in all eases, any former law to the
contrary notwithstanding

Publication of laws

Sec. 5 And be it enacted, That all ordinances hereto-
fore passed by the said moderator and commissioners shall
be as valid and effectual, to all intents and purposes, as if the
Same,had. been published in a German newspaper in Hagers-
town.

Laws made valid

CHAPTER 302

An act relating to Constables Fees, in Washington county,
and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 21,1835

WHEREAS, some sections of the county are very remote
from the jail, thereby subjecting the constatles to great in-
convenienee, and the compensation not adequate to the
labbr performed in the delivering over t6 the jailor, persons
committed, Therefore.

Preamble

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That from and after the passage of this act all Con
stables in Washington county, shall be entitled to receive, in
addition to the fifty cents now allowed, six and a fourth
cents per mile, for every mile they have to travel, after the
first four miles, in delivering over to the jailor of Washing

Mileage

ton county, any person on commitment.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever any consta-
ble shall find it necessary to summon any person to, aid and
assist in taking to the jail, any person on commitment, he

May summons and