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effect to the power and authority conferred on said corpora-
tion; and they may provide by ordinance for reasonable fines
and penalties not exceeding twenty-five dollars in any one case,
as may appear to them right, upon conviction before a justice
of the peace. All prosecutions under this section or any ordi-
nance made in pursuance thereof shall be before any justice of
the peace of Prince George's County resident of said town,
who may. upon conviction, impose such fine as may be speci-
fied by any such ordinance, not to exceed twenty-five dollars,
and in addition thereto may imprison the offender until the
fine be paid, not exceeding thirty days, such imprisonment to
be in the town lockup if one be provided, or in the county jail,
and the Sheriff of Prince George's County shall receive and
confine any person so committed.

21. And they may pass such ordinances as shall be nec-
essary and proper for the preservation of the health of the
town, and remove all nuisances from and prohibit all business
within the corporate limits, as shall in their opinion injur-
iously affect the sanitary conditions thereof.

22. They may provide by ordinance for fine or impris-
onment or both for violation of any ordinance passed under
Section 21, as set forth in Section 20.

23. All sidewalks on any of the streets of said town shall
not be less than four feet in width, and of such material
as the Mayor and Common Council may direct, and said
Mayor and Common Council may assess upon the land abut-
ting said sidewalk two-thirds of the cost of construction thereof,
which assessment shall be a lien upon such abutting; property,
and be recovered from the owners of such abutting property
in the name of the corporation as others of like amount are
recoverable in this State by law.

24. And they shall by ordinance provide for the codifica-
tion of all ordinances which have been or may be passed, and
for the printing of such codifications therefor, and the printed
ordinances so issued by the authority of the Mayor and Com-
mon Council may be read in evidence from the printed codifi-
cation.

25. They may provide for and take care of all persons
suffering from accident, sickness or physical or mental infirm-
ity and who are unable to take care of themselves, and if
deemed necessary may send them to the almshouse of Prince