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power conferred in this Charter by death, removal, resignation,
failure to qualify or otherwise, the Mayor shall as soon as con-
venient thereafter appoint another person to fill said office so
vacated for the unexpired term, which appointment shall be
submitted to the Council for confirmation and when confirmed
the new appointee shall take office in the same manner as is
heretofore provided, and shall have the same powers and duties
as if he or she had been appointed in the first place and serve
out the balance of said term.

Section 32. That the Mayor shall have power to select any
Justice of the Peace in the Fifth Election District of Caroline
County to serve as Police Judge, and said Judge selected as
aforesaid is hereby given jurisdiction to try, hear and deter-
mine all offenses and acts committed in disregard of the ordi-
nances of the Mayor and Council, and upon complaint made
before him of the violation of any ordinances of said corpora-
tion, he shall issue warrant or process in the name of the Mayor
and Council of Federalsburg directed to one of the policemen
of said corporation or one of the Constables of Caroline County
or to the Sheriff of Caroline County for the arrest of the party
offending or to recover the fine or penalty imposed for the
violation of such ordinances, and he shall hear and determine
the matter in controversy as in any case arising under the law
of this State, and shall receive the same fees therefor.

Section 33. That in default of payment of any fine or pen-
alty imposed by the said Justice of the Peace for the violation
of any ordinance of the said Mayor and Council of Federals-
burg, the said Justice of the Peace may commit the party
offending to the Caroline County jail for the time prescribed
by said ordinance, or in the event said ordinance omits to pre-
scribe the fine or time, may impose a fine not exceeding One
Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) and in default of its payment may
commit the party to the Caroline County jail for a period not
exceeding sixty (60) days, or may impose both fine and im-
prisonment in his discretion, and the Sheriff of said County
shall receive and confine the person so committed in the same
manner as other prisoners, 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 pending the hearing of his appeal.