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and ordinances, for a fine or penalty in amount not exceeding
ten dollars, to be imposed upon any person for the violation
thereof, and the said fines or penalties may be recovered in the
name of the said corporation from the person liable thereto
before any justice of the peace for Caroline County like other
debts, but if any person shall violate any of the ordinances or
by-laws of said commissioners by loud or boisterous talking or
by using profane or vulgar language, or by immodest or vulgar
behavior or exposure, or by otherwise disturbing the peace and
good order in said town of Marydel, or by obstructing the
streets or sidewalks with unnecessary assemblies, then it shall
be lawful, and it is made the duty of the bailiff of the said
town or the sheriff or any constable of Caroline County to ar-
rest the person so offending or violating the ordinances as afore-
said, and to take such person before some justice of the peace
of said county, and upon conviction for said offense the said
offender shall be fined not less than fifty cents nor more than
ten dollars, with cost, the fine to go to the use of said corpora-
tion, and in default of payment of said fine and costs aforesaid
the person so convicted shall be committed to the jail in said
county until the fine and costs are paid, provided said imprison-
ment shall not continue longer than ten days; provided, never-
theless, that the fine for the violation of any ordinance or by-
laws can, upon agreement between the officer and the offender,
be paid direct to the officer (with ten cents additional), who
shall give a receipt for the same to the offender, for which re-
ceipt the clerk of the town commissioners shall pay ten cents
upon presentation.

SEC. 31. And be it further enacted, That at the meeting of
said commissioners of Marydel three shall constitute a quorum,
and all questions submitted shall be decided by a majority of
those present, but less than a quorum may appoint the time for
a subsequent meeting and adjourn; and said commissioners of
Marydel shall serve without compensation.

SEC. 32. And be it further enacted, That said commission-
ers may appoint the clerk, bailiff and other officers, or either of
them, from among themselves or among the inhabitants of said
town.

SEC. 33. And be it further enacted, That the said commis-
sioners may, in their discretion, exempt and release from as-
sessment or taxation any public improvements, and all ma-