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ceedings by or on behalf of said town shall be signed by the
Secretary Commissioner; and such proceedings shall be
conducted in the same manner as proceedings are by law
conducted before a Justice of the Peace.

(E) That all fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed
by any ordinance may be collected in the name of
the Town of District Heights before any Justice of
the Peace as aforesaid in the same manner as small
debts are collected in proceedings before Justices of
the Peace, and the delinquent shall be committed
to the county jail in default of payment until the
same is paid. Provided, however, that no person shall be
imprisoned for more than thirty (30) days for any one
violation of any such ordinance, or failure to pay any one
penalty, or any one forfeiture. All money recovered by
way of fines, penalties or forfeitures shall be the money of
the Town of District Heights and be kept and disbursed
as other town funds.

(F) That the District Heights Commission may
appoint, by resolution, one or more Bailiffs, who shall be
allowed the same fees as are allowed for like services by the
laws of the State of Maryland, for making arrests or serv-
ing process for the violation of any ordinance. Such Bailiff
or Bailiffs shall be a resident taxpayer upon real estate
in said town, and shall have attained the age of twenty-one
(21) years, and shall hold such position for such time
as the District Heights Commission shall determine. Such
Bailiff or Bailiffs may be removed at any time from such
position by resolution of the District Heights Commission.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted:

(A) That the District Heights Commission shall hold
regular meetings on the first Friday of each month, at such
hour, (not earlier than 7: 30 o'clock P. M. ), and at such
place, (within said town), as said Commission may, by
resolution entered in the minute books of said Commission,
determine.

(B) Said Commission shall have power to call a special
meeting or meetings to be held on Friday, not earlier than
7: 30 o'clock P. M., and at the last regular meeting place
of said Commission, whenever, in the opinion of a majority
of said Commissioners, such special meeting is necessary
for the welfare or best interests of said town.

(C) That said Commission shall, within one week after
said Commission, at one of its regular meetings, shall have
received a petition signed by not less than ten registered