THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 835

are made, who shall be a reputable practicing physician,
whose duty it shall be to exercise the same functions in
matters pertaining to health within the corporate limits
of the Town as health officers of the State Department of
Health, and he shall receive such salary or compensation
as the Mayor and Council shall fix.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor
and Council shall have power to enact all just and reason-
able ordinances, consistent with the laws of this State,
to make effective all of the provisions of this Charter; to
provide the Town with good government, to preserve the
public order, and to safeguard the health, morals, and
general welfare of its citizens; to license, in a manner and
in such incidents consistent with the Public General and
Local Laws of Maryland, for the purposes of regulations
and revenue and to protect the health, safety, and morals
of the citizens of the Town, all and every kind of business
transacted or carried on within the Town, and to fix the
rate of licenses upon the same in an amount not to exceed
Twenty-five ($25. 00) Dollars per annum in each case,
and to provide for the collection thereof by suit or other-
wise.

To give full force and effect to the powers and authority
conferred on the Mayor and Council, they may provide
for the enforcement of such ordinances by reasonable fines
and penalties not to exceed Fifty ($50. 00) Dollars in any
one case as may appear to them right, and they may
recover said fines or penalty by action of debt, and in
addition thereto any offender in default of fine may be
imprisoned until the fine be paid not exceeding thirty (30)
days, imprisonment in all cases to be in the Town lock-up
if one be provided, or in the County Jail, and the Sheriff
or Chief of Police of Prince George's County shall receive
and confine any person so committed as now provided by
law. All such Town cases shall be tried in the Trial
Magistrate's Court for Prince George's County, as now
provided by law.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor
and Council shall have full power and authority to levy
annually upon all the real property and franchises of the
Town, subject to assessment and tax for State and County
purposes, such taxes and at such rates as may be necessary,
in its judgment, for the anticipated expenses of the next
succeeding fiscal year, not to exceed fifty ($0. 50) cents on
the One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) assessed valuation;
provided, however, that any tax levied under this section