1847.

LAWS OF MARYLAND:

CHAP. 308.

peace residing in said town, and on failure of the bur-
gess or commissioners or any of them to qualify as afore-
said, it shall be the duty of the said judge of election
Within five days to order an election to fill the vacancy
of such as do not qualify as aforesaid, and on the refu-
sal or neglect of such judge to call an election to fill
such vacancies, or should said offices or any of them at
any time become vacant, it shall be the duty of any
magistrate residing in said town, on the application of
three or more qualified voters of said town, to call a new
election within ten days of such application, and such
new officers to have the same powers and duties as are
now invested in said corporation by law, and on the re-
fusal or neglect of such justice to call an election as
aforesaid he shall be subject to a fine of fifty dollars,
to go one-half to the persons calling for said election,
the other half to said corporation.

Burgess to
have same ju-
risdiction as a
justice of the
peace.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the burgess shall
in virtue of his office, have and exercise all the jurisdiction
and powers of a justice of the peace, and receive the
same fees for his services as are now allowed to other
justices of the peace of Frederick county.

Penalty for
violating town
Ordinances.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That if any person or
persons shall or may be fined by virtue of the power
and authority vested in the said corporation, and such
person or persons do not or refuse to pay the fine im-
posed as aforesaid, such persons shall be committed to
the Frederick county jail and there remain until the said
fine and the costs arising thereon are discharged, and
the corporation aforesaid shall pay the costs of commit-
ment, jail fees and so forth, as now required by law,
until such offender or offenders are discharged by due
course of law.

Disposition of
vagabonds.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all vagabonds
straggling about said corporation shall and may be or-
dered by the said corporation to the alms-house of Fred-
erick county aforesaid.

CHAPTER 308.

Passed
Mar. 10,1848.

An act to incorporate the Valley Bank of Maryland, at
Hagerstown.

Bank to be
established.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a bank, to be called and known by the