THOMAS H. HICKS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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testify according to the exigency of the process,
upon complaint by the said Fire Inspector to any
justice of the peace of the State of Maryland, or
to any one of the Judges of any of the courts for
the city of Baltimore, it shall be lawful for such
justice or judges to issue an attachment in the
name of the State of Maryland, to compel the
attendance of such witness, or that in case of at-
tendance, upon the said witness refusing to testify,
it shall he lawful for such justice or judge to is-
sue an attachment in the name of the State of
Maryland, to compel such witness to testify; and
authority is hereby given to such justice or judge
to impose a line for such neglect or refusal not
less than one dollar nor more than one hundred
dollars, and upon refusal to pay such fine, to com-
mit said witness to the jail of Baltimore city
there to remain at labor until such fine be paid,
or for the space of sixty days, whichever shall
first happen, the cost of attachment to be the same
as incases of attachment before justices of the
peace as for contempt.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all fines im-
posed and collected hereby shall be paid to the
Register for the use of the City.

Fines.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall
go into effect from and after its passage.

CHAPTER 254.

In force.

AN ACT to incorporate the "Miller Coal Com-
pany."

Passed March
2, 1858.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That John Jamison, Oscar W.
Sturtevant, Charles Trump, and such other per-
sons as may become associated with them, in the
manner hereinafter provided, shall be and they
are hereby constituted a body politic and corpo-
rate, by the name of the Miller Coal Company,
and by that name, shall have succession, and be
able and capable to sue and be sued, to plead and

Incorporated.