LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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CHAPTER 155.

A further additional supplement to the act, entitled, An act to alter and change
the name of Elizabeth town, in Washington county, to Hager's town, and to
incorporate the same.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the Moderator and other Commissioners of Hager's town, be, and
they are hereby authorised and empowered to assess and levy, annu-
ally, on the taxable property of said town and the additions thereto,
in the same manner, and at the same time, and to be collected in the
same way as other town taxes are levied and collected, a sum of mo-
ney not exceeding one hundred dollars, to be expended under the di-
rection of said Moderator and Commissioners in defraying the ne-
cessary expense of keeping the Engine and Hose and other apparatus
attached thereto in good repair.

Dec. Ses. 1823

Passed Feb.
15, 1824,
Levy $100
for engine, &c.

2. And be it enacted, That the said Moderator and Commissioners
have full power and authority to establish and regulate fire wards, and
fire companies in said town, and to enact by ordinance all such bye-
laws as they may judge necessary for the prevention and extinguish-
ment of fire, and to compel property holders in said town to furnish
themselves with fire buckets.

Fire Wards,
&c.

3. And be it enacted, That an act of Assembly entitled, "an act to
incorporate the Hager's town fire company, in Washington county,"
passed on the twenty-third day of January, eighteen hundred and
sixteen, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Repeal of in-
corporation.

4. And be it enacted, That the said Moderator and Commission-
ers, be, and are hereby authorised and empowered to provide by or-
dinance for taking up, fining or committing to the Work House in Ha-
ger's town, all vagrant, loose and disorderly persons, lewd women,
keepers of bawdy houses, and persons having no visible means of
support and livelihood, and common disturbers of his or her neigh-
borhood, that may be found within the limits of said town of the ad-
ditions thereto, and to make it the duty of the keeper or overseer of
said Work House to receive and keep safe all persons who shall be
committed according to the tenor of such commitment: Provided,
that no fine imposed under this section shall exceed the sum of twen-
ty dollars, nor shall any person or persons be committed to the said
Work House for a longer period than thirty days for any one offence.

Vagrants.

5. And be it enacted, That the said Moderator and Commission-
ers, be, and they are hereby empowered to impose fines, penalties, and
forfeitures for the breach of their bye-laws and ordinances: Provided,
that no ordinance of the said Moderator and Commissioners shall im-
pose a fine, penalty or forfeiture, for any one offence of more than
twenty dollars.

Fines and
forfeitures.

6. And be it enacted, That all fines, forfeitures and penalties im-
posed or debts due to the said Moderator and Commissioners by vir-
tue of any law, or ordinance of the said Moderator and Commission-
ers, recovered before any justice of the peace of the county of Wash-
ington, in the same manner that other small debts are recoverable in
this state: Provided, that there shall be no stay of execution or su-
persedeas for more than three months from the rendition of the judg-
ment, in any case in which a judgment may be rendered in favor of
said Moderator and Commissioners.

How recov-
erable.

7. And be it enacted, That all fines, forfeitures and penalties im-
posed by said Moderator and Commissioners by virtue of any law or
ordinance, be appropriated in such manner for the use of the said
town as may from time to time by ordinance be directed.

How appro-
priated.