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CHAP. 194.
No fine to be im-
posed above $20,
now to be reco-
vered.
Inhabitants to be
competent wit-
nesses in all acti-
ons arising under
this act.
No ordinance to
be binding on non
residents, unless
it has been pub-
lished in a news-
paper of the city.
Proviso.
All parts of the
charter, inconsis-
tent with this act
repealed.
Nothing in this
act to authorise
the extension of
any street, &c.
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14. And be it enacted, That no ordinance of the said corporation
shall impose a fine of more than twenty dollars for any one offence,
or authorise a commitment to the gaol for more than thirty days
at one time; and that all lines imposed by virtue of any law or or-
dinance of the corporation, may be recovered before the mayor,
recorder, an alderman, or a justice of the peace, in the same man-
ner that small debts are recoverable in this state, and subject to
the same appeal and in all such proceedings any constable of the
corporation shall, within the limits of the corporation, have the
same powers, and proceed in the same manner, and have the same
fees, as the constable of a hundred in the case of small debts; all
fines to be to the use of the corporation, and to be appropriated in
such manner as may from time to time by ordinance be directed.
! 15. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the said city, and
all persons holding property therein, shall be competent witnesses
in all actions arising under this act, or the by-laws and ordinances
of said corporation, if exempt from all other exceptions than that
of interest as an inhabitant of the said city or member of said cor-
poration.
16. And be it enacted, That no ordinance of the said corporation
shall be binding on persons who do not reside within the limits of
the said city, until the same shall have been published in some
newspaper of the said city, unless in the case of wilful and inten-
tional violation of said ordinance, alter notice thereof; Provided
always, that the said corporation shall not pass any ordinance in-
consistent with the laws of this state or of the United States.
17. And be it enacted, That all that part of the charter of the city
of Annapolis, which gives to the mayor, recorder and aldermen, the
power of holding a court of hustings within said city, and all such
parts of the said charter, and all acts of the legislature, respecting
the same, which are repugnant to or inconsistent with the provi-
sions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
18. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall in
any wise be construed as authorising the major, recorder or alder-
men, to extend any street, lane or alley, beyond the bounds origi-
nally laid down for the city of Annapolis, or the additions thereto,
unless by the consent of the party or parties interested, any thing
herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
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Passed Feb 18 1819
Preamble.
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CHAPTER 195.
An act to incorporate the Cape Sable Company for making
Copperas and Allum.
Whereas, by a deed of trust from John Gibson to Charles Car-
roll of Carrollton, bearing date the twenty-eighth day of June,
eighteen hundred and thirteen, and recorded among the records of
Anne-Arundel county courts, an association was entered into be-
tween Richard Caton, John Gibson, and others, for making cop-
peras and allum, and for raising and selling coal, and other mine-
rals and fossils, and for establishing manufactories on the lands
contained within the deed of trust aforesaid: And whereas by the
said deed of trust it is stated, that the property of said company or
association shall consist of sixty parts or shares: Now, to enable
the said association better to carry into effect the objects for
which they were associated,
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