The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-04-07

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rights, privileges and remedies now enjoyed
and possessed by persons subject to the pay
ment of county taxes in Carroll county.
SEC. Is. And be it enacted, That the Mayor
of said town, by virtue of his office. for mun
cipal purposes and preserving the peace
shall have all the powers of Justice of the
Peace; he shall see that the laws and ordi
nances of the Corporation are duly executed
he may require any officer of the Corporation
intrusted with the receipt and expenditure oi
moneys OF the Corporation to submit to him q
statement Of such officers accounts as often
as said Mayor or Council may deem neces-
sary; he shall report semi annually, in writ.
ing to the Council the general condition oi
the town, with the moneys received and ex.
pended, which report shall be posted up in
not less than two of the most public places in
the town; he shall sign all laws and ordi-
nances passed by the Council, with his reason
in case of refusal to sign; and if said law or
ordinance so unsigned by him be again put
on its passage and receive the vote of five
sixths of the Council, it shall become law
without the approval of the Mayor
SEC. l6. And be 1t enacted, That all fines,
penalties and forfeitures imposed by the laws
and ordinances of said Mayor and Council
shall be recovered before the Mayor or any
Justice of the Peace for Carroll county or
Frederick county, residing within the corpor
ate limits of said town, upon warrant issued
against the offender directed to the bailiffs of
said Corporation or any constable of said
counties IN the Corporation name of said
town, and shall be collected by Judgment and
execution in the same manner and with the
same cost and fees as provided for in cases of
small debts, and with such penalties to the
officers for nonperformance of duty in such
cases prescribed by the laws of the State; and
said fines, penalties, forfeitures shall be paid
by the officer collecting the same to the clerk
and treasurer of said town, provided that if
the offence be breach of the peace, or dis
turbing the good order of the town, or in
violation of any of the ordinances intended
to secure the safety of the lives or property
of any of the inhabitants of said town, or
licensing travelling showmen or exhibitors,
the person so convicted may be committed to
the Jail of Carroll county, if the offence be
committed in Carroll county, or to the jail of
Frederick county, if the offence be committed
IN Frederick county, or to some place Of con.
fnement provided within the corporate limits
of said town by said Mayor or Justice of the
Peace until the fine and cost are paid, or for
ten days whichever shall first occur, and the
Mayor or Justice of the Peace who committed
such offender may, when it seems proper to
him, order such offender to be discharged be-
fore the expiration of the ten days, and the
sheriffs of said counties shall be entitled to be
paid by said Corporation the same fees as
they receive for keeping prisoners under the
laws OF this state; no fine imposed upon any
offender shall be less than one dollar, nor
more than twenty dollars, and any person
convicted under the provisions of this article,
or the laws and ordinances of the town, shall
have the right to appeal to the Circuit Court
of the county in which the offence was com
mitted in the same manner as appeals are
now taken under the general laws of this
State.
SEC. II. And be ii enacted, That neglect
or nonuser shall not work a forfeiture of this
Article.
SEC. Is. And be IL enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved, March 21st, 1894.
FRANK BROWN,
Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President ofthe Senate.
JAMES II. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
OFFICE OF THE CHEF CLERK, I
HOUSE or DELEGATES
hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
true copy of an Act of the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed at the January Session,
1894.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
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