The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-04-17
NEw ADVERTISEMENTS.

the limits of the town; Q4), to license, regulate
and restrain peddlers. hucksters. wagons, liver.
cries, theatricals, circus troops. hawkerS, VEN
| doris, pool and billiard rooms and bowling
! alleys; they shall also have power to provide
! for the codification of all ordinances which
/ may have been, or may be hereafter passed,
| and to cause the same to be printed, together
! with the charter of the town, and for the pur-
| pose OF carrying out The foregoing powers, and
! for the preservation of the peace, order, clean
/ illness. and health Of the community, and for
the prott ctlon of The lives and property of its
citizens, and to suppress, abate or discontinue
all nui>anceS within the corporate limits OF
said town, and for the purpose of carrying
out all the afore@oing powers, they may pass
all ordinances from time to time necessary,
and to insure the observance OF said ordi-
nances, they may affiX thereto reasonable
fines, not exceeding fifty dollars in any case, as
to tn. m shall appear right and in default OF
payment of any fine i'm posed and the costs OF
The prosecution, they may provide for the i'm.
ceeding thirty days in the town lookup or
county Jail. or uutil the fine and costs be paid
All ordinances heretofore passed by the
Mayor and Council, and now in oice, and not
in conflict with the provisions OF the town
charter as amended by this Act are hereby
continued in force until the same shall be re-
peaed modified by the said Mayor and
Council to the same extent as If passed after
the taking effect of this Act.
q. 4 he Mayor of said town, the Mayor pro
tenn, or any member of the couu Gil who shall
be designated by the council at any regular
meeting thereof shall, for the purposes of pre-
serving the peace of the town and for other
and authority to hear, determine and posS sem
tence IN all cases for the violation of any ordi-
nance of said town, and may impose fines for
such violation, and IN default of pay ment of
such fines and the costs of pr secution, may
imprison offenders in the town lock up or
county Jail, but not exceeding one day for
every dollar of fine imposed, and not exceeding
30 days in all; and for the purpose of carrying
out the police powers herein granted, the per-
son before whom any case for the violation of
an ordinance or said town shall be tried, as
aforesaid, shall have power to issue warrants
commanding the baiiiff of said corporation, or
any under bailiff thereof, to arrest any person
charged Nth violating any of the ordinances
of said town and have the offender brought be-
fore him for trial; he shall also have power to
summon witnesses and TO enforce their atten-
dance, both for the corporation and the aC-
cused, by attachment as in like cases before
justices OF the peace. But in all cases the per-
son convicted of violating anymordinance OF
the town shall have the right ofappeal to the
Circuit Court for Frederick County, provided
the person appealing snail pray the appeal
forthwith and shall give good and suft1clent
bond, to be approved by the Mayor or other
person trying the case, for the payment of the
fine imposed, and all costs incurred in the
prosecution and appeal in case the conviction
shall be sustained in the Circuit Court afore-
said.
%. If any offender shall be in default for the
non-p payment of any fine and costs, imposed,
he may be proceeded against in a civil action
in the name of the Mayor and Council OF
Brunswick, in the same manner as suits are
brought to recover small debts, and If the fine
and costs shall be collected or paid, the offender
shall be Immediately released from imprison-
ment, If he shall have been committed to
prison, whether the term of his sentence shall
have expired or not.
SECTIoN2 And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect rom the date of its passage.
Approved April 4th 1896.
LLOYD LoWNDES,
Governor.
WIN. CABELL BRUCE,
President of the Senate.
SYDNEY E. MUDD,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
OFFICE OF THE
CHIEF CLERK OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
hereby certify that the aforegoing is a true
copy of an Act of the General Assembly of
Maryland passed at the January Session, 1896
VIM. NJ. HIGGINS,
Chief Clerk of the House o Delegates
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