The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-04-24
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.

the limits OF the town; (l4, to license, regulate
| and restrain peddlers. hucksters. wagons, liver
| cries, theatrlcals circus troops. hawkerS, ven
doris, pool and billiard rooms and bowling
| alleys they shall also have power to provide
| for the Qualification OF al 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. aud fol
the prote ctlon of The lives and property of It's
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 aforeso DING powers, they may pass
and to insure the observance of said Ordi,
nances. they may aff1X thereto reasonable
fines, not exceeding fifty dollars In any case, as
to ihe m shall appear right, and in default OF
payment of any fine mposed and the costs of
the prosecution, they may provide for the i'm
prisonment of the offender fora period not ex-
ceeding thirty days in the town lookup or
county Jail, or iii the fine and COSTS be paid.
All ordinances heretofore passed by the
Mayor and Council, and now in fO. ce, and not
Charter as amended BY this Act )" are hereby
continued IN force untii the same shall be re-
pealed or modified by the said Mayor and
Council, to the same extent as If passed after
the taking effect of this Act.
q. he Mayor of said town, the Mayor pro
tem., or any member OF the cour 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
municipal and police purposes, hay e full power
ana auan1Ilty 10 near aetermne ana p S. sen
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, nd 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
off = "a n N
commanding the baiiitf of said corporation, or
any under bdiliff thereof, TO arrest any person
charged " it'll 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 Gneir atten-
dance, both for the corporation and the &C.
cused, by attachment as in like cases before
justices OF the peace But i'll al cases The per-
son convicted of violating any ordinance OF
the town shall have the right OF appeal to the
Circuit Court for Frederick County, provided
the person appealing snail pray the appeal
forthwith ana snail give a good and sufficient
bond, to be approved by the Mayor other
perEOn trying the case, for The payment of the
tine 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 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
bI ought 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 ne shall have been committed to
prison, whether the term of his sentence shall
have xpired OF not.
SECTIoN2 And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 4th. 1896.
LLOYD LOWNDES,
Governor.
WIN. CABELL BRUCE,
President of the Senate.
SYDNEY E. MUD,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
OFFICE OF THE
CHIEF CLERK OF HOUSE OF DELEG ATES.
hereby certify that the aforegcing is true
copy of an Act of the General Assembly of
Maryland, passed at the January Session, 1896.
MARTIN NJ. HIGGINS,
Chief Clerk of the House o Delegates.
apl.l7-3t.