170 ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1845 .
Good Order and Cleanliness.
imposed, to pay such sum of money for defraying the expenses of such
removal, or of doing such other matter or thing as to such Magistrate
shall seem just and reasonable ; and the sum so ordered and adjudged
shall be recoverable in the manner hereinafter provided for the recovery
of penalties imposed by this Ordinance.
Compensa 38. And be it further enacted and ordained , that every person who,
tion for hurt
or damage. by committing any offence herein forbidden within the said Colony, shall
have caused any hurt or damage to any person or property , may be
apprehended with or without any warrant by any constable belonging to
the Police Force , and if he shall not, upon demand , make amends for
such hurt or damage to the satisfaction of the person aggrieved , he shall
be detained by such constable in order to be taken before a Magistrate,
and upon conviction shall pay such a sum, not exceeding ten pounds, as
shall appear to the Magistrate before whom he shall be convicted to be
reasonable amends to the person aggrieved , besides any penalty to which
he may be liable for the offence ; and the evidence of the person aggrieved
shall be admissible in proof of the offence.
Notto prevent 39. Provided always, and be it further enacted and ordained , that
indictment or
action. nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any person from
being indicted or being proceeded against by indictment or information
for any indictable offence made punishable on summary conviction by
this Ordinance, or to prevent any person from being liable to be proceeded
against by action for any hurt or damage caused by him, provided ne
vertheless that no person be punished twice for the same offence , and
provided no compensation shall have been awarded for such hurt or
damage.
Recovery of 40. And be it further enacted and ordained , that the penalties im
penalties.
posed by this Ordinance shall be recovered in a summary manner under
and according to the provisions of an ordinance made and passed on the
tenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty-four, and numbered 10 , entitled , An Ordinance to regulate sum
mary Proceedings before Justices of the Peace, and to protect Justices in the
Execution of their Office.
Imprisonment on 41. And be it further enacted and ordained , that in every case of the adjudication
non-payment of
penalties. of a pecuniary penalty or amends under this Ordinance, and non-payment thereof, it
shall be lawful for the Magistrate to imprison the offender for a term of not more than