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The mayor may issue warrants to apprehend offenders against this act, who do not attend after begin summoned.
Warrants may be issued without summons.
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LVI. And for the more effectually enforcing and carrying into execution the provisions of this act; be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on complaint and information on oath before the said mayor, of any offence having been committed against this act, the said mayor is hereby authorized and required to summon the person or persons charged with being an offender or offenders against this act, to appear before the said mayor at a certain time and place, to be specified, and if any person or persons so summoned, shall not appear according to such summons, then the said mayor, proof on oath, (which oath the said mayor is hereby empowered to administer,) having been first made before him, of the service of such summons upon such person or persons by delivering the same to him, her, or them personally, or leaving the same at his, her or their usual place or places of abode, shall make and issue his warrant or warrants for apprehending the person or persons so summoned, and not appearing as aforesaid, and for bringing him, her, or them before said mayor; and it shall also be lawful for the said mayor if he shall think fit, without issuing any previous summons upon such complaint and information on oath as aforesaid, to make and issue his warrant or warrants for apprehendending the person or persons by such information, charged to have offended against this act, and to bring him, her, or them before such mayor, and upon the person or persons complained against appearing upon such summons, or being brought by virtue of such warrant or warrants before such mayor, then such mayor shall, and is hereby authorized and required forthwith to make enquiry touching the matters complained of, and to proceed thereon according to the several provisions of this act.
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