lector by them appointed, and the said collector
shall have power to distrain therefor as the col-
lectors of county taxes, and the Commissioners
shall fix the term of office, responsibility and
compensation of said collector.

Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That the President
of the Commissioners shall be Treasurer of the
corporation, and shall give bond to the Commis-
sioners with security to be approved by them in
such penalty as they shall prescribe, conditioned
for the faithful performance of his duty as Trea-
surer, and shall receive and pay away monies
according to the ordinances of the Commissioners,
or a majority of them, and shall report to them at
least every three months what disposition he has
made of the same.

Treasurer re-
quired to give
bond.

Sec 14. And be it enacted, That the President
shall have all the powers of a Justice of the Peace
in criminal cases when the Commissioners are a
party, and shall receive the same fees as a Justice
of the Peace is allowed for similar cases, and an
appeal from his judgment, where the demand
exceeds five dollars, may be taken to the Circuit
Court for the county, which shall hear and deter-
mine the matter as upon appeals from a Justice of
the Peace.

President to
have all the
powers of a
Justice of the
Peace.

Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That all officers
elected under this charter shall, before they enter
upon the duties of their office, take an oath that
they will diligently and faithfully, to the best of
their judgement, discharge the duties of their
office without favor, partiality or prejudice, and
shall file the certificate of the officer before whom
the same was fallen among the records of the
corporation.

Required to
take an oath.

Sec. 16. And be it enacted, That all officers
elected under this charter shall continue to act
until other officers have been elected and qualified
ill their places.

To continue
in office until
others are elec-
ted and quali-
fied.

Sec. 17. And be it enacted. That all fines and
forfeitures imposed under the ordinances of this
corporation, shall be recoverable before the Pres-
ident or a Justice of the Peace, similar to the
mode of collecting small delfts.

Fines—how
recoverable.