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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Fill vacancy.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the Commis-
sioners aforesaid, or a majority of them, may meet
together from time to time as often as occasion may
require upon the business of said town, and not
less than once in every three months, and if during
the year for which they may be elected any of the
said Commissioners should die, resign, remove
from said, town, or be otherwise disqualified, an
election to fill the vacancy on ten days' notice
thereof being given by the Commissioners shall
be held, at which all persons qualified as specified
in the third Section of this Act shall be entitled
to vote.

Clerk.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
missioners, or a majority of them, shall have
power to appoint a clerk and assign his duties, and
allow him such compensation for his services as
they may think proper. All ordinances passed by
the said Commissioners shall be entered in a book
by said clerk, which shall be kept by him for that
purpose, and shall be open at all times for the
inspection of any person interested, and copies of
all ordinances shall be put up in the most public
places of said town.

Fines and
forfeitures.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That all fines and for-
feitures, under the ordinances of the said corpora-
tion, shall be recoverable as small debts are recov-
erable out of Court before any Justice of the Peace.

By-laws.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted. That the said Com-
missioners, or a majority of them, shall have full
power to make all such by-laws, regulations and
ordinances, not inconsistent with the laws and
Constitution of this State, as from time to time
they may deem wise, equitable and expedient, for
the comfort, health, convenience and prosperity of
said town and its inhabitants, for the prevention
and removal of nuisances, preservation of health,
and suppression of vice and immorality within the
limits of said town, and shall have power to lay
an equal tax on the assessable property within
said limits to such an amount as may from time to
time be deemed necessary to accomplish the pur-
pose aforesaid, which tax shall be collected and
paid to the President and Commissioners by the
Collector by them appointed, who shall have the
same power to distrain therefor as the Collector of