374: CAROLINE COUNTY. [ART. 6.

39. The Commissioners of Bridgetown may make such ordi-
nances and by-laws, not contrary to law, as they may deem
expedient for the health of the town and its inhabitants, the pre-
vention or removal of nuisances, and suppression of vice and
.anmorality therein.

40. They may lay an equal tax on all the property within said
town, to such amount from time to time as may be necessary
for the purposes of the corporation, and may appoint a collector
to collect the same and prescribe his term of office, responsibility
and compensation, and the said collector shall have the same
power to distrain for said taxes as the collectors of county taxes
have, and shall pay the same, when collected, to the said com-
missioners.

41. They may annually appoint a bailiff, who shall preserve
the health and good order of the town, and for that purpose
shall have all the powers of a constable, and who shall give bond
to the county commissioners of Caroline county, as other con-
stables, for the faithful performance of his duty.

42. All fines and forfeitures, under the ordinances of the said
corporation, shall be recoverable as. small debts.

CIRCUIT COURT.

43. There shall be two regular law terms of the Circuit Court
for Caroline county, at Denton, commencing on the second Mon-
day of March and the first Monday of October in each year.

44. The judge of the Circuit Court for Caroline county, in his
discretion, may appoint intermediate terms for the transaction
of equity business, to which equity process shall be returnable,
as well as to the stated terms of the court.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

45. There shall be three county commissioners for Caroline
county.

46. They shall each be entitled to one dollar and fifty cents
for each day's attendance, and five cents a mile for every mile
his residence is distant from Denton, such mileage to be com.^
puted for each day's attendance.