574 FREDERICK COUNTY. [ART. 11.

at all meetings of the commissioners, preserve order and enforce
the provisions of this charter.

172. The said commissioners may appoint a clerk, prescribe
his duties, and allow him such compensation as they think
proper.

173. The clerk shall enter all ordinances passed by the com-
missioners in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, and
they shall be open at all times to the inspection of all persons in-
terested; and copies of all ordinances shall be put up in the most
public places in the town.

174. The commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have
power to pass all such by-laws and ordinances not contrary to
law as they shall deem wise, equitable and expedient for the
comfort, health, convenience and prosperity of the town and its
inhabitants; and for the prevention or removal of nuisances,
preservation of health, and suppression of vice and immorality
within the limits thereof.

175. They shall have power'to lay an equal tax on the pro-
perty within the taxable limits of said town, to such amount as
they may deem necessary for the uses of said corporation, which
tax shall be collected and paid to the president and commis-
sioners by a collector by them appointed, and the said collector
shall have power to distrain therefor as the collectors of county
taxes may do for county taxes.

176. The president and commissioners shall fix the term of
office, responsibility and compensation of said collector.

177. The said commissioners may prohibit hogs from running
at large within the taxable limits of said town, under such pe-
nalty as they may think proper, not exceeding two dollars for
each hog found running at large.

178. They may appoint a bailiff, who shall preserve the peace
and good order of the town, and for that purpose shall have all
the powers of a constable.

179. The president of the commissioners shall have all the
powers of a justice of the peace in all matters relating to said
corporation.