ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 627

Sec. 137. And be it enacted, That the said Com- missioners may pass ordinances to preserve the health of the town, to prevent and remove nuis- ances, to prevent, retrain or regulate the running at. large of horses, cattle, swine and geese within the limits of said town, to prohibit the firing of guns or pistols or the shooting of fire-crackers within the said town, to prohibit and disperse the tumultuous meetings of idle, dissolute or drunken persons, to provide for working and mending the public streets, to open, close, alter and widen the streets, lanes and alleys, to provide for the paving	Pass ordi- nances.
the sidewalks and gutters, and generally to pro- vide for the regulation, good government and im- provement of said town, and may enforce the ob- servance thereof, under such penalties, fines and forfeitures, as they shall deem proper not exceed- ing ten dollars for any one offence and all such fines, penalties and forfeitures, may be recovered before a Justice of the Peace, by warrant, judg- ment and commitment for a period not exceeding ten days, to the public jail of Worcester county, in the same manner that commitments are made for fines imposed by the Circuit Courts of thjs State, on conviction for misdemeanor; but the said Commissioner or a majority of them shall have power at any time to remit or release the said	Regulations.
fines, penalties, forfeitures and costs or any part thereof at their discretion; but any party fined or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture may within five days after the same shall be imposed, and judgment recovered, supercede or stay the same for thirty days by giving ample personal security to the Justice of the Peace.	Penalties.
Sec. 138. And be it enacted, That the said Com- missioners shall provide for levying and collecting an annual tax of fifty cents on the owner of every dog, and one dollar on the owner of every bitch within the said town, and the killing of every dog and bitch whose owner cannot be ascertained, or whose owner shall refuse to pay said tax, or who shall fail to do so within one month from the time he shall be notified.	Tax on dogs.
Sec. 139. And be it enacted, That the public grounds in said town shall be vested in said Com- missioners so far as to preserve the same and pre-	Public ground