ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 761

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the Commis- sioners of said village, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to pass ordinances for the regu- lation, good government, improvement and com- fort of the said corporation and the inhabitants	Government.
thereof; to suppress vice, crime and immorality; to restrain disorder and disturbances of the peace; to prevent and remove nuisances within said cor- poration as to them or a majority of them shall seem proper.	Suppress vice.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the Commission- ers of said village are hereby authorized and em- powered to enforce all ordinances passed by them, and to affix penalties, fines and forfeitures for a breach of the same, provided that such fines, penal- ties and forfeitures shall not exceed the sum of ten dollars for any one offence, and the term of im- prisonment for any one offence shall not exceed five days.	Enforce pen- alties.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the Commission- ers of said village are hereby authorized to levy a reasonable tax on dogs and bitches belonging to or kept by the inhabitants of the village, to be re- covered and collected as other taxes are, and to impose reasonable fines and penalties to restrain dogs and bitches from running at large in said	Tax on dogs.
village, and to authorize and to compel the bailiff to kill any dog or bitch whose owner cannot he ascertained, or who shall refuse or neglect to pay the taxes, fines or penalties imposed under this section.	May kill.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the Commis- sioners of said village are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint annually one or more police magistrates, who shall act as conservators of the peace, and who shall impose fines, penalties and forfeitures for the breach of any ordinance passed by the Commissioners of said village, and whose powers shall be the same as Justices of the Peace for said county, and the Commissioners of the vil-	Police Magistrates.
lage are further authorized to appoint one or more bailiffs, who shall have the same authority and power within said corporation as attaches to con- stables. Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the Commis- sioners of said village of Bladensburg are hereby	Bailiffs.