EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. II...And be it enacted, That the bailiff and clerk shall

Bond.

give bond in such sum as may be deemed proper by the Com-

missioners for the faithful performance of their respective

duties.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners shall

receive all returns of election and shall determine all questions

To receive re-
turns of elec-

arising thereon, but any person feeling aggrieved by such de-

tion.

cision may appeal therefrom to the Circuit Court for Mont-

gomery County, which court shall hear and determine such

appeal and who shall pay the cost thereof.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners may

pass such ordinances not inconsistent with the laws of the

Powers of
Commis-

State, as they may deem beneficial to the town; may open and

sioners.

close streets, lanes and alleys, grade and pave the same, re-

move nuisances and obstructions therefrom, restrain all dis-

orders and disturbances, prevent all congregations of disorderly

persons in public places, apprehend all tramps and vagabonds,

impose a tax on dogs, geese, hogs and other animals running

at large in the streets, or totally prohibit the same ; and may

impose fines, penalties and forfeitures for the violation of their

ordinances, and commit all offenders to the county jail until

the same be paid with costs ; may pass such ordinances as they

may deem necessary for the preservation of the health of the

town and remove all nuisances from or prohibit all business

within the corporate limits thereof as shall, in their opinion,

injuriously affect the sanitary conditions thereof.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted,. That the Commissioners may, as

often as they deem advisable cause an assessment to be made

Levying a
tax on asses-

of all the real and personal property within said town or the

sable prop-
erty.

corporate limits thereof, by a person to be appointed and paid

by them, and the Commissioners may levy a tax thereon, not

exceeding forty cents on the hundred dollars' worth of assess-

able property in any one year.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That any person dissatisfied

with the assessment, may appeal to the Commissioners at their

Sight of ap-
peal.

first meeting after such assessment is made, and said Com-

missioners shall increase or abate such assessment as they

deem just.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That whenever the Commis-

sioners shall levy a tax they shall cause to be made out a list
of the persons charged therein, and shall cause to be affixed

List of tax-
payers to be
made out.

thereto the respective sums to be collected from such persons

and a warrant to the sheriff to collect the same.