EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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to Nichols' road; thence southerly on a line parallel with

Middle street, half a mile until it intersects Craft creek, near

the head thereof, on the land of Elmer R. Moore; thence

easterly running and binding with said creek to the Nanticoke

river at low water mark ; thence northerly running and bind-

ing with said river at low water mark, to the place of begin-

ning; provided, however, if the limits of said town as fixed

by this sub-title of this Article shall include any farm house,

Exempt farm

or part of any farm, that the property so included shall not

lands.

be subject to the taxing operation without the consent of the

owner thereof.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That they shall have power to

appoint a clerk and assign his duties and allow him such com-

Appointment
of clerk.

pensation for his services as they may think proper; and all

ordinances passed by them shall be recorded by their clerk

in a book to be kept for that purpose, which book shall be

open at all times for the inspection of any persons interested,

and copies of all ordinances shall be put up at three of the

most public places in said town that the same may be generally

known.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That they shall have full power

and authority to make all such by-laws, regulations and or-

Power to enact

dinances, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of

ordinances. .

the State, as from time to time they may deem wise, equitable

and sufficient for the comfort, health, convenience and prosperity

of the said town and its inhabitants, for the prevention or re-

moval of nuisances, preservation of health and suppression of

vice and immorality within the limits of said town; and they

shall have power to levy every third year an equal tax upon

the property within the said limits to such an amount as may

from time to time be deemed necessary to accomplish the pur-

poses aforesaid; provided, however, that the taxes so levied

shall not exceed the sum of thirty cents on the hundred dollars

for any one year, which lax shall be collected by a collector

appointed for that purpose, and paid over to the president and

Limiting ex-

Board of Commissioners ; they shall not expend nor contract

penditures.

to expend in any one year more money than the amount receiv-

able from taxes and other sources for that year.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the collector appointed by

them shall give bond in the sum of four hundred dollars for

Bond.

the faithful performance of his duty; he shall be vested with

the same authority of the collection of town taxes as the sev-

eral county collectors are now by law vested with for the col-

lections of State and county taxes; and the Commissioners