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SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That eaid commissioners	Impose fines.
may impose such fines, penalties and forfeitures, for
breach of their ordinances as they may think proper,
not exceeding five dollars for any offence, and may
pass all ordinances necessary to give effect and ope-
ration to the powers vested in them ; and the Presi-
dent of the Board of Commissioners shall exercise
the same powers as justices of the peace of the State,
for the enforcement of the same.
SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That said commissioners	By-laws or
may make such by-laws or ordinances, for the regu-	ordinances.
lation, good government, improvement and comfort
of said town and the inhabitants thereof, to restrain
disorders and disturbances, and prevent and remove
all nuisances within said town, as to them or a major-
ity of them may seem proper, not inconsistent with
the laws of this State, and may enforce the observance
thereof, under such penalties, fines and forfeitures as
they shall deem proper, not exceeding five dollars
for any one offence, and all such fines, penalties and
forfeitures, may be recovered before any justice of
the peace, by warrant, judgment and commitment
to the public jail of Prince George's county, or in
such place of confinement as said Board of Commis-
sioners shall establish within the limits of said town,
but the said commissioners may remit any part of
such fine, or the whole thereof, in their discretion.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the said commis-	Make assess-
sioners may cause an assessment to be made, of all	ment
real and personal property within the limits of said
corporation, by a party to be appointed by them, which assessment shall not exceed the present assess-
ment for county purposes, except where improve-
ments made thereon, increase its value to such an ex-
tent as to entitle such property to re-assessment ; and
the commissioners may lay a tax not exceeding thirty
cents in the one hundred dollars worth of assessable
property, which said taxes shall be collected by the
said treasurer, who shall have power to distrain for
the same, as the collector of county taxes has to dis-
train for county taxes, and the commissioners shall
fix the compensation of said treasurer.
SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the said commis-	Appoint bailiff
sioners shall have power, annually to appoint a bailiff,