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SEC. 147. The said President and Commissioners	Appoint clerk
may appoint a clerk, and prescribe his duties, and al-
low him such compensation for his services as they
may think proper.
SEC. 148. All ordinances passed by the said Presi-
dent and Commissioners shall be entered by the clerk	Ordinances
in a book to be kept by him for that purpose; and
said ordinances, or printed copies thereof, shall be
kept for the inspection of any person interested.
SEC. 149. The said President and Commissioners
shall have power to determine upon and regulate all ,	Building wharves
matters relating to the building of wharves in said
town, and to regulate the mooring of rafts, arks, and
boats on the waters of the Susquehanna River in front
of said town.
SEC. 150. The proprietors of lots binding on and
entitled to the privileges of the water in said town may,	Lots binding on water.
subject to the rules and ordinances of said President
and Commissioners, wharf out and extend and im-
prove the whole front of their lots for such distance
as from time to time they shall think proper; and
they shall be entitled exclusively to such emoluments
arising from the wharfage thereof, as may be fixed
upon by the said President and Commissioners; but
nothing contained in this or the preceding section
shall prevent the owner of any wharf, erected in said
town, from having the exclusive right to use, occupy	Exclusive right
and enjoy the same at pleasure.
SEC. 151. The said President and Commissioners
shall have the power to pass ordinances, regulating	Pass ordinance
the market measurement and weight of all provisions
sold in and to be consumed in said town ; to suppress
all disorderly meetings; to prevent firing guns,
squibs or any kind of fire-arms or fire-works in said
town ; to suppress and abate all nuisance ; to punish
parties for exposing for sale or selling unsound
provisions; to prevent tame ducks and geese from	Immoderate
going at large; to prevent any immoderate driving	driving
or riding through the streets in any carriage, stage,
cart, wagon or other vehicle, or on horseback so
as to endanger the lives or limbs, or property of the
citizens of said town, or disturb the quiet enjoyment
of the streets and thoroughfares; to prevent the