JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 693
not inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of
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this State, as from time to time they may deem wise,
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equitable and expedient for the comfort, health, con-
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venience and prosperity of said town and its inhabi-
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tants; for the prevention and removal of nuisances,
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preservation of health, and suppression of vice and
immorality within the limits of said town : and shall
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have power to lay an equal tax on the assessable
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property within said limits, to such an amount as
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To lay an
equal tax
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may, from time to time, be deemed necessary to ac-
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complish the purposes aforesaid, which tax shall be
collected and paid to the president and commissioners
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by the collector by them appointed, who shall have
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the same power to distrain therefor as the collector
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of public county assessments has to distrain for the
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same ; and the said president and commissioners
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shall fix the term of office, amount of bond, and
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compensation of such collector.
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SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
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may, as often as deemed advisable, cause an assess-
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ment to be made of all real and personal property
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Canse an as-
sessment to be
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within the corporate limits, by a person to be ap-
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made
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pointed and paid by them, which assessment shall
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not exceed the assessment of the same property for
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county purposes ; and the commissioners may levy a
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tax thereon not exceeding, in any one year, twenty
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cents in the hundred dollars worth of assessable
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property.
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SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
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sioners, or a majority of them, shall have full power
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and authority annually, to appoint a bailiff, whose
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Appoint balliff.
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duty it shall be to preserve the peace and good order
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of said town, and for this purpose, he is hereby
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vested with the same power and authority as any
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constable may have under the laws of this State.
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SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall
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have the same fees for making arrests or serving
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Foes
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process for violation of any ordinance of the corpo-
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ration, as are allowed constables for similar services.
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SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
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and all other officers of the corporation, shall, before
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Take an oath.
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they enter upon the duties of their office, take an
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oath before a justice of the peace, that they will dil-
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