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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1874
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JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 693

not inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of

 

this State, as from time to time they may deem wise,

 

equitable and expedient for the comfort, health, con-

 

venience and prosperity of said town and its inhabi-

 

tants; for the prevention and removal of nuisances,

 

preservation of health, and suppression of vice and
immorality within the limits of said town : and shall

 

have power to lay an equal tax on the assessable

 

property within said limits, to such an amount as

To lay an
equal tax

may, from time to time, be deemed necessary to ac-

 

complish the purposes aforesaid, which tax shall be
collected and paid to the president and commissioners

 

by the collector by them appointed, who shall have

 

the same power to distrain therefor as the collector

 

of public county assessments has to distrain for the

 

same ; and the said president and commissioners

 

shall fix the term of office, amount of bond, and

 

compensation of such collector.

 

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the commissioners

 

may, as often as deemed advisable, cause an assess-

 

ment to be made of all real and personal property

Canse an as-
sessment to be

within the corporate limits, by a person to be ap-

made

pointed and paid by them, which assessment shall

 

not exceed the assessment of the same property for

 

county purposes ; and the commissioners may levy a

 

tax thereon not exceeding, in any one year, twenty

 

cents in the hundred dollars worth of assessable

 

property.

 

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the said commis-

 

sioners, or a majority of them, shall have full power

 

and authority annually, to appoint a bailiff, whose

Appoint balliff.

duty it shall be to preserve the peace and good order

 

of said town, and for this purpose, he is hereby

 

vested with the same power and authority as any

 

constable may have under the laws of this State.

 

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall

 

have the same fees for making arrests or serving

Foes

process for violation of any ordinance of the corpo-

 

ration, as are allowed constables for similar services.

 

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the commissioners

 

and all other officers of the corporation, shall, before

Take an oath.

they enter upon the duties of their office, take an

 

oath before a justice of the peace, that they will dil-

 


 

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