1274 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 770]

and shall file a certificate thereof, signed by the officer before
whom the said oath was taken, among the records of the cor-
poration.

100. The clerk and bailiff appointed in accordance with the
provisions of this act shall each give bond to the Town Commis-
sioners of La Plata in such penalty and with such sureties as
said Town Commissioners may require and approve, conditioned
for the faithful performance of the duties of their office as clerk
and bailiff, respectively, and" the said, bonds shall, if the Town
Commissioners require, be recorded in the office of the clerk of
the Circuit Court for Charles County.

101. The Town Commissioners of La Plata shall allow
their clerk and bailiff such compensation as may be deemed rea-
sonable by said Town Commissioners.

102. The Town Commissioners of La Plata shall pass and
enact ordinances for the following purposes: To open, widen,
straighten, change and close highways, roads, streets, lanes and
.alleys, within the corporate limits of said town of La Plata, and
may make, grade, repair and pave the same; they may dig or
ditch for drainage purposes and make subways either for drain-
ing or for sewerage purposes; they may remove nuisances and
obstructions from said town; they may restrain all disorders
and disturbances within said town; they may prevent and pro-
hibit all congregations of disorderly persons within the limits
of said town; they may apprehend and fine all tramps, vaga-
bonds and disorderly persons who shall enter or be found within
the limits of said town; they may impose a tax on all geese,
dogs, hogs and other animals, if any, other than those herein-
after provided, against running at large within the limits of
said town, or may prohibit such running at large outside of their
own enclosure under such penalties as they may choose to impose
upon the owner of such geese and other animals; and they shall
enforce and collect fines, penalties and forfeitures for the viola-
tion of ordinances passed and enacted by them, and may com-
mit or cause to be committed all offenders against such ordi-
nances to the county jail until such fines, penalties and forfeit-
ures be paid, with costs, but not exceeding thirty days.

103. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the
preceding section and for the preservation of the peace, health,
cleanliness and good order of the community, and for the protec-
tion of the lives and property of the citizens of said town and
to suppress, abate or discontinue, or cause to be suppressed,
abated or discontinued, all nuisances and obstructions within
the corporate limits of said town, the Town Commissioners of
La Plata may pass such ordinances and by-laws from time to