CAEROLL COUNTY. 1793

majority of the Council; he shall report annually in writing to the Mayor
and Council a detailed statement of the financial condition of the
corporation, showing the several sums of money received and expended,
from whom received and for what purpose, and on what account expended
and to whom" paid, and shall cause copies of said statement to be posted
in not less than five of the most public places in said town; he shall be
collector of all taxes levied by the said corporation, and shall collect the
said taxes by distress or execution in such manner as the county taxes
for Carroll County are now collected, and for that purpose shall have all
the powers and authority that tax collectors of Carroll County now have;
he shall perform such other duties and shall receive such compensation for
his services from the funds of the corporation as the said Mayor and
Council may prescribe or fix by order or ordinance; and he shall, before
assuming the duties of his office, give bond for the faithful performance
of his duties as such clerk and treasurer with security to be approved by
the Mayor in such penal sum. as shall be prescribed by ordinance, which
bond shall be made to the said corporation and carefully filed among their
papers, and recorded among the minutes of their proceedings.

1900, ch. 341, sec. N.

223. The Mayor and Council shall have power to pass all ordinances
necessary within the limits of said town to preserve the health, peace and
safety of the inhabitants thereof; to prevent and remove nuisances and
annoyances; to suppress gambling; to prevent the firing of cannon, guns,
pistols, fire-crackers and all explosive instruments or materials within the
corporate limits; to restrain all disorders and disturbances; to suppress
fires and the danger thereof; to make or cause to be made and repaired
all necessary drains, sewers, culverts and bridges; to license public amuse-
ments, shows and exhibitions; fix the sum of money to be paid therefor,
and to prescribe the mode of collecting the same; and to provide for the
good government and police of the town; and they shall have power to
enforce the observance of all such ordinances by fines, penalties and for-
feitures, not exceeding twenty dollars for any one offense.

1900, ch. 341, sec. O.

224. They shall have power to pass all ordinances necessary to regu-
late or prevent the going at large within the corporate limits of horses,
cattle, sheep, goats, swine, geese or any other brute or fowl or beast; to
regulate or prevent the going at large within the corporate limits of dogs,
and to provide for the killing of worthless, dangerous or annoying dogs;
to levy ai tax on dogs, male or female, kept within the corporate limits;
to fix the rate of said tax and to collect the same from the owners as the
other town taxes are collected, under the provisions of this Act, and may
in default of payment of said tax provide for the killing of the dogs whose
owners make such default.
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