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

1912. ch. 770, sec. 100.

173. The clerk and bailiff appointed in accordance with the provisions
of this Act shall each give bond to the Town Commissioners 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.

1912, ch. 770, sec. 101.

174. The Town Commissioners of La Plata shall allow their clerk and
bailiff such compensation as may be deemed reasonable by said Town
Commissioners.

1912. ch. 770, sec. 102.

175. The Town Commissioners of La Plata shall pass and enact ordi-
nances 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
draining or for sewerage purposes; they may remove nuisances and obstruc-
tions from said town; they may restrain all disorders and disturbances
within said town; they may prevent and prohibit all congregations of
disorderly persons within the limits of said town; they may apprehend
and fine all tramps, vagabonds 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 hereinafter
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 for-
feitures for the violation of ordinances passed and enacted by them, and
may commit or cause to be committed all offenders against such ordi-
nances to the county jail until such fines, penalties and forfeitures be paid,
with costs, but not exceeding thirty days.

1912, ch. 770, sec. 103.

176. 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 protection of the lives and
property of the citizens of said town and to suppress, abate or discon-
tinue, or cause to be suppressed, abated or discontinued, all nuisances and
obstructions within the corporate limits of said town, the Town Commis-
sioners of La Plata may pass such ordinances and by-laws from time to
time as may be necessary, which said ordinances and by-laws shall have