2260 ARTICLE 10.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 10, sec. 150. 1854. ch. 520. 1916, ch. 78, sec. 150.

234. Every bailiff shall give bond to the Commissioners in such pen-
alty as may be prescribed by the Commissioners for the faithful per-
formance of such duties as may be prescribed by the Commissioners.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 10, sec. 151. 1884, ch. 520.

235. The Commissioners may make by-laws, not contrary to law, for
the regulation and good government of said town and the inhabitants
thereof, and to restrain all disorders and disturbances, and prevent and
remove all nuisances, inconveniences and annoyances within said town;
to prevent the running at large of horses, cattle and other stock, and the
firing of guns, pistols and fire-crackers in the streets, lanes and alleys of
said town; to make, repair and regulate footways; make and keep open
drains or sewers; to extend the streets or alleys, and renew their bound-
aries, and make new streets, and do such other things as they may deem
proper; and may enforce obedience to their by-laws by such fines, penal-
ties and forfeitures as they may deem reasonable, not to exceed twenty
dollars for any one offence.

1910, ch. 659 (p. 810).

236. The Commissioners of East New Market shall have and are here-
by vested with full power and authority to grant and regulate franchises
to electric light companies, power companies, gas companies, telephone
companies, telegraph companies, water companies and sewer or drain
companies; provided, that all such franchises shall be for a definite period,
not exceeding twenty-five years, and be; renewable at the discretion of said
Commissioners, and shall specially set out the nature, right and duration
of the same, and no power or right not expressed in any such franchise
shall pass thereunder.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 10. sec. 152. 1884, ch. 520. 1904, ch. 82, sec. 152.
1916, ch 78, sec. 152. 1922, ch. 467, sec. 152.

237. They may cause an assessment to be made from time to time by
one. person to be appointed by them, of all the property, real, personal
and mixed, of all kinds and descriptions whatever within the corporate
limits of the said town, and such other property as follows the person of
the owner, liable by law to be valued and assessed and chargeable with
taxes in this State; and in making said assessment, the said property
shall be valued at its cash value and it shall be chargeable according to
such valuation for the corporate purposes of said town; provided, that
the tax levied on said property shall not exceed in any one year seventy-
five cents on the hundred dollars of the assessed value thereof (includ-
ing the tax provided for in Section 250); and provided further any per-
son aggrieved by said assessment shall have an appeal to said Commis-
sioners, who are empowered to increase or abate assessments; said assessor
shall have the authority to administer oaths to persons to be assessed and
take a list of their assessable property under oath.