3542 ARTICLE 16.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 149. 1912, ch. 790. sec. 416.

711. They, and all other officers of the corporation, before entering
upon the duties of their office, shall make oath that they will diligently
and faithfully, to the best of their skill and judgment, perform the duties
of their office, and shall file a certificate thereof of the officer before whom
the same was made, among the records of the corporation.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 150. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 417.

712. The clerk and chief bailiff shall give bond to the commissioners,
in such penalties and with such securities as said commissioners may re-
quire, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their re-
spective offices.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 151. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 418.

713. The commissioners shall receive all returns of election, and de-
termine all questions arising thereon; but any person feeling himself ag-
grieved by such decision may appeal therefrom to the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, which court shall hear and determine such appeal,
and decide who shall pay the costs thereof.

P. L. L., 1888r Art. 16, sec. 152. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 419.

714. They may pass such ordinances, not inconsistent with law, as
they may deem beneficial to the town; may open and close streets, lanes
and alleys; grade and pave the same; remove nuisances and obstructions
therefrom; restrain all disorders and disturbances; prevent all congrega-
tions of disorderly persons in public places; apprehend and fine all tramps
and vagabonds; impose a tax on dogs, geese, hogs and other animals run-
ning at large in the streets, or totally prohibit the same, and may impose
fines, penalties and forfeitures, for the violation of their ordinances, and
commit all offenders to the county jail until the same be paid with costs.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 153... 1912, ch. 790, sec. 420.

715. They may pass such ordinances as they may deem necessary for
the preservation of the health of the town, and remove all nuisances from,
or prohibit all such business within the corporate limits thereof, as shall,
in their opinion, injuriously affect the sanitary condition thereof.

1908, ch. 516, sec. 154. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 421.

716. They may, as often as they may deem advisable, cause an assess-
ment to be made of all the real and personal property within said town, or
the corporate limits thereof, by a person to be appointed and paid by them,
which assessment shall not exceed the assessment of the same for county
purposes, and they may levy a tax thereon not exceeding thirty cents on
the one hundred dollars' worth of assessable property.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 155. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 422.

717. Any person may appeal from the valuation of the assessor to the
commissioners, who shall meet on the first Monday in June after any such