392 ARTICLE 2.

1898, ch. 349, sec. 9.

128. The Commissioners of said town shall meet regularly at least
once a month in the months of June, July, August and September, and
as often during the remainder of the year as they may deem proper, for
the dispatch of business.

1898, ch. 349, sec. 10.

129. Said Commissioners may compel the attendance of absent mem-
bers in such manner and under such penalties as they may by ordinance
provide; they shall judge of the election returns, and settle their rules of
procedure, fix their compensation by ordinance, which shall not be in-
creased or diminished during their term, and shall fix the compensation
and fees of all officers appointed by said board. They shall keep a journal
cf their proceedings and enter the yeas and nays on any question, resolu-
tion or ordinance at the request of any member, and their deliberations
shall be public.

1898, ch. 349, sec. 11.

130. The said Commissioners shall have the power to regulate by
ordinance, market house, inspection, measurement and weight of all pro-
visions, meats, fish, oysters, crabs, grain, wood and coal, sold or to be con-
sumed in said town; to suppress all disorderly meetings; to prohibit the
use of profane, indecent, seditious or riotous language, drunkenness, fight-
ing and disorderly conduct in sadd town; to regulate or prevent the firing
of cannon, guns, pistols, squibs or any kind of firearms in said town; to
prevent the running at large, in said town, of all animals; to prevent any
immoderate riding or driving through the streets of said town, with
carriage, stage, cart, waigon, sleigh, bicycle or other vehicle, or on horse-
back, so as to endanger the lives, limbs or property of the citizens or
corporation, or disturb the quiet enjoyment of the streets or thoroughfares
of said town; to prevent indecent exhibitions of every kind; to preserve
order and secure persons and property from violence, danger or destruc-
tion, and to prevent, by suitable ordinances, all kinds of hunting, trapping
and fishing within said town, and prescribe fines, penalties and forfeitures
for the violation of any of the said ordinances; but no fine or rjenalty shall
exceed the sum of one hundred dollars, and all fines and penalties imposed
by said ordinances shall be collected as other fines, penalties and for-
feitures are collected under the laws of the State; and all fines, when
collected, shall be promptly paid to the treasurer of the corporation for the
use of the same; and in case of default in the payment of such fines,
penalties and forfeitures, and the costs attending their imposition and
collection of the same, the offender may be imprisoned in the town or
county jail for ss term not exceeding thirty days, in the same manner as
commitments are made for fines imposed by the Circuit Court for the
judicial district in which said town is situated, on conviction for mis-
demeanor; but said Commissioners shall have the power to remit or
release said fines, penalties, forfeitures and costs, or any part thereof, at