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33. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have
full power to make all such by-laws, regulations and ordinances
not inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of this State, as,
from time to time, they may deem wise, equitable and expedi-
ent, for the comfort, health, convenience and prosperity of said
town and its inhabitants, for the prevention or removal of
nuisances, preservation of health, and suppression of vice and
immorality within the limits of the said town, aad shall have
power to lay an equal tax on the property within the said limits,
to such, an amount as may, from time to time, be deemed neces-
sary to accomplish the purposes aforesaid, which tax shall be
collected and paid to the President and commissioners, by the
collector, by them appointed, who shall have the same power to
distrain therefor, as the collector of public county assessment
has to distrain for the same, and the said President and com-
missioners shall fix the term of office, amount of bond and
compensation of such collector.

84. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have
full power and authority, annually, to appoint a bailiff, whose
duty it shall be to preserve the peace and good order of said
town, and for this purpose he is hereby vested with the same"
power and authority as any constable may now have under the
laws of this State.

35. Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to
authorize the corporation hereby created to issue any device,
token, note, certificate or evidence of debt, to be used as a
currency, and the Legislature reserves the right to amend or
repeal this charter, when the same shall be deemed advisable.

In force from February 15,1864.

NATIONAL ROAD.

Chapter 64 repeals section 107, as re-enacted by 1862, chapter 176 (I. Supplement 6,)
•and enacts the following in lieu thereof:

36. The Governor by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall biennially appoint a superintendent of that part of
the National Road lying in Maryland, who shall, during his