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ALLEGANY COUNTY. [ART. 1.

Ibid, s 9
Limits of town.

102. The limits of said town shall be defined and
designated by the commissioners of said town, at the
first meeting under this act, and the property within
said limits shall be subject to such taxes and charges
as may be deemed necessary by the said commission-
ers, or a majority of them, to support and maintain
the expenses which may at any time be incurred in
the improvement of said town.

Ibid s 10
Powers to
make laws and
to tax.

103. 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
expedient, 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 with-
in the limits of the said town, and 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 necessary 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 commissioners shall fix the term of
office, amount of bond and compensation of such
collector.

Ibid, s 11.
Town bailiff.

104, 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 pre-
serve 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.

Ibid s. 12.
Corporation
not to issue
notes, &c., as a
currency.

105. Nothing herein contained shall be so con-
strued as to authorize the corporation hereby cre-
ated to issue any device, token, note, certificate or
evidence of debt, to be used as a currency, and the