490

CAROLINE COUNTY. [ART. 6.

circuit court for Caroline county, at the expense of
the corporation, a copy of which said bond shall be
evidence tinder the seal of said court.

Ibid. s. 11.
Billiard tables,
dogs, &c., to be
taxed.

60. The president and commissioners may levy
upon any person keeping for common use a billiard
table or ten pin alley within said town, or within
one mile thereof, an annual tax of fifty dollars, and
an annual tax of two dollars on every dog, and five
dollars on every bitch belonging to, or kept by any
inhabitant of said town, and may direct the killing
of any dog or bitch whose owner cannot be ascer-
tained, or who refuses or neglects to pay said tax

Money from
taxes, fines, &c
how to be ap-
plied

within one month after the same is demanded ; they
shall apply all money collected by them from taxes,
penalties, fines and forfeitures to defray the expenses
of regulating and improving the streets, lanes and
alleys, pumps and wells in said town, in such manner
as they shall deem expedient, and paying their clerk
and the bailiff of said town such compensation as
they may deem reasonable, and the county commis-
sioners of Caroline county, shall levy upon the citi-
zens of said county the sum of fifty dollars annually
and pay over the same to the treasurer of the corpo-
ration for the purpose of keeping in repair the public
streets in the said town of Denton, and its public
thoroughfares.

Ibid c. 12.
Public ground,
in whom vested

61. The public ground of Denton, on which the
market house, lodge house and school house stand,
and all the public ground between the market house
and school house and between the school house and
Gay street, and ten feet of public ground immedi-
ately contiguous to the west side of said market
house, through from Market street to Gay street,
is vested in the said president and commissioners

Proviso.

and their successors; provided, they shall not erect
thereon any other than public buildings for the use
of said town ; the house over the market house,
which was built by the members of Washington
Lodge, number fifty-nine, of free and accepted masons,
shall revert to, vest in, and belong to the master,