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KENT COUNTY. [ART. 14,

of the said corporation shall be recoverable out of
court, before any justice of the peace in said county.

Ibid, c 9.
Limits of town.

165. The limits of said town shall be a square,
' whose sides shall measure five hundred yards each,
and shall be marked out and bounded by the said
commissioners, but shall not extend into Cecil county,
the said lines to be recorded in the record books of
said commissioners.

Ibid s 10
Laws, regula-
tions and ordi-
nances.

166. The said commissioners, or a majority of
them, shall have full power to make all such laws,
regulations and ordinances not inconsistent with the
laws 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
of vice and immorality within the limits of said
town, and shall have power to lay an equal tax on
the property, real and personal, within said limits
to such an amount as may from time to time be
deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes afore-
said; 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 and sell said distraint after five
days' notice by public advertisement set up in said

Proviso.

town; provided, that the tax shall not exceed twenty
cents in the hundred dollars of the taxable property
of said town for any one year, and the said commis-
sioners shall fix the term of office, amount of bond
and compensation of such collector.

Ibid s. 11.
Bailiffs, their
duties and
powers.

167. The said commissioners, or a majority of
them, shall have full power and authority annually
to appoint one or two bailiffs, whose duty it shall be
to preserve the peace and good order of said town,
and to perform such other duties as may be assigned
him or them by said commissioners, or a majority of
them, and for this purpose he or they are hereby
vested with the same power and authority as any
constable may now have under the laws of this state,