ART. 23. ] WORCESTER COUNTY.
52. Said commissioners, or a majority of them,
shall have power to appoint a clerk and assign his
duties, and allow him such compensation for his
services as they may think proper, and that all
ordinances passed by the said commissioners, or a
majority of them, shall by their clerk be entered in
a book to be kept by him for the purpose, and shall
be opened at all times for the inspection of any per-
son interested.
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Ibid. s. 7
Clerk, his
duties.
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1867, c. 39 repeals 1S65, c. 151 s. 8 and enacts the following in lieu thereof:
53. The commissioners of the town of New Town,
in Worcester county, may make such ordinances or
by-laws for the regulation and good government of
said town and the inhabitants thereof, to restrain dis-
orders and disturbances, and prevent and remove all
nuisances within said town, as to them or a majority
of them may seem proper, not inconsistent with the
laws of this state, and may force the observance
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1867, c 39.
Commission-
ers to make
by-laws and
ordinances, &c.
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thereof under such penalties, fines and forfeitures as
they shall deem proper, not exceeding ten dollars
for any one offence, and all such fines, penalties and
forfeitures, may be recovered before a justice of the
peace, by warrant, judgment and commitment to the
public prison of Worcester county, in the same man-
ner that commitments are made for fines imposed by
the circuit courts of this state on conviction for mis-
demeanor; but the said commissioners, or a majority
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Penalties.
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of them, shall have power at any time to remit or
release the said fines, penalties and forfeitures and
costs, or any part thereof, at their discretion; but
any party who shall be fined or subjected to any pen-
alty or forfeiture, may within five days after the same
shall be imposed and judgment recovered, supersede
or stay the same for thirty days, by giving ample
personal security to the justice of the peace, and the
said fines, penalties and forfeitures, shall thereafter
be collected as small debts are now collected before
a justice of the peace, and that all ordinances and
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Remission of
fines, &c.
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