ART. 1.] ALLEGANY COUNTY.

qualified as is specified in the second section of this act
shall be entitled to a vote.

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179. The 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 ser-
vices 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 for that purpose, and shall be opened at all times
for the inspection of any person interested, and copies
of all ordinances shall be put up in the most public
places of said town, that the same may be generally
made known.

Ibid s. 7.
Clerk

180. All fines and forfeitures under the ordinances
of the said corporation shall be recoverable as small
debts are recoverable out of court, before any justice of
the peace or president of the board.

Ibid s. 8.
Fines and for-
feitures.

181. The limits of said town shall extend to the dis-
tance of three-quarters of a mile each way from the
public square, and the property within said limits
shall be subject to such taxes and charges as may be
deemed necessary by the said commissioners, or a majo-
rity of them, to support and maintain the expenses
which may at any time be incurred in the improve-
ment of said town.

Ibid. s. 9.
Limits.

182. The said commissioners, or a majority of them,
shall have full power to make all such by-laws, regu-
lations, 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 com-
fort, health, convenience and the prosperity of the said
town and its inhabitants, for the prevention and remo-
val of nuisances, preservation of health, and suppres-
sion of vice and immorality within the limits of said

Ibid s 10
By-laws, regu-
lations and or-
dinances.

town, and shall have power to lay an equal tax on the
property within 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 collec-
tor by them appointed, who shall have the same power

Taxes.