1480 KENT COUNTY. [ART. 15.

1867, ch. 47.

194. 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.

195. The said commissioners 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
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 aforesaid; which
tax shall be collected and paid to the president and commissioners
by the collector appointed by them, who shall have power to
distrain therefor and sell said distraint after five days' notice by
public advertisement set up in said town; provided, that the tax
shall not exceed twenty cents in the hundred dollars of the taxa-
ble property of said town for any one year; and the said commis-
sioners shall fix the term of office, amount of bond and compensa-
tion of such collector.

Ibid.

196. They 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,
and for this purpose he is or they are hereby vested with the
same power and authority as any constable now has under the
laws of this State, except such as relate to the service of civil
process for collection of debts, but he or they may serve process
for the collection of fines and forfeitures aforesaid.

Ibid.

197. They shall have full power and authority to straighten
and widen old streets, and to lay out and grade hew ones, when