ART. 17.] LAUREL. 1609

1870, ch. 260.

210. The clerk and bailiffs shall give bond, payable to the
commissioners, in such penalty and with such security as the
commissioners may require, conditioned for the faithful perform-
ance of the duties of the office of clerk and bailiff; and the com-
missioners may remove either or both of said officers at pleasure.

1883, ch. 490.

211. The commissioners may pass ordinances forbidding any
person from carrying firearms or other concealed weapons, and
such other ordinances, not contrary to law, as they may deem
beneficial to the town; may open and close streets, straighten,
widen and improve the same; make causeways, establish the
width and grade of sidewalks, and pave and set out shade trees
thereon; and all damages done, suffered or incurred by opening,
closing, straightening and widening said streets, lanes or alleys
and any benefits or advantages accruing to any person by such
opening, closing, straightening or widening of such streets or
alleys, shall be determined and assessed by three disinterested
persons, residents of the town, to be appointed by the commis-
sioners, who shall, within twenty days after notification of their
appointment, take an oath before a justice of the peace within
the town that they will faithfully, fairly, and without partiality
or prejudice, value and assess the loss and damage to be suffered
and incurred by, and the benefits to accrue to, any person inter-
ested in the property over which the streets or alleys are to be
opened, closed, straightened or widened; and they shall give
at least ten days' notice, by notices posted in not less than three
public places within the town, of the time and place of meeting,
for the purpose of executing their commission; and they shall,
within ten days after such valuation or assessment, return the
same in writing under their hands and seals, with a certificate of
their qualification, before a justice of the peace, as hereinbefore
provided, to the commissioners of the town; which said valuation
and assessment shall be ratified or rejected by them as in their
judgment may seem proper; and if any person shall feel
aggrieved by the determination of the commissioners in ratifying
or rejecting said award or return, or in the amount of compen-
sation awarded, or in any matter relating to the same, he may