ART. 18.] SUDLERSVILLE. 1715

1870. ch. 313.

244. Each commissioner, before he proceeds to act as such,
shall make oath before a justice of the peace for Queen Anne's
county, that he will diligently and faithfully, to the best of his
skill and judgment, perform the duties of commissioner of said
town, without favor, partiality or prejudice, and a certificate of
said qualification shall be returned by the justice to the said com-
missioners and filed and recorded among the proceedings.

Ibid.

245. The said commissioners shall meet annually on the fourth
Monday in April and on the fourth Monday in every third month
thereafter, and as much oftener as they may think proper; not
less than a majority shall constitute a board for the transaction of
any business except an adjournment; they may'appoint a clerk,
who shall keep the minutes of their proceedings in a well-bound
book to be provided by them for that purpose, and they may
also appoint a bailiff and prescribe his duties, and shall pay the
said clerk and bailiff such compensation as they may deem reason-
able, and may remove either of said officers at pleasure.

Ibid.

246. They shall cause all nuisances and obstructions that may
interrupt the passage or injure the health of the inhabitants of
said town, to be removed from the streets, lanes and alleys thereof,
and may provide for the mending, repairing and cleaning of the
same, and shall have power to prohibit and punish by ordinance
the placing of any filth, dirt or other matter therein, and may
also erect lamps in any of the streets, lanes and alleys of the
town, and cause the same to be lighted at public expense, and
may pass all laws and ordinances for the preservation of the
health of said town, and to prevent the introduction of contagious
diseases therein, or within three miles thereof; they shall prohibit
the running or riding of horses or driving of carts, wagons and
carriages unreasonably fast in said town; may regulate and pro-
vide for the sweeping of chimneys; prohibit firing of guns or
pistols, the throwing of lighted squibs, fire-crackers, Roman can-
dles, or any other combustible matter, and the storage of gun-