ART. 23.] SALISBURY. 2087

such taxes shall be collected as the county taxes are now collected
in Wicomico county, or by suit and execution, as debts are now
collected.

1888, ch. 186.

144. The night watchman, before entering upon his duties;
shall subscribe to an oath for the faithful performance thereof.
He shall be vested with all the police powers of constables, and
any one resisting him in the discharge of his duties shall be
liable, upon conviction, to punishment in the same manner and
to the same extent as if he had resisted a constable. The mayor
shall have power to appoint special police, for a term not to
exceed forty-eight hours, when he deems it necessary for the
peace and good order of the town, and to prescribe their duties
and fix their compensation.

Ibid.

145. For the enforcement of the town ordinances, the police
justice shall have all the powers of ordering arrests and summon-
ing witnesses, trying cases and inflicting fines and punishments
that are now vested in justices of the peace by law, and shall be
entitled to demand and receive the same fees as in other criminal
cases. He shall be furnished with a copy of the charter and
ordinances of the town, and shall keep a separate docket for cor-
poration cases, submit the same when requested, and render
quarterly statements and pay over all the fines to the treasurer.

Ibid.

146. The mayor and council shall have power to make such
by-laws and pass such ordinances, not contrary to law, and in
conformity with this charter, as they may deem necessary for the
good government of the town and the inhabitants thereof; to
prevent, remove and abate all nuisances and obstructions in or
upon the streets, sidewalks, highways, lanes, alleys, drains, water-
ways or rivers, or in or upon any lot, and to provide for imposing
a fine upon any person causing or creating any such nuisance or

obstructions; to grant permits for and control and regulate the
erection of all buildings, specifying in all cases the material of
which they shall be built, and for what purpose used, and to have
power to remove, or order the removal of any building that may
be a nuisance, or that may have been erected on the burnt dis-
trict since the fire of October 17, 1886, or that may have been