2166 WORCESTER COUNTY. [ART. 24.

1867, ch. 89.

209. They may make such ordinances or by-laws for the regu-
lation and good government of said town and the inhabitants,
thereof, to restrain disorders and disturbances, preserve health,
suppress vice and immorality, and prevent and remove all nuis-

ances within said town, as to them may seem proper, not incon-
sistent with the laws of this State, and may enforce the observ-
ance thereof under such penalties, fines and forfeitures as they
shall deem proper, not exceeding ten dollars for any one offence;
and all such fines, penalties and forfeitures may be recovered
before a justice of the peace, by warrant, judgment and commit-
ment to the public prison of Worcester county, in the same man-
ner that commitments are made for fines imposed by the circuit
courts of this State on conviction for misdemeanor; but the said

commissioners shall have power at any time to remit or release
the said fines, penalties and forfeitures and costs, or any part
thereof, at their discretion; and any party who shall be fined or
subjected to any penalty or forfeiture, may, within five days after
the same shall be imposed and judgment recovered, supersede or
stay the same for thirty days, by giving ample personal security
to the justice of the peace; and the said fines, penalties and for-
feitures shall thereafter be collected as small debts are now col-
lected before a justice of the peace.

1865, ch. 151.

210. They 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 carry into effect the powers conferred upon
them; which tax shall be collected and paid to the president and
commissioners, by the collector appointed by them, who shall
have the same power to distrain therefor as the collector of public
county assessments has to distrain for the same; provided, that
said tax shall not exceed twenty-five cents on the one hundred
dollars of the taxable property of said town for any one year; and
the said president and commissioners shall fix the term of office,
amount of bond and compensation of such collector.

Ibid.

211. They shall have full power and authority, annually, to
appoint a bailiff, whose duty it shall be to preserve the peace and