758 CARROLL COUNTY. [ART. 7.

oftener if necessary; and the burgess shall preside at all meetings
of the commissioners, and shall have the same power of voting
and taking part in all deliberations of the commissioners as any
member of said board.

1876, ch. 808.

204. They shall have power to make all such by-laws, rules,
regulations and ordinances—the same not being inconsistent with
the laws and constitution of this State—as from time to time
they may deem wise, equitable and expedient for the comfort,
health, convenience and propriety of the said town and its inhab-
itants, and for the removal and prevention of all nuisances, the
preservation of health, and the suppression of vice and immoral-
ity in said town.

Ibid.

205. They shall appoint and qualify a clerk, being one of their
own number, or otherwise, who shall keep accurate minutes of
their proceedings in a well bound book; and all ordinances passed
by the burgess and commissioners and intended to take effect and
operate as local laws in and for the town, shall be signed by the bur-
gess and attested by the clerk; and the said book shall at any time be
subject to inspection by any person interested therein; and copies
of all ordinances as aforesaid, signed by the bnrgess and attested
by the clerk, shall be posted up in not less than two public places
in the said town before said ordinances shall go into effect and be
in force.

Ibid.

206. All property, real and personal, within the corporate
limits of the town, except such as may be occupied for churches
and schools, shall be subject to such taxes and charges as may be
deemed necessary by the burgess and commissioners to support,
maintain and defray the costs, charges and expenses which may at
any time be incurred in the improvement of the town, or for other
corporate purposes, not exceeding twenty cents on the hundred
dollars of the assessed value of all houses and lands; and no land
within the corporate limits of Uniontown, not fronting on any
street, shall be taxed on more than one acre thereof, and the value
of improvements on such land; provided, that the general assess-
ment for the State and county purposes shall be taken as the