810 CECIL COUNTY. [ART. 8.

conferred upon said president and commissioners as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as if the whole five were in office, duly
qualified.

1876, ch. 140.

87. All such elections shall be held and conducted as shall
from time to time be directed by the by-laws of the corporation
not inconsistent with the provisions of this sub-title of this article.
If the inhabitants, of the town shall at any time neglect to make
an election at the time herein mentioned, the power of electing
commissioners shall not cease, but the right and power of said-
inhabitants in that respect shall continue, and the president and
commissioners for the time being shall continue in office until
such election shall be held.

Ibid.

88. The plat of the town on file and of record in the office of
the clerk of the circuit court for Cecil county shall be deemed
and taken as evidence of its limits and boundaries.

Ibid.

89. The president and commissioners may appoint a secretary,
who shall also be the treasurer of the corporation; he shall give
bond in such sum and manner as shall be required of him by the
president and commissioners, who shall prescribe his duties and
allow him such compensation for his services as they may think
proper.

Ibid.

90. All ordinances passed by the president and commissioners
shall be entered by the secretary in a book to be kept by him for
that purpose; and said ordinances, or printed copies thereof,
shall be kept for the inspection of any person interested.

Ibid.

91. The president and commissioners shall have power to pass
ordinances regulating the market, measurement and weight of all
provisions sold in and to be consumed in the town; to suppress
all disorderly meetings; to prevent the firing of guns, squibs or
any kind of fire-arms or fireworks in the town; to suppress and
abate all nuisances; to punish parties for exposing for sale or