ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 7. Be it enacted, That the commissioners shall annually,

on or before the first Monday in April, appoint three judges of

election, who shall conduct the election according to the election

laws of the State of Maryland, except that the polls shall he

Judges of

opened at four o'clock, p. m., and close at six o'clock, p. m.; the

election.

first election held under the provisions of this act, shall be held

on the first Monday of May, in the year eighteen hundred and

ninety, and J. W. Smith, P. B. Sonder and John T. Baker are

hereby appointed judges for that purpose.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the commissioners may appoint

annually a bailiff for said town who shall perform such duties as

Bailiff.

may be required of him by said commissioners and preserve peace

and good order in said town, and for that .purpose he shall have

all the powers of a constable.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the commissioners and all

other officers of the corporation shall, before they enter upon the

duties of their office, make oath that they will diligently and

Oath.

faithfully to the best of their skill and judgment perform the

duties of their office, and shall file a certificate thereof, signed by

the officer before whom said oath was made, among the records of

the corporation.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the commissioners shall re-

ceive all returns of election and determine all questions arising

Returns.

thereon.

SEC 11. And be it enacted, That the commissioners may pass

such ordinances not inconsistent with law as they may deem bene-

ficial to the town; may open and close streets, lanes and alleys, grade

and pave the same, remove nuisances and obstructions therefrom,

Powers.

restrain all disorders and disturbances, prevent all congregations

of disorderly persons in public places, and impose fines, penalties

and forfeitures for the violation of their ordinances, and may com-

mit all offenders to the county jail until the same be paid with

costs.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That any fines, penalties and for-
feitures imposed by this charter or by any ordinance of the com-

Fines, &c.

missioners may be collected by proceedings in the name of the

commissioners before a justice of the peace, and the justice of the

peace shall have power to commit the offender to the county jail

on failure to pay such fines and forfeitures, until the same shall

be paid with costs.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the commissioners shall not

expend nor contract to expend in any one year more money than

Expendi-
tures.

the amount receivable from taxes and other sources for that year,

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the commissioners for the

county, justices of the peace, sheriffs, constables and all State and

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