JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 455

each year, choose some one of the said commissioners	Choose presi-
president of the board, whose duty it shall be to	dent.
preside at the meetings of the said commissioners
and preserve order and give such directions as may
be deemed necessary by the said commissioners to
carry into effect the provisions of this act.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
sioners shall have power to designate some justice	Designate
of the peace of said county, residing or having his	justice.
offce in said town, to try offenders for violating the
ordinances passed by them, assess fines and impose
penalties thereunder, in accordance with the provi-
sions of this act and the ordinances legally enacted
by said commissioners ; and on failure to pay the
fines and costs imposed on such offenders by said
justice, in the name of said commissioners, the said justice may commit the said parties to the town	Justice may commit.
watch-house, which the said commissioners are hereby
authorized to establish for that purpose, or to the
county jail, as said justice may determine, until the
fines and costs are paid.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the said com-
missioners, or a majority of them, shall have full
power to make all such by-laws, regulations and	Make by-laws
ordinances not inconsistent with the laws and con-	and regula-
stitution of this State, as from time to time they	tions
may deem wise, equitable and expedient for the
comfort, health, convenience and prosperity of the
said town and its inhabitants, for the prevention and
removal of nuisances, preservation of the public
peace, and the suppression of vice and immorality within the limits of said town, and shall have power
to lay an equal tax on the property within the
limits of said town, to such an amount each year,
not exceeding the sum of twenty-five cents on each
hundred dollars worth of property, as may be deemed
necessary to accomplish the purposes aforesaid and
defray the necessary expenses of said corporation ; which taxes so levied and assessed shall be collected	Taxes— how collected
promptly by the bailiff of said town, appointed by
said commissioners, and by said bailiff paid over, as
collected, or within ten days thereafter, to the treas-
urer of said town, also appointed by said commis-
sioners; and the said bailiff shall have the same