WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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declared not guilty, the commissioners for Dorchester

county shall pay the costs; any party aggrieved by

such judgment shall have the right to appeal there-

from within thirty days from its rendition upon

Commission-
ers shall pay

giving bail for his appearance to the next term of

costs.

the Circuit Court for said county, in such penalty as

said justice may determine, and the judgment of said

court, in the event of the party charged being found

guilty, shall conform to that herein prescribed for

justice of the peace, and the State shall also have the

right of appeal within the same time, from any judg-

ment rendered by a justice as aforesaid, and the

party found guilty shall, in that case, likewise give

bail for his appearance to the Circuit Court, and it

Bail for ap-

is further provided, that the grand jury for said

pearance.

county may indict any person for a violation of said

charter, by-laws or ordinances as for other criminal

offences, and the indictment shall conclude "against

the charter, by-laws or ordinances of the town of

Cambridge," as the case may be.

70. Nothing herein contained shall interfere with

the functions of the existing commissioners for said

town until the election and qualification of their

Powers of

successors under this act, but they shall possess the

commissioners

same powers which they now have, and the existing

laws of said town shall continue in force and be

effective until the election and qualification of a new

board of commissioners as aforesaid.

71. For the purpose of purchasing a steam fire

engine, hose and apparatus, and constructing wells

in the streets of said town, of sufficient capacity to

afford an ample supply of water in case of fire, the

town commissioners of Cambridge be and they are

hereby authorized, in their discretion, to issue bonds

Issue bonds.

or certificates of indebtedness to an amount not to

exceed five thousand dollars, of the denomination

of fifty dollars or any multiple of that sum. of such

form as the said commissioners may prescribe, bear-

ing the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding six per

centum per annum, at which said commissioners

shall be enabled to sell or dispose of the said bonds,

the interest thereon to be payable semi-annually, on

the first days of January and July in each year.

Divided into

Said bonds shall be divided in three classes: A, B

classes.

and C, respectively; class A shall be redeemable

after fifteen years from the date of their issue; class