FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

procedure, fix their compensation by ordinance, which shall
not be increased or diminished during their term, and shall fix
the compensation and fees of all officers appointed by said
board. They shall keep a journal of their proceedings and
enter the yeas and nays, on any question, resolution or ordi-
nance, at the request of any member, and their deliberations
shall be public.

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SEC.12. And lie it enacted, That the said commissioners
may provide an almshouse and receive therein such indigent or
distressed persons as in their opinion the dictates of humanity
render proper and necessary. They shall prescribe, provide
for and direct all matters relating to the support, treatment
and employment of all paupers, vagrants and other persons in
the almshouse, or any other place which may be provided, not
inconsistent with the laws of this State. They shall procure
and erect and use all such material, machinery and implements
as they may think proper and necessary for any purposes con-
nected with their duties, or in the exercise of the powers
vested in them. They may compel any of the poor, vagrants
or vagabonds and offenders in said almshouse to work and
labor, and shall sell the products of their labor and apply the
proceeds thereof to their maintenance and support.

May provide
almshouse.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall
have the power to regulate, by ordinance, market houses,
inspection, measurement and weight of all provisions, meats,
fish, oysters, crabs, grain, wood and coal sold or to be consumed
in said town; to suppress all disorderly meetings; to prohibit
the use of profane, indecent, seditious or riotous language,
drunkenness, fighting and disorderly conduct in said town; to
regulate or prevent the firing of cannon, guns, pistols, squibs
or any kind of firearms in said town; to prevent the running
at large, in said town, of all animals; to prevent any immoder-
ate riding or driving through the streets of said town, with
carriage, stage, cart, wagon, sleigh or other vehicle, or on
horseback, so as to endanger the lives, limbs or property of the
citizens, or disturb the quiet enjoyment of the streets or
thoroughfares of said town; to prevent indecent exhibitions of
every kind; to preserve order and secure persons and property
from violence, danger or destruction, and to prevent all kinds
of hunting, trapping and fishing within said town, and may
impose tines, penalties and forfeitures for the violation of any
of the said ordinances; but no fine or penalty shall exceed the
sum of one hundred dollars, and all fines and penalties imposed

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