FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 208. Annually on the first Monday in July, they shall
appoint one or more bailiffs and prescribe his or their duties,
and award such compensation as they may judge right for
services required, and full power is hereby given said com-
missioners to discharge the bailiff for misbehavior or neglect
of duty.

Bailiff to be
appointed.

SEC. 209. The bailiff or bailiffs, before entering upon the
duties of his or their office, shall take and subscribe an oath
before any one of said commissioners, to faithfully and im-
partially discharge the duties of his office without favor, affec-

Oath of
bailiff.

tion or prejudice, and shall give bond in the penalty of five
hundred dollars, in the same manner as the several constables
of the county, and shall within the limits of said town have
all authority of a constable, and shall enforce all ordinances of

Bond.

the president and commissioners. The president and commis-
sioners may also, once a year, appoint a suitable person resid-
ing in said town to collect taxes by them levied or assessed,

Collector of
taxes.

who, before he proceeds to act, shall take an oath before a jus-
tice of the peace that he will faithfully and impartially execute
the office of collector of town taxes within the town of Prin-

Oath.

cess Anne; said collector shall also give bond to the president
and commissioners in such penalty and with such security as
they shall direct and approve, which bonds shall be in form, as
nearly as possible, the same as that given by collectors of
county and State taxes; but nothing herein contained shall
prevent the president and commissioners from appointing the
same person to be both bailiff, constable and collector.

Bond.

SEC. 210. The said bailiff and collector shall attend the
meetings of the commissioners whenever they shall be re-
quired, and shall perform such services as may from time to
time be directed by them.

Duties of
bailiff and
collector.

SEC. 210 A. The president and commissioners shall have
power to establish the grades of the streets, lanes and alleys
of the town, and to remove all obstructions therefrom.

Power over
streets.

SEC. 210 B. They shall have power to open new streets, lanes
and alleys in said town, and to straighten and increase the
width of and to remove all obstructions from those already
used; and if they cannot agree with the owner of the land or
other property necessary for these purposes, or if such be
incompetent to contract or shall reside out of Somerset county,
the value thereof shall be ascertained by a jury of twelve dis-
interested men of the county, having no assessable property

Opening
streets.