ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the commis-
sioners shall receive all returns of election, and
determine all questions arising thereon.
SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the commis-

Receive elec-
tion returns.

sioners may pass such ordinances, not incon-
sistent with law, as they may deem beneficial
to the town ; may open and close streets, lanes
and alleys ; grade and pave the same ; remove
nuisance and obstructions therefrom ; restrain
all disorders and disturbances ; prevent all con-
gregations of disorderly persons in public places,
and may impose fines, penalties and forfeitures
for the violation of their ordinances, and may
commit all offenders to the county jail until the
same be paid, with costs.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the commis-

May pass ordi-
nances.

sioners may, as often as they deem advisable,
cause an assessment to be made of all the real
and personal property within said town, or the
corporate limits thereof, by a person to be ap-
pointed and paid by them, which assessment
shall not exceed the assessment of the same for
county purposes, and the commissioners may
levy a tax thereon not exceeding ten cents in
the hundred dollars worth of property.
SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That whenever the

Assessment to
be made.

commissioners shall levy a tax, they shall cause
to be made out an alphabetical list of the per-
sons charged therein, and shall cause to be
affixed thereto the respective sums to be col-
lected from such persons, and a warrant to the
bailiff to collect the same. And the said bailiff
shall have the same power of distraint as a col-
lector of county taxes.
SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the bailiff

Levy tax-
how made.

shall make all collections required of him, and
pay the same to the clerk within six months
from the time the tax bill is placed in his hands.
SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That any fines,
penalties and forfeitures imposed by this char-

Make collec-
tions.

ter, or by any ordinance of the commissioners,
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 fine and forfeitures until the
same shall be paid, with costs.

Fines— how
collected.