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SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That said commissioners may
compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and
under such penalties as they may by ordinance provide ; they
shall judge of the election returns, and settle their rules of
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 ordinance
at the request of any member, and their deliberations shall be
public.
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Compel the
attendance
of absent
members.
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SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners
shall have the power to regulate by ordinance, market house,
inspection, measurement and weight of all provisions, meats,
fish, oysters, crabs, grain, wood and coal, sold or to be con-
sumed in said town; to suppress all disorderly meetings; to
prohibit the use of profane, indecent, seditious or riotous lan-
guage, 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
immoderate riding or driving through the streets of said town,
with carriage, stage, cart, wagon, sleigfr, bicycle or other
vehicle, or on horseback, so as to endanger the lives, limbs or
property of the citizens or corporation, 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, by suitable ordinances, all kinds of
hunting, trapping and fishing within said towu, and prescribe
fines, 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 by said
ordinances shall be collected as other fines, penalties and for-
feitures are collected under the laws of the State ; and all fines,
when collected, shall be promptly paid to the treasurer of the
corporation for the use of the same ; and in case of default in
the payment of such fines, penalties and forfeitures, and the
costs attending their imposition and collection of the same, the
offender may be imprisoned in the town or county jail for a
term not exceeding thirty days, in the same manner as commit-
ments are made for fines imposed by the Circuit Court for the
judicial district in which said town is situated, on conviction
for misdemeanor; but said Commissioners shall have the power
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Power to reg-
ulate cer-
tain laws.
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