896 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

things required or allowed to be done by the Commissioners of
Still Pond under the provisions of this Act, and they are hereby
invested with all the powers, and are to perform all the duties
authorized or required to be done by the Commissioners of said
town under this Act, and shall continue in office until the first
.election under this Act, and until their successors are elected
and qualified.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the president of said Board
of Commissioners, by virtue of his office as president, shall have
all the jurisdiction and powers of a justice of the peace except
as to the recovery of debt, and may call upon any officer of
said town entrusted with the receipts and expenditures of
public money for a statement of his accounts as often as he
may think necessary. He shall see that the ordinances of the
board are duly and faithfully executed, and shall report an-
nually to the Board of Commissioners, at their first annual
meeting, the general state of the affairs of the town, with an
accurate account of all moneys received and expended during
the preceding year, to be made public for the information of the
citizens.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of said
town shall meet regularly the first Monday in each month.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That said Commissioners 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.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners
shall have the power 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 the firing of cannon, guns, pistols, squibs or
any kind of fire arms and fireworks 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, sleigh, bicycle or other vehi-
cle, or on horse back, 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 exhibition of every kind; to preserve order
and secure persons and property from violence, danger or
destruction within said town, and prescribe fines, penalties and
forfeitures for the violations of any of the said ordinances,
but no fine or penalty shall exceed the sum of twenty-five dol-
lars ($25.00) and all fines and penalties imposed by said ordi-