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deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes afore-
said; which tax shall be collected and paid to the
President and Commissioners, by the Collector: by
them appointed, who shall have the same power to
distrain therefor as the Collector of public county

Proviso.

assessment has to distrain for the same; provided,
said tax shall not exceed twenty- five cents oh ine
one hundred dollars of the the taxable property of
said town for any one year, and the said President
and Commissioners shall fix the term of office,
amount of bond and compensation of such Col-
lector.

Baliff to be
appointed.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
missioners, or a majority of them, shall have full
power and authority, annually to appoint a Bailiff,
whose duty it shall be to preserve the peace and
good order .of said town, and to perform such other
duties as may be assigned him by said Com-
missioners, or a majority of them, and for this pur-
pose he is hereby vested with the same power and
authority as any Constable may now have under
the laws of this State.

Power to
straighten and
widen streets,

Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That said Commis-
sioners, or a majority of them, shall have full
power and authority to straighten and widen old
streets, and to lay out and grade new ones, when
in their discretion the same may be necessary, and
they shall have full power to provide for the pay-
ment of damages and expenses incurred by widen-
ing or opening the streets aforesaid; by levying
and assessing the same generally upon the whole
of 'the assessable property of said town, or upon
the property of persons benefitted thereby.

Banking
prohibited.

Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That nothing herein
contained shall be so construed, as to authorize the
corporation hereby created to issue any device, to-
ken, note, certificate or evidence of debt to be used
as currency, and the General Assembly reserves
the right to amend or repeal this charter when the
same shall be deemed advisable.

Repealed.

Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That all act or parts
of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act
be and the same are hereby repealed.

In force.

Sec. 15. And be it enacted. That this act shall
take effect from the day of its passage,