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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
which all persons qualified as it specified in the
second section of this act shall be entitled to vote.

Clerk to be
appointed and
his duties.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
missioners, or a majority of them, shall have
power to appoint a plerk and assign his duties,
and allow him. such compensation for his services
as they may think proper, and that all ordinances
passed by the said Commissioners, or a majority of
them, shall by their clerk be entered in a book, to
be kept by him for that purpose, and shall be
opened at all times for the inspection of any person
interested, and copies of all ordinances shall be put
up in the most public places of said town, that the
same may be generally made known.

Fines and
forfeitures.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That all fines and
forfeitures, under the ordinances of the said cor-
poration, shall be recoverable as small debts are
recoverable out of court, before any Justice of the
Peace.

Limits.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the limits of
said town shall be defined and designated by the
Commissioners of said town, at their first meeting
under this act, and the property within said limits
shall be subject to such taxes and charges as may
be deemed necessary by the said Commissioners, or
a majority of them, to support and maintain the
expenses which may at any time be incurred in
the improvement of said town.

Power to
levy tax.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
missioners, or a majority of them, shall have full
power to make all such by-laws, regulations and
ordinances not inconsistent with the laws and Con-
stitution of this State, as, from time to time, they
may deem wise, equitable and expedient, for the
comfort, health, convenience and prosperity of said
town and its inhabitants, for the prevention or re-
moval of nuisances, preservation of health, and
suppression of vice and immorality within the
limits of the said town, and shall have power to
lay an equal tax on the property within the said
limits, to such an amount as may, from time to
time, be deemed necessary to accomplish the pur-
poses aforesaid, 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