1276 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

or by advertisement in some newspaper published in Caroline
County. And whenever real estate is sold as aforesaid the
Treasurer or other person making such sale shall report the
same to the Circuit Court for Caroline County, which shall
take and exercise jurisdiction over said sale and cause such pro-
ceedings to be taken and had looking to the ratification thereof
as is or may be hereafter provided by law for the ratification of
tax sales in this State; provided, however, that no sale of real
estate as aforesaid shall be ratified to the purchaser thereof, his
heirs or assigns, if the person against whom the said tax was
assessed, his heirs or assigns, shall within six months after said
sale pay into Court to be paid to the parties entitled thereto
all taxes due at the time of said sale, together with a commis-
sion of ten per cent, to the party making said sale and all
costs, including an attorney's fee to the Counsel to the Com-
missioners of Hillsborough, and interest to the purchaser on
the amount of the purchase price at the rate of ten per centum
per annum.

SEC. 182. And be it further enacted, That each of the Com-
missioners shall receive for services rendered in attending each
meeting the sum of one dollar; provided, however, that no such
Commissioner shall receive in any one year more than the sum
of twenty-five dollars for said services.

SEC. 182-A. And be it further enacted, That the Commis-
sioners shall have power to purchase and hold real, personal and
mixed property for the use and benefit of said Corporation, or
the recreation, entertainment and amusement of its citizens, and
may convey and dispose of the same or any part thereof, and
to receive property by gift, devise or deed, in trust for any
municipal object. They shall have power to pass ordinances
and by-laws to prevent and remove nuisances and obstructions
from the streets, lanes and alleys, and from lots adjoining
streets, lanes and alleys and from any other place within the
limits of said town, and regulate and prohibit the excavation
and opening of streets and alleys and any work or anything
being done therein or thereon; and to maintain a jail or lock-up
for the temporary detention, when necessary, of persons who
would be by law to detention in the County Jail; to re-
strain drunkenness, all disorderly annoyances or disorderly con-
duct ; suppress street walkers, bawdy houses and prevent gamb-
ling; prevent the firing of cannons, guns, pistols, fire-crackers,
fireworks or other explosives within the corporate limits; sup-
press fires, and prevent the danger thereof; establish or aid and