ALBERT C. RITCHIE,, GOVERNOR. 89

controlling the use of firearms, fire crackers and other explo-
sives; for the protection of public property, sidewalks, shade
or ornamental trees from injury or obstructions; providing for
the paving of sidewalks and assessing the expenses thereof in
whole or in part upon the respective owner's of the property
fronting thereon; for the license or tax on public exhibition
or amusements of all kinds, billiard, pool or bagatelle tables
and tenpin alleys and for the collection of the same; for a tax
on persons for each dog kept by them and to cause any dog to
be killed; for the promotion of morality, health, convenience
and safety of the inhabitants of said town; and for the open-
ing, extending, widening, repairing, improvement and the
closing up of streets, lanes and alleys of said town; and all
damages done and all benefits received by the opening, closing,
extending, widening or improving of said streets, lanes or alleys
shall be determined and assessed by three disinterested persons,
residents of said town, to be appointed by said commissioners,
who shall, within a reasonable time after notification of their
appointment, take an oath before a justice of the peace for
Caroline County that they will faithfully, fairly and without
partiality or prejudice value and assess in money the loss and
damages to be suffered and incurred as well as benefits to be
received by any person or persons interested in the property
over, through or which the said street, lane or alley is to be
opened, closed, extended, widened or improved; and they shall
return the same in writing under their hand and seals with a
certificate of their qualification before a justice of the peace,,
as hereinbefore provided, to the said commissioners, which said
valuation and assessment shall be ratified or rejected by the
said commissioners as in their judgment shall seem proper; and
if any person shall feel aggrieved by the determination of the
said commissioners in ratifying or rejecting said award or
return, or in the amount of compensation awarded, benefits
assessed or in any matter relating to the same, he may appeal
within sixty days of said ratification to the Circuit Court for
Caroline County, and either party may be entitled to a trial by
jury and the judgment of the said court shall be final among
the parties to such appeal; provided, that the person taking
such appeal shall within ten days apply to said commissioners
for the same in writing, and within twenty days thereof shall
cause to be delivered to the clerk of the Circuit Court afore-
said a copy of the said award filed with the said commissioners,
together with a copy of the order of said commissioners, ratify-