HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1591

The said Mayor and Commissioners shall define the duties of
the Clerk and allow him such compensation for his services
as they think proper and all ordinances passed by them shall
be entered by the Clerk in a book kept for that purpose and
copies of all ordinances passed by said Mayor and Commis-
sioners shall be posted in three (3) public places in said town
within thirty days (30) after their passage. The said Mayor
and Commissioners shall receive a salary of not exceeding
twelve dollars ($12. 00) per year, each.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and
Commissioners or a majority of them shall have full power
and authority annually at their first meeting on the 4th Mon-
day in September to appoint a treasurer and attorney, bailiff
and any other officers that they may deem necessary for the
good government of said town and allow them such compensa-
tion for their services as they may deem necessary. The said
treasurer, in addition to the oath prescribed, shall give bond
to the Mayor and Commissioners of Cresaptown in the sum of
two thousand ($2, 000) dollars for the faithful performance of
his duties. He also must own property of the assessed value
of one thousand dollars ($1, 000) within the town limits.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Commissioners of Cresaptown shall have power to pass all
ordinances necessary for the good government of said town;
to prevent, remove, and abate nuisances or obstructions in or
upon the streets, highways, lanes or alleys, drains or water
courses, or in or upon any lot or lots adjacent thereto, and to
provide for imposing a fine or fines upon any person or persons
causing or creating any such nuisance or obstruction; to re-
move or cause to be removed houses or other structures that
may be dangerous to persons passing along or over any of the
said highways of the said town; to make reasonable regula-
tions in regard to buildings to be erected in said town and to
grant building permits for the same; to open and extend
streets, to open alleys, to cause the water courses and drains
or sewers of said town to be kept in repair and cleaned; to
grant licenses for marketable commodities; to license pool and
and billiard parlors, bowling alleys, shooting galleries and to
regulate the hours thereof; to regulate and provide for the con-
trol of public grounds and the property of the town; to estab-
lish and regulate a station house or lockup for the temporary
confinement of the violators of the laws and ordinances of the
town, to suppress vagrancy and to prohibit the keeping of
bawdy houses or houses of ill-fame within the said corporate
limits, and to provide for the punishment of all persons who
shall knowingly keep or suffer to be kept in their property
any such houses; to regulate and provide for the issuing of