THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

1845.

roughfares of the said town, by others on foot or other-
wise, to impose fines not exceeding ten dollars for any
one violation of said ordinances, and to detain said horse,
or horse carriage, stage, cart, wagon or other vehicle,
until the said fines are paid or secured to be paid.

CHAP. 81.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said pre-
sident and commissioners shall have power and authori-
ty in their said ordinances, to provide for the immediate
arrest of said person or persons so offending, without
warrant, when in the judgment of the president, or any
two of said commissioners, the delay necessary to the
issuing of a warrant would be dangerous to the peace
and quiet of the town, or the lives, limbs and property of
the citizens thereof, and when it shall appear that the
offender or offenders is, or are intoxicated so as to ren-
der it unsafe to permit him or them to drive through the
streets of said town, to provide for the removal of the
said horse and vehicle without the limits of said town, or
for the deposit thereof in some place of safety, until the
said offender or offenders have recovered his or their so-
briety.

Authority to
arrest without
warrant.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said pre-
sident and commissioners, shall also have power and au-
thority to pass ordinances, prohibiting the parading and
indecent exhibition of any stud horse through the
streets of said to\vn, and to impose a tax not exceeding
twenty dollars on all menageries, theatrical exhibitions,
or other public shows within said town.

Exhibition of
stud horses, &c
through the
streets prohib-
ited.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if at any elec-
tion for commissioners of said town hereafter held ac-
cording to the provisions of the act to which this is a
supplement, it shall appear by the certificate of the judge
of said election, that any two or more persons voted for
as commissioners have received the same number of
votes, so that there is no choice for an entire board, but
a vacancy in one or more seats at said board, it shall be

Election.

the duty of those who are returned as duly elected; pro-
vided, there shall be as many as five so duly elected, to
assemble immediately, and having qualified as commis-
sioners of the said town, to proclaim a new election to
supply the vacancy or vacancies occasioned by the said

Proviso.

failure to elect, giving at least five days notice, and if it
shall not appear that five of the persons voted for have
been duly elected according to the provisions of the ori-
ginal act, to which this is a supplement, or if the persons
duly chosen commissioners shall fail to assemble and
proclaim a new election for the space of five days, then

Give five days
notice.