T. WATKINS LIGON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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otherwise disqualified, an election to fill the vacancy
shall be held, at which all the persons qualified as is
specified in the second section of this act shall be enti-
tled to a vote.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
sioners or a majority of them shall have power to ap-

point a clerk 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 commission-
ers 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.

Power to ap-
point clerk.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That all fines and for-
feitures under the ordinances of the said corporation,
shall be recoverable before the president aforesaid, as
small debts are recoverable out of court or before any
justice of the peace.

Fines and for-
feitures.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the first commissioners elected under the provi-
sions of this act at as early a day as practicable, having
first given five days notice by advertisements in said
town of their intention to do so, to determine upon the
limits of the said town, and cause the same to be laid
out by a competent surveyor and a plat of the same to
be recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court
for Somerset county, within twenty days after comple-
ting said survey, and the property, real and personal,
within said limits, shall be subject to such taxes and
charges as may be deemed necessary by the said com-
missioners or by a majority of them, shall have full power
to make all such by-laws, regulations and ordinances not
inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State,
as from time to time they may deem wise, equitable and
expedient for the comfort, health, convenience and pros-
perity of the said town and its inhabitants, for the preven-
tion or removal of nuisances, preservation of the 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 real and personal property within the said limits,
to such amount as may from time to time be deemed
necessary to accomplish the purpose aforesaid, which
tax shall be collected and paid to the president and com-
missioners by the collector by them appointed, who
shall have the same power to detain therefor and collect

Limits.