THOMAS H. HICKS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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being shall continue and remain in office with like
power and authority, until such election shall be
held as aforesaid.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the limits of
the said Village of Port Tobacco shall be estab-
lished, marked and bounded by the Commissioners
first elected, as soon after their election as may be
practicable, and recorded among their proceed-
ings.

Limits.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
missioners or a majority of them shall have pow-
er to appoint a clerk and assign his duties, and al-
low him such compensation as they may think
proper; and that all ordinances passed by the
said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall
by their clerk be entered in a book by him to be
kept for that purpose; and shall be open at all
times for the inspection of any person interested ;
and copies of all ordinances shall be put up in the
most public places in said Village, that the same
may be generally known.

Clerk to be ap-
pointed.

SEC 11. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
missioners shall have full power and authority to
levy and collect taxes in said Village, not exceed-
ing in any one year twenty cents in the hundred
dollars on the assessable property of said Village;
and for the purpose of making said levy, they
shall once in every two years, or oftener if they
think proper, appoint an assessor who shall under
oath, value, appraise and assess the property in
said Village.

Commission-
ers authorised
to levy.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That if any of the
owners of property assessed within said Village
shall conceive themselves aggrieved by the assess-
ment so as aforesaid made by said assessors they
may appeal to the said President and Commission-
ers, who shall have power and authority to make
such deduction on the valuation of their property
as they shall deem just.

May appeal.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
missioners be and they are hereby empowered to
pass all by-laws and ordinances necessary to give
effect and operation to all the powers vested in
this corporation; to impose fines, penalties and
forfeitures for any breach of their by-laws and or-
dinances; Provided, that no ordinance of the
said Commissioners shall impose a fine or forfei-

May pass or-
dinanceas and
by-laws.

Proviso.