THOMAS H. HICKS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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vention or removal of nuisances, preservation of
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 property within
the said limits to such an amount as may from
time to time he deemed necessary to accomplish
the purposes aforesaid, which tax shall he col-
lected and paid to the president and commission-
ers, by the collector by them appointed, who shall
have the same power to distrain therefor as the
collector of public county assessment has to dis-
train for the same; and the said president and
commissioners shall fix the term of office, amount
of bond, and compensation of such collector.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the said com-
missioners, or a majority of them, shall have full
power and authority annually to appoint a bailiff,
whose duty it shall be to preserve the peace and
good order of said town, and for this purpose lie
is hereby vested with the same power and au-
thority as any constable may now have under the
laws of this State.

Bailiff to be
appointed.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as to authorise the
corporation hereby created to issue any device,
token, note, certificate or evidence of debt, to be
used as currency, and the Legislature reserves the
right to amend or repeal this charter when the
same shall he deemed advisable.

Banking pri-
vileges prohib-
ited.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That all acts or
parts of acts, inconsistent with the provisions of
this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Repealed.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

In force.