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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

the said commissioners and filed and recorded among the
proceedings.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the said
commissioners shall meet annually on the fourth Monday in
June and on the fourth Monday in every third month
thereafter, and as much oftener as they may think proper;
not less than a majority shall constitute a board for the
transaction of any business except an adjournment; they
may appoint a clerk, who shall keep the minutes of their
proceedings in a well bound book to be provided by them
for that purpose, and shall pay the said clerk and
bailiff such compensation as they may deem reasonable,
and may remove either of said officers at pleasure.

SECTION 6. (Amended) AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That
they shall cause all nuisances and obstructions that may
interrupt the passage or injure the health of the
inhabitants of said town, to be removed from the streets,
lanes and alleys thereof, and may provide for the
mending, repairing and cleaning of the same, and shall
have power to prohibit and punish by ordinance the
placing of any filth, dirt or other matter therein, and
may also erect lamps in any of the streets, lanes and
alleys of the town, and cause the same to be lighted at
public expense, and may pass all laws and ordinances for
the preservation of the health of said town, and to
prevent the introduction of contagious diseases therein,
they may prohibit the running of vehicles unreasonably
fast in said town; prohibit firing of guns or pistols, or
use of fireworks; and the storage of gun—powder or any
other explosive matter within the limits of said town,
make all necessary regulations in reference to wells and
pumps therein, and provide for the licensing of dogs.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
commissioners may pass all laws and ordinances necessary
to give effect and operation to the powers vested in
them, and may impose such fines, penalties and
forfeitures for breach of their laws and ordinances as
they may think proper, not exceeding one hundred dollars,
for any one offence; and the said commissioners may pass
all laws and ordinances necessary for grading,
regulating, paving and repairing the footways in the
streets, lanes and alleys of said town, and impose a tax
on any lot fronting on any street, lane or alley, for the
purpose of grading, regulating, paving and repairing the
footways in front thereof, or compel by fine or
otherwise, the owner of any lot to pave or repair the
footways in front thereof agreeably to the ordinances to
be passed by them; and shall have power to open and