JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 693

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, con-
venience and prosperity of said town and its inhabi-
tants; for the prevention and removal of nuisances,
preservation of health, and suppression of vice and immorality within the limits of said town : and shall
have power to lay an equal tax on the assessable
property within said limits, to such an amount as	To lay an equal tax
may, from time to time, be deemed necessary to ac-
complish the purposes aforesaid, which tax shall be collected and paid to the president and commissioners
by the collector by them appointed, who shall have
the same power to distrain therefor as the collector
of public county assessments has to distrain 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 commissioners
may, as often as deemed advisable, cause an assess-
ment to be made of all real and personal property	Canse an as- sessment to be
within the corporate limits, by a person to be ap-	made
pointed and paid by them, which assessment shall
not exceed the assessment of the same property for
county purposes ; and the commissioners may levy a
tax thereon not exceeding, in any one year, twenty
cents in the hundred dollars worth of assessable
property.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
sioners, or a majority of them, shall have full power
and authority annually, to appoint a bailiff, whose	Appoint balliff.
duty it shall be to preserve the peace and good order
of said town, and for this purpose, he is hereby
vested with the same power and authority as any
constable may have under the laws of this State.
SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall
have the same fees for making arrests or serving	Foes
process for violation of any ordinance of the corpo-
ration, as are allowed constables for similar services.
SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
and all other officers of the corporation, shall, before	Take an oath.
they enter upon the duties of their office, take an
oath before a justice of the peace, that they will dil-