JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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SEC. 88. Be it enacted, That the burgess and com-

missioners shall meet at some convenient place in

Meetings.

said town at least, once in every three months, or of

teuer if necessary, and the burgess shall preside at

all meetings of the commissioners, and have the same

power of voting and taking part in all deliberations

of the commissioners as any member of said board.

SEC. 89. Be it enacted, That the burgess and com-

missioners, or a majority of them, shall have power

Powers.

to make all such by-laws, rules, regulations and ordi-

nances — the same not being 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 propriety of

the said town and its inhabitants, and for the re-

moval and prevention of all nuisances, the preserva-

tion of health, and the suppression of vice and iin-

morality in the said town.

SEC. 90. Be it enacted, That the burgess and com-

missioners shall appoint and qualify a clerk, being

Appoint and

one of their own number, or otherwise, who shall

qualify clerk

keep accurate minutes of their proceedings, in a well

bound book, and all ordinances passed by the bur-

gess and commissioners and intended to take effect

and operate as Local Laws in and for said town shall

be signed by the burgess and attested by the clerk,

and the said book shall at any time be subject to in-

spection by any person interested therein, and copies

of all ordinances as aforesaid, signed by the burgess

and attested by the clerk, shall be posted up in not

less, than two public places in the said town, before

said ordinances shall go into effect and be in force.

SEC. 91. Be it enacted, That all property, real and

personal, within the corporate limits of said town,

Subject to

except such as may be occupied for churches and

taxes.

schools, shall be subject to such taxes aud charges

as" may be deemed necessary by the burgess aud

commissioners to support, maintain and defray the

costs, charges and expenses which may at any time

be incurred iu the improvement of the said town, or

for other corporate purposes not exceeding twenty

cents on the hundred dollars of the assessed value

of all houses and lands; and no land within the cor-

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