Watchman to be appointed.
XVI. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners may, and are hereby authorized and empowered, from Time to Time, to appoint such Number of Watchmen, to be employed within the Limits of this Act, for so long Time in the Night, under such Regulations, and for such Wages, as they shall think proper, and to provide proper Boxes or Places for their Reception, and also proper Arms and Weapons for the Discharge of their Duty; and if any Watchman appointed as aforesaid shall refuse or neglect to perform his Duty, or shall in anywise misbehave himself in the Execution of his Office, he shall forfeit and pay, for every such Offence, any Sum not exceeding Ten Shillings.