JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

weekly insertions therein. Said assessments shall thereupon
be open for inspection to all the citizens of the said town, and
if any owner of said property so assessed shall feel aggrieved
by said assessment he may appeal to the Mayor of said town
within fifteen days after the publication of notice herein
required, and said Mayor and Councilmen are hereby consti-
tuted a final board of appeal and equalization of such assess-
ment, and as such are empowered to make such deductions
from, and additions to, the assessment made by the Board of
Assessors as may be reasonable and just and for the purpose
of equalization, and they may also remit taxes where the same
have been illegally imposed. Upon the perfection and final

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completion of the assessment rolls the Mayor and Council
shall levy a tax upon all property embraced therein, not
exceeding forty cents per annum per hundred dollars of the
valuation thereof, and shall deliver to the treasurer their
warrant for the collection thereof, and such tax shall there-
upon be collected as herein provided.

Shall levy tax.

14. There shall be appointed annually, in the same manner,
and possessing the same qualifications as the Mayor, one or
more persons as bailiffs of said town, whose duty it shall be
to preserve the peace and good order of the town, and for
this purpose the said bailiff or bailiffs are hereby vested with
the same power and authority now possessed by constables
under the laws of this State; said bailiff or bailiffs shall take
the required oath, and enter upon his duties on the second
Monday of May in each year.

Bailiffs.
Duties of

15. The bailiff or bailiffs shall have the same fees for mak-
ing arrests and serving process for any violation of any ordi-
nance of the Commissioners of Hyattsville or Mayor and
Common Council, as are allowed constables for similar ser-
vices, and such other compensation as the Mayor and Common
Council may think proper.

Compensation

16. The Mayor and Councilmen, and all other officers of
the corporation, before entering upon the duties of their
office, shall take an oath before a Justice of the Peace, within
the limits of said corporation, that they will diligently and
faithfully, to the best of their judgment and ability, discharge
the duties of their office, without favor, partiality or preju-
dice, and shall file the certificate of the officer before whom
the same was taken, among the records of the corporation.

Mayor and
other officers
shall make
oath.

17. The clerk and bailiff or bailiffs shall give bond, payable
to the Mayor and Common Council, in such penalty and
with such security, as the Mayor and Common Council may

Clerk and
bailiffs shall
give bond.