JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

improvement of the streets of said town; the said Mayor and
Council may reject any and all bids or award the contract to
the lowest bidder therefor, at their discretion, requiring any
accepted bidder to give bond in such penalty as said Mayor
and Council may determine conditioned for the faithful per-
formance entered into.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1900.

CHAPTER 479.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
seventy-three and seventy-four of Article 19, of the Code of
Public Local Laws, title "St. Mary's County," sub-title
"Leonardtown."

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections seventy-three and seventy- four of Article
19, of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "St. Mary's
County," sub-title "Leonardtown," be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to
read as follows:

Leonardtown.

73. The Commissioners of the village of Leonardtown may
annually appoint an active and discreet person to be bailiff
within the limits of said village, and the said bailiff before
proceeding to the execution of his said office shall take au
oath, to be administered by a justice of the peace for said
county, that he will faithfully and impartially perform the
duties required of him as bailiff within the limits of said
village, according to the best of his skill and judgment; and
he shall give bond to the said corporation with security, to
be approved by said Commissioners, in such penalty as they

Appointment
of bailiff.
Duties of.

shall fix, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties
as bailiff, and the said Commissioners may annually appoint
an active and discreet person to be collector of taxes within
the corporate limits of said village, and the said collector
before proceeding to the execution of his said office shall take
an oath, to be administered by some justice of the peace for
said county, that he will faithfully and impartially perform
the duties required of him as collector within the limits of
said village, according to the best of his skill and judgment;

Appointment
of collector
of taxes.
Duties of.

and the said collector shall give bond to the said corporation
with security, to be approved by the Commissioners, in the

Shall execute
bond.