| 1815.
CHAP. 136. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
and credits, and until such assessments or tax shall be paid, the
same shall remain a lien upon the property, subject to interest at
the rate of six per centum per annum. |
| Bailiff—his duties. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the bailiff of
the said town shall
be appointed annually in the month of July, and before he shall
proceed to execute his office he shall take an oath, or affirmation,
before the said commissioners, that he will faithfully and impartially
perform the duties required of him as bailiff of the said town
by this act, according to the best of his skill and judgment, and
with favour, affection or prejudice; and the duties of the said
bailiff shall be to attend the meetings of the said commissioners,
whenever he shall be required to perform such services, for more
effectually accomplishing the objects of this act, as shall be directed
by the said commissioners; to prevent the tumultuous and irregular
meeting of slaves, negroes, and other dissolute and disorderly
persons, within the limits of said town, or is so assembled to
disperse them by all reasonable and lawful means, and to punish
with moderate correction, under such rules and regulations as shall
be prescribed by the said commissioners, all such negro, and other
slaves, as shall be found wandering or strolling about the streets in
the night-time, or frequenting the houses of other persons in the
said town without the permission or consent of their masters, mistresses
or overseers. |
May pave streets
or alleys. |
9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall have
power, when requested in writing by the owners of two thirds of
the property on any street or alley, or parts thereof, in said town,
to cause the same to be graded, paved, or otherwise improved, as
the case may be, if in their discretion they shall think fit so to do,
and to levy the expense thereof on the property binding on said
street or alley, agreeable to the extent of said lots on the said street
or alley, and to collect the expense of grading, paving, or otherwise
improving the same, in the same manner, and on the same
conditions, as shall hereafter be prescribed by this act for collection
of the tax in said town. |
| Assessments. |
10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That whenever it shall
be judged necessary
by the said commissioners to assess and levy any sum or
sums of money on the inhabitants and owners of property in the
said town, for any of the purposes, and subject to the provisions
herein before mentioned, the said commissioners shall make out a
fair and alphabetical list of every person chargeable with such assessment,
keeping the property assessed on the eastern side of
Will's Creek in said town separate and distinct from the property
on the western side of said creek, and shall annex the respective
sums to be collected from each person, and the said commissioners
shall thereupon endorse a warrant in the nature of a fieri facias,
and directed to the bailiff of the said town, commanding him to
make and levy the several sums of money annexed to the said list,
with all convenient speed, and to enforce the collection thereof if
necessary, by the seizure and sale of the goods and chattels of any
person who shall refuse or delay to make payment of such assessment;
and the said bailiff, within the space of ten days after receiving
any such list of assessment, shall furnish every person so
chargeable with the amount of his or her assessment, and the same
shall be payable to the said bailiff by every such person within the |
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