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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Collect taxes.

to the treasurer of the board of commissioners, and the said bailiff or bailiffs are hereby empowered with the same power in the collection of said town taxes, as tax-collectors for State and county taxes, except the tax on dogs, in which case the bailiff or bailiffs are hereby empowered in case of a refusal, by any one residing in said town of Church Hill, the owner of a dog or bitch, to pay the tax assessed upon such dog or bitch, to kill such dog or bitch.

Duty of bailiffs.

SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That the bailiff or bailiffs shall preserve order, keep the peace, serve process, abate and remove nuisances, and execute all orders of the board of commissioners, and he or they shall have power to command the peace, arrest offenders, collect all moneys due the corporation, and do all such acts and perform such duties as are generally performed by constables within the limits of said town, and in matters pertaining to its government.

Offenders.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That all offenders under any of the ordinances, rules, regulations or by-laws, which shall have been duly passed by the commissioners of Church Hill or a majority of them, shall upon conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace, be subject to commitment to the county jail in default of payment of the fines and costs, not exceeding ten days.

Especially empowered.

SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That the commissioners shall be hereby especially empowered to make or pass rules, ordinances, regulations, and by-laws prohibiting the use of profane language, drunkenness and fighting within the corporate limits of said town of Church Hill, also to prevent all kinds of stock from running at large within the corporate limits of said town of Church Hill.

In the name.

SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That all suits at law for the violation of any of the rules, ordinances, regulations and by-laws be made in the name of the commissioners of Church Hill against offending parties; and all fines recovered in such suits at law, for the breach of any rule, ordinance, regulation or by-law of the corporation of Church Hill, before any justice