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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Bailiff to ren-

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall, within ten

der tax bills.

days after the receipt of such list and warrant, render to each

person named therein an account or tax bill showing the

amount due by him, if he be a resident of the town, and if he

be a non-resident and in consequence thereof cannot conveni-

ently be served with said account or tax bill, he shall publish

such account or tax bill in some newspaper of Montgomery

County at the expense of the taxpayer, and may, unless the

same be paid within thirty days after the delivery or publica-

tion of any account or tax bill, collect the same, with all cost,

by distress and sale of the real and personal property of the

delinquent at public auction, after giving at least ten days'

notice of such sale published in some Montgomery County

newspaper or by printed or written hand bills posted in not

less than three public places, and upon such sale of real estate

the president of the Commissioners shall execute and deliver

to the purchaser or purchasers a deed of the property so sold,

which deed shall be presumptive evidence that all the require-

ments of law have been complied with in making such sale and

deed.

Bailiff to make

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall make all

collections.

collections required of him, and pay the same to the clerk or

treasurer within six months from the time the tax bill is

placed in his hands.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall attend the

Duties of
bailiff.

meetings of the Commissioners and perform such duties

as they may require of him ; shall preserve the peace and good

order of the town, and for this purpose is invested with the

same power and authority as any constable has under the laws

of this State.

President to

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the president shall preside

have certain

at all meetings of the Commissioners, and shall have all the

powers.

powers and authority of a justice of the peace in any matter

wherein the Commissioners are a party, and shall receive the

same fees allowed justices of the peace in similar cases ; and

an appeal from his judgment wherein the fine or demand ex-

ceeds five dollars may be taken to the Circuit Court for Mont-

gomery County, which shall hear and determine the matter

as upon appeals from justices of the peace.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall be paid the

Bailiff's fees.

same fees for making distress for taxes as are allowed county

collectors; and for making arrests or serving process for vio-

lations of any ordinance of the corporation, the same fees as