GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1831.

Sec. 12. And Be it enacted. That the said commissioners,
or a majority of them, and their successors, shall hare full
power and authority to assess and ievy upon any person or
persons, keeping for common use a billiard table within the
said village, or within one mile thereof, an annual tax of fif-
ty dollars for every billiard table so kept and used, and like-

CHAP. 138.

License for bil-
liard tables.

wise to assess and levy an annual tax of fifty cents, like mo-
ney, on every dog, and one dollar like money on every female
dog, belonging to any inhabitant of said village, and the com-
missioners may direct the killing of any dog as above de-

Tax dogs.

scribed, in said village, whose owner cannot be ascertained,
or who refuses or neglects to pay the tax for the same with-
in three months after the demand of the same.

Case of neglect to
piy.

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Sec. 1 3. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners
shall on the said second Monday of April, or as soon there-
after as may be convenient, and annually every year there-
after, appoint an active discreet person to be bailiff and con-
stlble of said village, who before he proceeds to act as

Baliffand consta-
ble.

such, shall give bond to the state of Maryland, with good
and sufficient security, in the penalty of eight hundred dollars,
to be approved by the levy court of the county, condition-
ed, that the said bailiff and constable shall well and faithful-
ly execute the same office in all things appertaining thereto,
and shall also well and truly account for all monies placed in
his hands for collection, and shall also well and truly pay all
sums of money received by him; and it shall be the duty of

Bond required.

the levy court to have the same entered on record by their
clerk at the expence of the corporation, and a copy thereof,
under the seal of the county court, shall be good evidence
to prove the execution of such bond in any court of this state,

To be recorded.

and the said bailiff shall take an oath or affirmation as the
case may be, to be, administered by any justice of the peace
for Caroline county, that he will faithfully and impartially
perform the duties of him as bailiff and constable within the
limits of said village, by virtue of this act, without favour,
affection, or partiality, according to the best of his skill and

His oath of office

judgment, and it shall be the duty of the said bailiff to col-
lect all the monies or taxes so imposed or levied by the com-
missioners as aforesaid, and to pay the same over to the
treasurer of the corporation to be appointed according to
the directions of this act, and to attend the meetings of the
commissioners when he shall be required, to perform
such services as shall from time to time be by them direct-
ed for the more effectual accomplishing the objects of this
act; to prevent the tumultuous" and irregular meeting of
slaves, negroes, and other dissolute and disorderly persons
within the limits of said vallage, or if so assembled, to dis-

His duties and
powers.