1120 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 6.95]

person charged with the violation of any ordinance, resolution
or regulation, and take them before a Justice of the Peace to
be dealt with according to law, and whenever necessary to incar-
cerate an offender in such place as is provided by said Mayor
and City Council, until a speedy trial can be had; and for
these purposes the said bailiffs are hereby vested with the
same powers as are now possessed by constables under the laws
of this State, and shall be entitled, in addition to the compen-
sation fixed by the Mayor and City Council, to the fees allowed
constables under the laws of this State, which shall be collected
from the parties arrested and convicted. And the said bailiffs
shall perform such other services as the Mayor and City Coun-
cil may direct. It shall be the duty of each of said bailiffs to
report at each regular monthly meeting, in writing and under
oath, to the City Council, that they have each faithfully per-
formed their duties required by this section, and which may
be imposed on them by the said Mayor and City Council,
and also report all violations of the law brought to their sight
or knowledge within the time of the said report and their
actions in the premises, together with a statement of fees
received by them, which said report shall be filed and recorded
among the proceedings of the Mayor and City Council. Any
Bailiff failing to perform the duties imposed upon him, on
evidence of the fact being produced to the Mayor, shall be
removed by the Mayor and another appointed in his stead,
or any Bailiff may be removed at any time by the Mayor, with
the assent of the City Council, when in their discretion he is
incompetent or unfit to perform the duties required of him
by law, and while acting as such shall not hold any other
office. Each of said Bailiffs shall take an oath to well per-
form the duties required of them, or that may be required of
them by any ordinance or resolution or regulation of the Mayor
and City Council, and give bond for the faithful performance
of their duties as prescribed, in the penalty of five hundred
dollars, with good and sufficient sureties, approved by the
Mayor and City Council, within ten days after their appoint-
ment, and a failure to qualify as above provided, within ten
days from their said appointment, shall be deemed a refusal
of the office and another appointment shall be made.

Assessors.

SEC. 222. There shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject
to the confirmation by the City Council, on the fourth Monday
in April, 1916, and on the fourth Monday in April every eight
years thereafter, three assessors, one from each ward, who shall