1276 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 770]

delivery to the taxpayers of the publication posting thereof as
hereinbefore provided, the bailiff may enforce the payment of
same in the manner and with like effect as collector of State
and county taxes now enforce the payment of State and county
taxes.

109. In event of the sale of any real estate under the provi-
sions of the preceding section the president of the Town Com-
missioners of La Plata shall execute and deliver a deed to the
same to the purchaser, and the deed shall convey to the pur-
chaser the property therein described, and shall be presumptive
evidence that all requirements of law have been complied with
in making such sale and deed.

110. The bailiff shall make all collections required of him
and shall pay the same, as well as all other money received by
him for the Town Commissioners, promptly to the clerk, who
shall hold all such collections and money subject to the order of
said Town Commissioners.

111. The bailiff shall be entitled to and shall receive the
same fees for making distress or levy for taxes as are allowed

county collectors, and for making arrests or serving process for
violations of any law or any ordinance of the Town Commis-
sioners, he shall receive the same fees as are allowed constables
for similar services; and should the bailiff wilfully fail to dis-
charge any of the duties of his office he may, in addition to the
remedy on his bond, be fined by the Town Commissioners, in
their discretion, not exceeding ten dollars for any one offense.
for the payment of which fine his bond shall be liable and
responsible.

112. The president shall preside at all meetings of the
Town Commissioners, and he shall have all the power of a
justice of the peace for the collecting and recovering of fines and
penalties and the committing of offenders for violations of law
within the corporate limits of said town, or of any ordinance
duly passed and enacted by said Town Commissioners, and an

appeal from his decision and judgment in any case may be
taken to the Circuit Court for Charles County, which shall hear
and determine, the matter as upon appeals from justices of
peace; provided, the party aggrieved by such decision and judg-
ment give bond, with sureties approved by the president, in dou-
ble the amount of the judgment and costs against him.

113. The justices of peace for Charles county residing for
the time in the Town of La Plata are hereby declared to be

conservators of the peace of the town, and it shall be their duty
to order the arrest of any person breaking the peace of the town