PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1343

1890, ch. 118, sec. 18.

74. That the chief bailiff shall, within ten days after the
receipt of said 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 can not be conveniently served with
said account or tax bill, the bailiff shall publish such account
or tax bill in some newspaper published in Montgomery county
at the expense of the taxpayer, and unless the accounts or tax
bills so rendered or published are paid within thirty days after
the delivery or publication thereof, the bailiff may collect the
same, with all costs, by distress and sale of the real estate
and personal property of the delinquent at public auction,
after giving at least ten days' notice of such sale in some
newspaper published in said county.

Ibid. sec. 19.

75. That the president of the commissioners shall execute
and deliver to the purchaser a deed of the property so sold,
and the said deed shall convey to the purchaser the said prop-
erty and shall be presumptive evidence that all the require-
ments of law have been complied in making such sale and deed.

Ibid. sec. 20.

76. That the chief bailiff shall attend the meetings of the
commissioners and perform such duties as they shall direct;
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.

Ibid. sec. 21.

77. That the chief bailiff shall make all collections required
of him and pay the same to the clerk within six months from
the time the tax bills are placed in his hands.
1890, ch. 118, sec. 22.

78. That the president shall preside at all meetings of the
commissioners, and shall have all the powers of a justice of
the peace in criminal cases when the commissioners are a
party, and shall receive the same fees allowed a justice of the
peace in similar cases, and an appeal from his judgment,
where the demand or fine exceeds five dollars, may be taken
to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, which shall hear
and determine the matter as upon appeals from a justice of the
peace.

Ibid. sec. 23.

79. That the chief bailiff shall have the same fees for mak-
ing distress for taxes as are allowed county collectors; and
for making arrests or serving process for violations of any ordi-
nances of the corporation the same fees as are allowed consta-
bles for similar services; and when the chief bailiff fails to
discharge any of the duties of his office he may be fined not
exceeding ten dollars for any one offense.