1462 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 790]

P. L. L. 1888, art. 16, sec. 158.

425. The president of the commissioners shall execute and
deliver to the purchaser a deed of the property so sold, and
such deed shall convey to the purchaser the said property, and
shall be presumptive evidence that all the requirements of law
have been complied with in making such sale and deed.

Ibid. sec. 159.

426. 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 bill is placed in his hands.

Ibid. sec. 160.

427. He 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 the State.

P. L. L. 1888, art. 16, sec. 161.

428. He shall have the same fees for making distress for
taxes as are allowed county collectors, and for making arrests
or serving process for violations of any ordinances of the cor-
poration, the same as are allowed constables for similar ser-
vices; and when the bailiff wilfully fails to discharge any
duties of his office, he may be fined not exceeding ten dollars
for any one offence.

Ibid. sec. 162.

429. The president shall preside at all meetings of the com-
missioners, and shall have all the powers of a justice of the
peace in criminal cases where 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, 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 justices of the peace.

Ibid. sec. 163.

430. Any fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by this
sub-title of this article, or by any ordinance of the commis-
sioners, may be collected by proceedings in the name of the
commissioners, before a justice of the peace; and the said presi-
dent or justice of the peace shall have power to commit the
offender to the county jail on failure to pay such fines and for-
feitures until the same shall be paid with costs.