PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1531

the peace, prevent disorderly or irregular meetings of persons,
and he shall enforce all ordinances that may be enacted by the
council; he shall serve all notices and process required by this
charter, or any ordinance passed by virtue hereof, and his
return duly endorsed thereon, shall be evidence of the facts
therein stated.

Ibid. sec. 22.

605. The Mayor shall have all the powers of a justice of
the peace in criminal cases where the town of Takoma Park
is a party; he shall have power to administer oaths of office
to members of council and appointed or elected officers; he
shall receive the same fees as justices of the peace are allowed
for similar service; and on appeal from his judgment may be
taken to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, which court
shall hear and determine the matter as upon appeal from a
justice of the peace; provided, however, that the justices of
the peace residing in said town shall have the same power to
hear, try and determine all criminal cases where the "town of
Takoma Park" is a party as they now have cases where the
State of Maryland is a party.

1896, ch. 310, sec. 23.

606. The bailiff shall have the same fee for making dis-
tress or levying executions as are allowed for like services by,
the laws of the State, and for making arrests or serving process
for the violation of any ordinance of the corporation the same
fees as are allowed constables for the similar services.

Ibid. sec. 24.

607. All fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by this
charter or by any ordinance of the council may be collected in
the name of the "Town of Takoma Park" before the Mayor
or any justice of the peace, in the same manner as small debts
are collected, and the delinquent shall be committed to the
town lock-up or county jail until the same is paid with costs.

Ibid. sec. 25.

608. The council shall have authority to incur indebted-
ness not exceeding three per cent, of the assessed value of all
property within the corporate limits, in excess of the annual
revenue of the town, and shall, whenever any such debt is
created, provide for the payment thereof, by the issuing certifi-
cates of indebtedness, at such rate of interest as the council
may deem advisable., which shall be payable within twenty
years in the discretion of said council; provided, however,
that no such debt shall be incurred and no such certificate of
indebtedness issued, except as follows: The council shall, by