592 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 423]

or will reside therein after his appointment; before entering
upon the duties of his office he shall make oath before a justice
of the peace or notary public for Caroline county that he will
faithfully and impartially perform the duties imposed upon
him by the act of incorporation and the by-laws and ordinances
of said Commissioners, and shall execute to the State of Mary-
land a bond with two good and sufficient sureties, to be approved
by said Commissioners, in such penalty as they shall prescribe,
conditioned that he shall well and faithfully perform the duties
of said office in all things appertaining thereto according to law,
and the ordinances of said Commissioners, and shall well and
truly collect and pay over to the treasurer of said corporation
all taxes levied by the Commissioners and all other sums of
money that may be received by him for the use of said corpora-
tion; provided, nevertheless, that the Commissioners may
appoint anyone, resident or non-resident of the town, to collect
taxes, license fees, fines, costs, dog taxes, cost of killing dogs and
bitches on which taxes are unpaid, or to perform any other ser-
vice that the Commissioners may direct, whenever the service of
said persons, in addition to its regular officers, may be deemed
by the Commissioners necessary for the welfare of the said
town; and provided further, that any such persons so appointed
shall take the oath prescribed in this section for the bailiff.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That immediately upon the
receipt by him of the books specified in the preceding section
the bailiff or other person as indicated in section 15 shall pro-
ceed to collect all taxes levied by said Commissioners and to
pay over the same when required so to do by the said Commis-
sioners to the treasurer of said corporation; and if any person
shall neglect or refuse to pay said taxes on demand, then the
bailiff or other person as indicated in said section 15 shall
furnish to such person an account showing the aggregate of
his tax, or if he be absent deliver the same at the place of his
last residence; and unless the same be paid to the bailiff or
other person or persons within thirty days after such account
shall have becn delivered, the bailiff or other person as indi-
cated in said section 15 may seize and sell the property assessed;
or if the same be goods and chattels and can not be found as
conveniently, may seize and sell any other of the goods and
chattels, land or tenements of the person or persons so refusing
or neglecting to pay, after giving at least twenty days' notice
of the time and place of sale by written or printed handbills
set up in two public places in said town or printed in some
newspaper published there.