PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 765

public notice thereof by publication in at least one and not
more than two newspapers, published in Prince George's county
as the Mayor and Common Council shall direct, by three weekly
insertions therein; said assessments shall thereupon be open
for inspection to all the citizens of the said town, and if any
owner of said property so assessed shall feel aggrieved by the
said assessment, he may appeal to the Mayor of the said town
fifteen days after the publications of the notice herein required,
and said Mayor and councilmen are hereby constituted a final
board of appeal and equalization of such assessment, and as
such are empowered to make such deductions from, and addi-
tionals to the assessment made by the board of assessors as may
be reasonable and just and for the purpose of equalization,
and they may also remit taxes where the same have been
illegally imposed; upon the perfection and final completion
of the assessment rolls, which shall be on or before the first
day of October in each year, the Mayor and council shall levy
a tax upon all property embraced therein on or before the first
day of November in each year not exceeding twenty-five cents
per annum per hundred dollars the valuation thereof, and shall
give to the Treasurer their warrant for the collection thereof
and such tax thereupon be collected as herein provided.

SEC. 16. There shall be appointed annually in the same
manner and for the same period as the said assessors, one or
more registered voters of said town, as bailiffs, of said town,
whose duty it shall be to preserve the peace and good order of
the town, and for this purpose the said bailiff or bailiffs are
hereby vested with the same power and authority now possessed
by constables under the laws of this State, and bailiff or bailiffs
shall take the required oath and enter upon his duties on the
first day of July in each year.

SEC. 17. The bailiff or bailiffs shall have the same fees for
making and serving process for any violation of any ordinance
of the Mayor and Common Council of Capitol Heights as are
allowed constables for similar services, and such other compen-
sation as the Mayor and Councilmen shall fix, and all other
officers of the corporation before entering upon the duties of
their office shall take an oath before a justice of the peace within
the limits of said corporation, that they will diligently and
faithfully, to the best of their judgment and ability, discharge
the duties of their office, without favor, partiality or prejudice,
and shall file the certificate of the officer before whom the same
was taken among the records of the corporation.

SEC. 18. The clerk and bailiff or bailiffs shall give bond pay-
able to the Mayor and Common Council, in such penalty and