1618 ARTICLE 6.

cost of sale, and for this purpose the bailiff is hereby clothed with all the
power that were possessed by collectors of State and county taxes in
Caroline County prior to the first day of January, 1892, under the Code
of Public General Laws of the State of Maryland and all local laws in
force in said county on said date; and the said bailiff shall collect and
pay over to the treasurer all taxes levied by the commissioners and placed
in his hands for collection on or before the first day of July of the next
succeeding year; and for the purpose of enforcing the foregoing provisions,
the said Commissioners are hereby authorized, empowered and directed
to examine the books and papers of the said bailiff, including the receipts
from said treasurer, to ascertain whether said taxes which were placed
in his hands for collection have been collected; and the said bailiff is
hereby directed to deliver said books, papers and receipts to said Com-
missioners, and to assist them in every way that they may require in
making said examination; and if said Commissioners, or a majority of
them, shall find that all of said taxes, save those which are insolvent,
have not been collected, they are hereby directed to immediately cause
suit to be entered on said bailiff's bond for the amount remaining uncol-
lected, after having deducted therefrom the amount which is insolvent
and uncollectible, and such suit shall be brought for the use of the Com-
missioners of Greensboro; and any judgment entered against said bailiff
and his bond in said suit shall be immediately collected by said Commis-
sioners as other judgments are now collected; and the amount so collected
shall be immediately paid over to the treasurer; and neither the said
bailiff nor his bondsmen shall be permitted in such suit to prove that
any said taxes have not been collected; provided, that nothing herein con-
tained shall be so taken or construed as to prevent said bailiff or any of
the sureties on his bond from showing that any tax for which suit is
brought, or any part of the same, is insolvent and uncollectible.

1906, ch. 284, sec. 25.

296. All taxpayers who shall pay their taxes in the month of August
following the date of their levy shall be entitled to a discount of five per
cent.; all who shall pay in September following the date of their levy
shall be entitled to a discount of four per cent.; all who shall pay in
October following the date of their levy shall be entitled to a discount of
three per cent, which shall be allowed by the bailiff in his settlement with
them, and which shall be allowed the said bailiff in his settlement with
the Commissioners or treasurer.

1906, ch. 284, sec. 26.

297. All books, papers and documents belonging to the office of the
bailiff, or of any other officer of said town, shall be the property of the
said corporation, and at all times subject to examination by the Commis-
sioners or any of them.