1742 ARTICLE 7.

fused, the Mayor and Council may recover the same by action at law or
by proceedings to enforce said lien by sale in a manner to be prescribed
by said ordinance, and the remaining one-third (1-3) of said expense shall
be paid by the Mayor and Council out of the taxes levied by them upon the
property generally within said corporation.

1894, ch. 283, sec. 54B.

79. Whenever they think the public interest requires it, the Mayor
and Council may cause an assessment to be made of all property in the
town, real, personal and mixed, which is subject to assessment for county
and State taxes, under the laws of this State, and they may prescribe the
manner in which such assessment shall be made; provide for hearing ap-
peals, and adjusting all differences in valuation and disputes in relation
to such assessment; make transfers and abatements, and do all other acts
and things necessary for making and completing such assessment.

1894, ch. 283, sec. 54C.

80. Any assessment heretofore made, and any that may be made here-
after, under any ordinance passed by said corporation, shall be chargeable
with the taxes levied thereon for the use of the corporation.

1894, ch. 283, sec. 54D. 1920, ch. 423, sec. 54D.

81. The Mayor and Council may levy annually a tax on the property
in said corporation assessed as aforesaid, not exceeding fifty cents (50c) on
every one hundred dollars ($100.00) to the assessed value thereof, which
tax shall be a lien on said property, real, personal and mixed, of the tax-
payers of said town, respectively, till ps.id, and interest shall be chargeable
on said taxes after thirty days from the time when the same are due and
payable; and said taxes shall be due and payable thirty days from the date
of levying the same; the said Mayor and Council may also, in Their dis-
cretion, allow a discount not exceeding five per centum (5%) for prompt
payment of said taxes.

1894, ch. 283, sec. 54E.

82. The Mayor, by and with the a.dvice and consent of the Council,
shall annually, at their first meeting after their election and qualification,
or as soon thereafter as may be, appoint a bailiff for said town from among
their qualified voters thereof; before said bailiff shall enter upon the dis-
charge of the duties of his office, he shall file with the town clerk a bond for
the faithful discharge of his duties as a bailiff, with security to be approved
by the Mayor, in such penal sum as shall be prescribed by ordinance of said
corporation; and within the corporate limits of said town, said bailiff shall
have all the powers and authority of a constable; he shall pay over to the
town clerk and treasurer all moneys coming into his hands for and on
account of said corporation; he shall be collector of all taxes levied by said
corporation, and shall collect said taxes by distress or execution in the
same manner as the county taxes of Carroll County are now collected,
and shall for that purpose have all the powers and indemnities in his office