CARROLL COUNTY. 1813

property of persons benefited, for the whole or any part of the amount
of said damages and costs.

1900, ch. 519, sec. 18.

278. The Burgess shall appoint annually a bailiff for said town, which
appointment shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioners. Be-
fore said bailiff enters upon his duties, he shall file with the clerk of said
corporation a bond with security, to be approved by the Burgess and
Commissioners, made to the said corporation for the faithful discharge and
performance of his duties under this Act, and under the ordinances passed
by said Commissioners. It shall be the duty of said bailiff to perform
his duties under this Act, and the laws and ordinances of said corporation,
and in the execution of the duties of his said office he shall have all and the
same powers and authority within the said corporate limits of said town of
a constable; he shall pay over to the clerk and treasurer all moneys coming
into his hands for and on account of said corporation; he shall receive the
same fees for the performance of his duties as bailiff as constables do in
like cases for like services.

1900, ch. 519, sec. 18A.

279. Said Burgess shall appoint annually a tax collector for said cor-
poration, which appointment shall be subject to the approval of the Com-
missioners; before said tax collector shall enter upon the duties of said
office he shall file with the clerk of said corporation a bond, with security
to be approved by the Burgess and Commissioners, made to the said corpo-
ration for the faithful discharge and performance of his duties under this
Act and under the ordinances passed by said Commissioners; he shall col-
lect all taxes levied by said corporation, and shall have the power to
collect the same by distress or execution in the same manner as the county
taxes for Carroll County are now collected, and shall for that purpose have
all the powers and indemnities in his office that the tax collector of the
county taxes of Carroll County now have; he shall immediately upon the
collection of any money for taxes pay all and every part of the same over
to the treasurer of the corporation, and he shall be subject to suit on his
bond and criminal prosecution as the tax collectors of Carroll County now
are; and for such compensation for the collection of taxes and other duties
as shall be provided by ordinance of the corporation.

1900, ch. 519, sec. 19.

280. All taxes levied on property as provided for by this Act shall
be a lien on the said property, real or personal, of the taxpayers of said
town, respectively, until paid; and the Burgess and Commissioners shall
charge interest for said taxes from the first day of January after the said
taxes are levied; provided, the same are not paid on or before the first
day of February next after said levy, and may also allow a discount not
exceeding five per cent, for prompt payment thereof, and all taxes levied
shall be collected by the corporation or the person by it appointed for
the collection of the same in the manner that the county taxes of Carroll