1862 ARTICLE 7.

taxes of Carroll County now have; he shall, immediately upon the col-
lection of any moneys for taxes, pay the same over to the clerk and treas-
urer 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
shall receive such compensation for his services in collecting said taxes
as shall be by ordinance of said corporation provided.*

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 7, sec. 160. 1884, ch. 509.

422. All taxes levied on property assessed as provided for by this
subtitle of this Article shall be a lien on the said property, real or per-
sonal, of the taxpayers of said town, respectively, until paid, and the
Burgess and Commissioners shall charge interest on said taxes after thirty
days from the time when such taxes are due and payable, 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 bailiff in the
same manner that the county taxes of Carroll County are now collected;
and all persons subject to the payment of such taxes shall have the same
rights, privileges and remedies now enjoyed and possessed by persons sub-
ject to the payment of county taxes in Carroll County.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 7, sec. 161. 1884, ch. 509.

423. The Burgess of said town, by virtue of his office, for municipal
purposes and preserving the peace, shall have all the powers of the jus-
tice of the peace; he shall see that the laws and ordinances of the cor-
poration are duly executed; he may require any officer of the corporation
entrusted with the receipt and expenditure of moneys of the corporation
to submit to him a statement of such officer's account as often as said
Burgess or Commissioners may deem necessary; he shall report annually
in writing to the Commissioners the general condition of the town, with
the moneys received and expended, which report' shall be posted up in
not less than two of the most public places of the town; he shall sign all
Jaws and ordinances passed by the commissioners, with his reason in case
of refusal to sign; and if said law or ordinance so unsigned by him be
again put upon its passage and receive the votes of four-fifths of the Com-
missioners, it shall become a law without the approval of the Burgess.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 7, sec. 162. 1884, ch. 509.

424. All other officers or assistants to officers necessary to execute the
powers of said corporation shall be provided and appointed as by ordi-
nance of the Burgess and Commissioners shall be directed.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 7, see. 163. 1884, ch. 509.

425. All moneys arising from taxes, fines, forfeitures and penalties
imposed by this subtitle of this Article or ordinance of the Burgess and
Commissioners, shall be appropriated only to such uses of said corporation
as may by order or ordinance be directed.

*Sec. 2, ch. 266, 1927, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.