CECIL COUNTY. 1949

T. L. L., 1888, Art. S, sec. 96. 1876, ch. 140. 1888, ch. 355.

104. Said bailiff may enforce the payment of town taxes in the same
manner and with like effect as collectors of State and county taxes may
enforce the payment of State and county taxes; and said bailiff shall,
before he enters upon the duties of his office as such bailiff or collector,
take an oath before some justice of the peace for said county that he will
faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his said offices without
favor, affection or partiality, according to the best of his skill and judg-
ment.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8. sec. 97. 1876, ch. 140.

105. The President and Commissioners shall have full power to estab-
lish the grades of the streets, lanes and alleys of the town, to pave or to
construct walks for the sidewalks of streets of the town, to renew and
repair the pavement or walks upon said sidewalks whenever in their judg-
ment the same shall be necessary.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 98. 1876, ch. 140. 1908, ch. 545, sec. 98 (p. 718).

106. They shall have the power to open any streets, lanes and alleys in
the town, or to extend those already open, and to straighten and increase
the width thereof, and to remove all obstructions from those already
located and used, and if they can not agree with the owner of the land
or other property necessary for this purpose of such person being incom-
petent to contract or shall reside out of Cecil County, then such land or
other property may be condemned for the purposes aforesaid in the man-
ner prescribed in the Code of Public General Laws, and may assess and
levy the damages and expenses thereof generally upon the whole of the
assessable property of the town, or especially upon the assessable prop-
erty of persons benefited thereby.

P. L. L.. 1888, Art. 8, sec. 99. 1876, ch. 140.

107. All taxes, fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed by the Presi-
dent and Commissioners by virtue of any law or ordinance, shall be
applied to the use of the town as may from time to time be directed by
the President and Commissioners, by whom an annual statement of re-
ceipts and disbursements shall be made, and be open for the inspection of
the citizens of the town; all such fines, penalties and forfeitures may be
recovered before a justice of the peace in the same manner as fines, penal-
ties and forfeitures are now recovered by law; and for the non-payment
of such fines, penalties and forfeitures, the offender shall be committed
to the lockup or jail of the town for a period not exceeding ten days.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec, 100. 1884, ch. 443.

108. Any person guilty of riotous or disorderly conduct within the cor-
porate limits of the town, or who may otherwise violate any of the ordi-
nances of the town, shall be punished by fine or imprisonment in the
lockup or jail of the town, after conviction thereof before any justice of