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named, to show cause, if any they have, why said sale shall not be ratified
and confirmed; and if no cause or an insufficient cause be shown against
said ratification, the said sale shall, by order of said court, be ratified and
confirmed and the purchaser shall, on payment of the purchase money,
have a good title to the property sold; but if good cause, in the judgment
of said court, be shown in the premises, the said sale shall be set aside,
iii which case the said clerk shall proceed to a new sale of the property,
and shall bring the proceeds into court, ont of which the purchaser shall
be repaid the purchase money by him to the said clerk paid on said
rejected sale, and all taxes assessed on said real estate and paid by the
purchaser after said sale and all costs and expenses properly incurred
under said sale and in said court, with interest on all such sums from the
time of payment; and if the purchaser has not paid the purchase money
or costs or any subsequent taxes, said proceeds shall be applied to the pay-
ment of taxes for which said property may have been sold, and all subse-
quent taxes due thereon and in arrear, with interest on the same according
to law, and also the costs of the proceedings; but said sale shall not be set
aside if the provisions of the law shall appear to have been substantially
complied with, and the burden of the proof shall be on the exceptant to
show the same to be invalid; and when any sale shall have been finally
ratified by the court, as herein provided, the order of ratification' shall
be conclusive as to the regularity of the clerk's proceedings therein of said
sale, and shall not be open to inquiry except in case of fraud or collusion
111 said proceedings and sale on the part of or between the clerk and the
purchaser.

1892, ch. 240, sec. 331. 1929, eh. 440, sec. 331.

327. That the said Commissioners shall annually appoint a bailiff and
may also appoint under bailiffs, as from time to time may be necessary
to preserve the good order of the town. The said bailiff shall execute all
orders of the said Commissioners, and shall perform such duties as the
Commissioners may assign to him; he shall account for and pay over unto
the clerk all moneys collected, or received by him, if any there be, as such
bailiff; he shall preserve the peace and good order of the town, may make
arrests and serve warrants and other legal process within, and one mile
beyond, the corporate limits of the town, and for these purposes he is
hereby invested with the same power find authority as any constable has
under the laws of this State, and he shall be allowed the same fees as are
allowed constables for similar services, and said fees shall be taxed as
part of the costs.

1892, ch, 240, sec. 332.

328. The violations of any ordinance of the said corporation shall be a
misdemeanor, and the person guilty of such violations may be tried and
punished, as in the case of other misdemeanors. All fines and forfeitures
imposed for the violation of such ordinances shall be paid over to the
Town Commissioners for the use of said town.