FREDERICK COUNTY... 2431

1894, ch. 652, sec. 11. 191S Code, sec. 86.

65. The Commissioners may pass such ordinances, not inconsistent
with laws, as they may deem beneficial to the town, may open and close
streets, lanes and alleys, grade and pave the same, remove nuisances and
obstructions therefrom, restrain all disorders and disturbances, such as
wilfully disturbing the citizens of the town by loud, unseemly noises, pro-
fanely cursing and swearing or using obscene language within said cor-
porate limits, prevent all congregation of disorderly persons in public
places, and may impose fines, penalties and forfeitures for the violation
of their ordinances, and may commit all offenders to the county jail until
the same be paid with costs.

1916, ch. 452, sec. 12. 1918 Code, sec. 87.

66. Any fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by this charter, or by
any ordinance of the Commissioners, may be collected by proceedings in
the name of the Commissioners before a burgess, and the burgess shall
have power to commit the offender to the county jail on failure to pay
such fine and forfeitures until the same shall be paid with costs.

And the said burgess shall be elected by the male citizens of Burkitts-
ville, Maryland, as all other officers provided by this Act are elected.

1906, ch. 561, sec. 13. 1918 Code, sec. 88.

67. The Commissioners may, as often as they may deem advisable,
cause an assessment to be made of all the real and personal property
within the corporate limits of said town, subject to assessment for State
and county purposes; provided that no land included within the corporate
limits of said town, except houses and gardens, shall be taxed for cor-
porate purposes so long as said land shall be used for agricultural pur-
poses, which assessment shall not exceed the assessment for State and
county taxes; and the Commissioners may levy a tax thereon not exceed-
ing in any one year twenty cents on each hundred dollars' worth of
assessable property.

1894, ch. 652, sec. 14. 1918 Code, sec. 89.

68. Whenever the Commissioners shall levy a tax, they shall cause to
make out alphabetical list of the persons charged therein, and shall cause
to be affixed thereto the respective sums to be collected from such persons
and a warrant to the bailiff to collect the same, and the said bailiff shall
have the power of distraint as collector of county taxes.

1894, ch. 652, sec. 15. 1918 Code, sec. 90.

69. The bailiff shall make all collections required of him, and pay the
same to the clerk, within six months from the time the tax bill is placed
in his hands.

1894, ch. 652, sec. 16. 1918 Code, sec. 91.

70. The Commissioners shall not expend or contract to expend, in any
one year, more money than the amount receivable from taxes and other
sources for that year.