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magistrate for the said town by said council and no other, and said
monies so collected shall be paid over into the hands of the treasurer of
the town, and should the bailiff arrest any one for violating any ordinance
of the corporation or provision of this charter he shall carry the offender
before the Mayor or police magistrate, who shall hear the charge and deter-
mine the fine according to the ordinance of said corporation or the said
provisions of this charter.

1898, ch. 25, sec. 182.

420. All taxes levied by said Mayor and Council, for the general pur-
pose of said town shall be a lien on the property, from the date of said
levy, of the party or parties against whom said tax may be charged, whether
such person be a resident or non-resident of the town, whether adult or
infant, non compos, feme covert or otherwise, and if said tax cannot be
made out of the personal property of such person or corporation then the
same may be collected out of the rents of his, her, their or its real estate
by due process of law, or the bailiff or collector may sell such real estate
for the payment of taxes by complying with the same requirements as the
treasurer of Garrett county.

1898, ch. 25, sec. 183. 1918, ch. 26, sec. 183.

421. The Tax Collector shall collect and pay over to the town treas-
urer all taxes collected of the levy placed in his hands for collection month-
ly, dating from the date of said levy, and shall give bond conditioned
accordingly, and on all taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of Janu-
ary next following the said levy he shall charge and collect interest from
the said first day of January, at the rate of six per cent, per annum, to
be accounted for with the tax, and in all suits by the said Mayor and
Council upon the bond of the said tax collector for any neglect of duty,
or for his default in not collecting any tax placed in his hands according
to law, or for breach of his duty in not paying over money collected by
him; proof of the delivery of the levy list shall be sufficient prima facie
evidence to entitle the Mayor and Council to receive judgment in such
suits unless the said tax collector shall show that he has discharged his
duty in such case according to law. It shall be the duty of said tax col-
lector to assess from time to time, subject to an appeal to said Mayor and
Council, any property in said town liable to taxation, and which shall
come to his knowledge as having been omitted from the assessment books
of said town, and all property coming iuto said town from time to time,
and becoming liable to taxation; and provided further, that this Act shall
not affect the right of any present or past collector or bailiff from collecting
any past due taxes placed in his hands under the then existing law.

1898, ch. 25, sec. 184.

422. The Town Council shall provide for maintaining town scales,
and a lockup or town prison, where all offenders against the ordinances of
the town may be imprisoned by the tribunal having jurisdiction to hear
such offenses.