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last residence, or, if an non-resident, mail the same to his last known ad-
dress; and unless the same be paid to the bailiff within thirty days after
such account shall be delivered or mailed, the bailiff may seize any of
the goods and chattels, land and tenements of the person so refusing or
neglecting to pay, after giving at least twenty days' notice of the time
and place of sale by written or printed handbills set up in two public
places in said town or printed in some newspaper published in Carroll
County.

1904, ch. 256, sec. 16.

317. Any person who shall pay his or her taxes levied as aforesaid
within thirty days after the date of such levy shall be entitled to a dis-
count of five per centum thereon, which discount shall be allowed to the
treasurer in the settlement of his account with the Mayor and Common
Council.

1904, ch. 256, sec. 17. 1908, ch. 232, sec. 17 (p. 705).

318. All taxes levied as aforesaid shall bear interest after four months
from the date of such levy, and the bailiff shall pay over all levies placed
in his hands for collection within four months after receipt of said list,
and shall, every thirty days, pay over so much as may have been collected
by him, and upon his failure to do so his bond shall be put in suit.

1904, ch. 256, sec. 18.

319. The bailiff shall be appointed from among the inhabitants of said
town qualified to vote for the Mayor and Common Council; provided,
however, that the said Mayor and Common Council may appoint the con-
stable of the election district in which said town is located, if he be a
resident of said town or will reside therein after his appointment. Before
entering upon the duties of his office he shall make oath before a justice
of the peace for Carroll County that he will faithfully and impartially
perform the duties imposed upon him by this Act of incorporation and
the by-laws and ordinances of said Mayor and Common Council, and shall
execute to the Mayor and Common Council a" bond, with good and suffi-
cient surety or sureties to be approved by said Mayor and Common Coun-
cil, in such penalty as they shall prescribe, conditioned that he will well
and faithfully perform the duties of said office in all things appertaining
thereto, according to law and the ordinances of said Mayor and Common
Council, and shall well and truly collect and pay over to the treasurer
of said corporation all taxes levied by them and placed in his hands for
collection, and all other sums of money that may be received by him for
the use of said corporation.

1904, ch. 256, sec. 19.

320. The bailiff shall attend the meetings of the Mayor and Common
Council, and he shall perform such duties as they shall direct, shall pre-
serve the peace and good order of the town, and for this purpose is vested