KENT COUNTY. 3185

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 67. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 47.

114. The person so appointed shall give bond to the commissioners,
with such security and in such penalty as they shall direct, for the faithful
performance of his duties, and for the payment to them, or their order,
of all money collected or received by him; and the said bond shall be
recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for Kent county
within ten days after the same shall be executed.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 68. 1888, ch. 227. 1900, ch. 441, sec. 68.

115. The Clerk to the Board of Commissioners of Chestertown may
be the collector of taxes for said town or said Commissioners, in their
discretion, may appoint a person as tax collector who shall have the same
authority and power to receive and collect the taxes which may be an-
nually levied by said Commissioners by distress or levy and sale of
either real or personal property that collectors of State or county taxes
now possess; provided that such levy and sale shall be conducted in
conformity to the provisions of Section 154 of this Article, as embodied
in Chapter two hundred and ninety-three* of the Acts of eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-four, and provided further that in case of sale of
property in default of taxes, where there is no bid sufficiently large to
pay said taxes the Commissioners of Chestertown may purchase, hold,
sell or convey the same to any other purchaser who may thereafter buy
it, the said sale to be reported to and ratified by the Circuit Court for
Kent County in the same manner as other judicial sales are reported to
and ratified by said court.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 69. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 51.

116. They may fix on the proper places for erecting engine-houses and
hanging ladders in said town, either on the public grounds or buildings
or private property, if the owners consent thereto, and shall settle and
ascertain the extent of the precincts to said town.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 70. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 55.

117. The said commissioners may, if in their judgment the public
convenience will not be affected thereby, allow encroachments upon the
public streets and alleys in said town by buildings, porches, steps and
fencing.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 71. 1882, ch. 386. 1888, ch. 227. 1920, ch. 416.

1922, ch.440.

118. The County Commissioners of Kent County shall annually, on or
before the first day of January each and every year, pay over to the Com-
missioners of Chestertown, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000),
so that the Commissioners of Chestertown may receive and disburse the
said amount for the purpose of keeping in repair the public roads and
bridges of said Town of Chestertown.

*Ch. 292 evidently intended-