4114 ARTICLE 17.

provided by the commissioners for that purpose, and annually or oftener
if required, to render to the commissioners an account thereof, and also
to publish annually in one of the newspapers of the town, a detailed
statement of the receipts and disbursements of all town moneys; but before
said treasurer shall enter upon the duties of his office, he shall give bond
to the State of Maryland in such penalty as the commissioners may fix,
with securities, to be approved by them, conditioned that he will well
and faithfully account for all moneys paid over to him as treasurer of said
town, for the use and benefit of said corporation, and that he will also
well and truly pay to the order of said commissioners all sums of moneys
so received by him, and the said bond shall be recorded in the office of the
clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, and the said treas-
urer shall qualify and enter upon the duties of his office on or before the
Monday next succeeding his election. The commissioners shall at their
first meeting appoint from among their members a secretary, who shall
serve for two years and until his successor qualifies, and who shall keep
minutes of the proceedings of the commissioners in a well bound book,
which shall be open to the inspection of all persons interested therein, and
shall discharge such other duties as the commissioners may require. The
said commissioners shall meet in some convenient place in said town on or
before the first Monday next succeeding their election, and once a month
or as often thereafter, as may be necessary to discharge the duties of their
office, and shall receive no compensation for their services; they shall have
power to appoint such officers, not elsewhere provided for, as they may
deem necessary for the proper carrying into effect of the powers and duties
conferred upon them by the subtitle of this article, and shall define their
particular duties and fix their compensation.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 17, sec. 310. 1912 Code, sec. 594.

989. The commissioners are authorized to levy and cause to be col-
lected the sum of one dollar for one dog, and one dollar for each addi-
tional dog, and two dollars for one bitch, and three dollars for each addi-
tional bitch, kept, owned, or possessed by each person returned as the owner
thereof, within said corporate limits; and said commissioners are empow-
ered to direct the officer appointed to preserve the peace of said town, to
kill any dog or bitch within the limits of said corporation, for which no
owner can be found, and also any dog or bitch whose owner shall fail for
thirty days after personal notice of the tax due, to pay the same.

1902, ch. 123, sec. 311. 1912 Code, sec. 595.

990. They shall annually appoint a chief bailiff, and such a number
of under bailiffs as they may deem necessary. The duties of said officers
shall be to preserve the peace and good order of the town, and for this
purpose said officers, and each of them, are hereby vested with the same
power and authority that constables have under the laws of this State.
Said bailiffs and under bailiffs shall be removable at pleasure by the com-
missioners. They shall allow the chief bailiff or under bailiffs such com-
pensation as they shall think proper. The chief bailiffs shall give bond