4326 ARTICLE 19.

by virtue of the above provision shall be liens on the respective lots or
parcels of ground on which they are assessed from the time of the final
ratification of the return made to "The Commissioners of Leonardtown"
and shall be collected as taxes are collected, or may be collected by action
at law.

1914, chs. 423 and 594, sec. 69B.

105. In order to further increase the revenues to be expended by "The
Commissioners of Leonardtown, for municipal improvements within the
corporate limits thereof, the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County
are hereby authorized, required and directed to pay over to said Commis-
sioners of Leonardtown all moneys derived from the issuance of liquor
licenses to persons authorizing them to sell intoxicating liquors within the
corporate limits of said town; which is not necessary and is not used to
pay the interest on and redeem the County Bonds authorized under Chap-
ter 4 of the Acts of 1902 and which by the existing or any future law
they are or may be required to pay to St. Mary's County, and to the Treas-
urer thereof upon order of the County Commissioners.*

1904, ch. 401, se«. 70.

106. Said Commissioners may annually appoint one or more active
and discreet persons to act as bailiff within the corporate limits of said
town, who, before he proceeds to act as such, shall make oath, to be admin-
istered by a justice of the peace for St. Mary's County, that he will faith-
fully and impartially perform the duties required of him as bailiff, with-
out favor or affection, according to the best of his skill and judgment, and
he shall execute a bond with sureties, to be approved by the Commission-
ers in such penalty as they may require, for the faithful performance of
his duties as town bailiff. The said bailiff shall have, within the corpo-
rate limits of "The Commissioners of Leonardtown," all the powers held
and exercised by the constables of this State; he shall attend the meetings
of the said Commissioners, when notified by them to do so, and shall per-
form such services and duties as are or shall be imposed upon him by
law, ordinance or by order of the Commissioners; he shall arrest and take
before some justice of the peace in St. Mary's County, to be dealt with

according to the laws of Maryland or the ordinances passed by "The Com-
missioners of Leonardtown"; any person found violating any of the laws

of Maryland, or any of the ordinances made or passed by "The Commis-
sioners of Leonardtown," within the corporate limits of said town, and
any one resisting said bailiff in the discharge of his duties shall be liable,
upon conviction, to be punished in the same manner and to the same extent
as if he had resisted a constable.

1904, ch. 401, sec. 71.

107. The Sheriff of St. Mary's County shall receive and safe keep in

*Sec. 2, chs. 423 and 594. 1914, repealed all laws inconsistent with sec. 105. Sec.
69A of said chapter authorized the town commissioners to issue $5,000 of public
Improvement bonds.