ART. 1.] ALLEGANY COUNTY.

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Sub-Sec. 2. They shall annually, in the month of
May, appoint a bailiff and such police force as they
may deem necessary for said town, who, before enter-
ing upon the duties of their office, shall make oath
before the mayor and councilmen that they will faith-
fully and impartially perform the duties required of
them as officers, according to the best of their skill and
judgment, without favor, affection or prejudice, and the
bailiff shall give bond and security in such sum as the
mayor and councilmen may designate.

Ibid. s. 12
Bailiff and
police force.

Sub-Sec. 3. They may allow their clerk, treasurer,
bailiff and police such reasonable compensation for
their services as they may think proper, and the mayor
shall receive two dollars, and each councilman one and
one-half dollars per day for each day they may be in
session or attending to their public duties.

Ibid. s. 13
Compensation
of officers of
corporation.

79. The mayor and councilmen may pass such ordi-
nances, not contrary to law, as they may deem benefi-
cial to the town ; they shall have power to remove
nuisances and obstructions from the streets, lanes and
alleys, and from any lots adjoining thereto, and also
any houses or other buildings that may become dan-
gerous to the neighborhood on any account, and to
prevent and abate all nuisances and annoyances in said
town, and may impose such reasonable fines, forfeitures
or imprisonments as to them may appear necessary, for
the violation of any ordinance of the said town.

Ibid. s. 14.
Powers of
mayor and
councilmen.

80. Sub-Sec. 1. They may, from time to time, cause
an assessment to be made of all the property, real and
personal, in the town, by three persons appointed by
them, and may levy thereon a tax not exceeding in
any one year, fifty cents on every hundred dollars
worth of assessable property.

Ibid. s 15.
Assessment of
property and
tax.

Sub-Sec. 2. Any person may appeal from the valua-
tion made by the said assessor to the mayor and coun-
cilmen, and the said mayor and councilmen shall meet
at the council chamber on the first Monday in June in
each year, and remain in session two days, or longer, if
necessary, for the purpose of hearing and determining
such appeals, and shall give notice of such meeting in

Ibid s. 16.
Right of appeal.