1450 KENT COUNTY. [ART. 15.

and provisions of section 67 of this sub-title of this article, under
the penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered by indictment by the=
grand jury, and judgment of the circuit court for Kent county,
as in ordinary cases of punishment; and the said collector shall
receive the same compensation for collecting said tax, as he may
receive from the county commissioners for collecting the county
tax.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 14, sec. 47.

67. The person so appointed shall give bond to the commis-
sioners, 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 re-
ceived 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.

1888, ch. 227.

68. The clerk to the board of commissioners of Chestertown,
may be the collector of taxes for said town with the same au-
thority and power to receive and collect the taxes that may be-
annually 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, such levy and sale-
be conducted in accordance with the same provisions of law that
control and direct the collection of State and county taxes of"
delinquents in Kent countv.

Ibid. sec. 51.

69. 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.

Ibid. sec. 65.

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