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within thirty days after the delivery or publication of such ac-
count, collect the same, with all costs, by distress and sale of the
real and personal property of the delinquent at public auction,
after giving at least ten days' notice of such sale in some news-
paper published in said county.

1888, ch. 354.

44. The president of the commissioners shall execute and de-
liver to the purchaser a deed of the property so sold; and the said

deed shall convey to the purchaser the said property, and shall
be presumptive evidence of all the requirements of law having
been complied with in making such sale and deed.

Ibid

45. The chief bailiff shall make all collections required of
him, and pay the same to the clerk within six months from the
time the tax bill is placed in his hand.

Ibid

46. The chief bailiff shall attend the meetings of the commis-
sioners, and perform such duties as they shall direct, shall pre-
serve the peace and good order of the town, and for this purpose
is invested with the same power and authority as any constable
las under the laws of this State.

Ibid.

47. The president shall preside at all meetings of the commis-
sioners, and shall have all the powers of a justice of the peace,

where the commissioners are a party, and shall receive the same
fees allowed justices of the peace in similar cases, and an appeal
from his judgment, where the demand or fine exceeds five dol-
lars, may be taken to the circuit court for Montgomery county,

which shall hear and determine the matter as upon appeals from
justices of the peace.

Ibid.

48. The chief bailiff shall have the same fees for making dis-
tress for taxes as are allowed county collectors, and for making
arrest, or serving process for violations of any ordinances of the

corporation, the same as are allowed constables for similar ser-