ART. 16.] ROCKVILLE. 1539

and personal property of such delinquent at public auction, all of
which proceedings shall be similar to the general law now in force
in this State for the collection of State and county taxes by the
tax collectors.

1888, ch. 339.

194. The mayor shall execute and deliver to the purchaser,
when said sale is ratified by the circuit court, a deed of the prop-
erty so sold; and the said deed shall convey to the purchaser the
said property, and shall be presumptive evidence that all the re-
quirements of law have been complied with in making such sale
and deed; and unless the owner shall, within two years redeem
such property, by paying to the purchaser the whole amount of
money paid by him for said property, with fifteen per cent, inter-
est thereon, said title shall become absolute and indefeasible.

Ibid.

195. The bailiff shall make all collections required of him,
and pay the same to the clerk within six months from the time
the tax list is placed in his hands, and which said clerk shall hold,
together with all other monies received by him, subject to the
order of the council.

Ibid.

196. The bailiff shall attend the meetings of the council, and
perform such duties as it shall direct. He shall prevent dis-
orderly or irregular meetings of persons, and he shall enforce all
ordinances that may be enacted by the council.

Ibid.

197. The mayor shall have all the powers of a justice of the
peace in criminal cases when the mayor and council are a party,
and shall receive the same fees as a justice of the peace is allowed
for similar services, and an appeal from his judgment, when the
amount exceeds five dollars, may be taken to the circuit court for
the county, which shall hear and determine the matter as upon
appeal from a justice of the peace; provided, however, that the
justices of the peace residing in said town shall have the same
power to hear, try and determine all criminal cases where the
mayor and council are a party as they now have in cases where the
State of Maryland is a party.