1564 PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. [ART. 17.

tially perform the duties required of him as bailiff of said village,
according to the best of his skill and judgment, and who shall
also give bond in the same manner and in the same penalty as the
constables of the said county are required to do.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 16, sec. 37.

52. The said bailiff shall attend the meetings of the commis-
sioners when required, and perform such services as they shall

direct.

Ibid. sec. 88.

53. The commissioners may pass all by-laws and ordinances
necessary to give effect to the powers vested in them by this

charter, and impose fines, penalties and forfeitures for the breach
of their by-laws and ordinances; but no ordinance shall impose a
fine, penalty or forfeiture, for any one offence, of more than ten
dollars.

Ibid. sec. 39.

54. All fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by any by-law
or ordinance may be collected as small debts are, and shall be
applied in such manner, for the use of said village, as may from
time to time be directed by ordinance.

1868, ch. 462.

55. It shall not be lawful for swine to go at large in the

village of Bladensburg, and the bailiff of said village may take
up and impound any swine which may be found going at large
in said village; and on his failure or neglect to take up and im-
pound swine so found going at large, it shall and may be lawful
for any citizen of said village to do so; and any person so taking
up and impounding shall give four days' notice thereof by adver-
tisement set up at four of the most public places in the village,
describing the swine impounded, and declaring that the same
will be sold at public auction at some public place in said village;
one-half of the purchase money shall go to the person impound-
ing such swine, and the other half to the owner; and if no owner
shall claim the said swine on the day of sale, said half shall go to
the commissioners of the village for the use of said village;
provided, that if the owner of any swine impounded under this