ART. 23.] SHARPTOWN. 2097

commissioners shall fix the term of office, amount of bond, and
compensation of such collector.

1888, ch. 210.

168. The commissioners may, as often as deemed advisable,
cause an assessment to be made of all real and personal property
within the corporate limits by a person to be appointed and paid
by them, which assessment shall not exceed the assessment of the
same property for county purposes; and the commissioners may
levy a tax thereon not exceeding, in any one year, twenty cents
in the hundred dollars worth of assessable property.

Ibid.

169. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall
have full power and authority, annually, to appoint a bailiff,
whose duty it shall be to preserve the peace and good order of
said town; and for this purpose he is hereby vested with the
same power and authority that constables have under the laws of
this State.

Ibid.

170. The bailiff shall have the same fees for making arrests,
or serving process for violations of any ordinances of the corpo-
ration, as are allowed constables for similar services.

Ibid.

171. The commissioners, and all other officers of the corpo-
ration, before they enter upon the duties of their offices, shall
take an oath before a justice of the peace that they will diligently
and faithfully, to the best of their judgment, discharge the duties
oi their respective offices without favor, partiality or prejudice,
and shall file the certificates of the officer before whom the same
was taken, among the records of the corporation.

Ibid.

172. The clerk and bailiff shall give a bond, payable to the.
commissioners, in such penalty and with such security as the
commissioners may require, conditioned for the faithful perform-
ance of the duties of the office of bailiff or clerk.
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