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which tax shall be collected and paid to them by a collector
appointed by them; and the said collector shall have the same
power to distrain therefor as the collector of county taxes has.

P. L. L., (1880.) art. 10, sec. 107.

130. They shall fix the term of office, responsibility and com-
pensation of said collector.

Ibid. sec. 108.

131. They may appoint a bailiff, and fill any vacancy in his
office until the annual election of commissioners; and the new
board may continue or dismiss said bailiff at their pleasure.

Ibid, sec 109.

132. The said bailiff shall preserve order in the village, and
shall have the same power therein, both civil and criminal, as

constables have by law in their districts.

Ibid. sec. 110.

133. All fines, penalties and forfeitures under the ordinances
of the corporation shall be recoverable as small debts, either
before the president, of the commissioners or a justice of the
peace.

Ibid. sec. 111. 1880, ch. 208.

134. The limits of the Tillage shall extend to the distance of
'One-half of a mile from the centre of the bridge leading across
the river in either direction, and all that part of said village

which, prior to the act of 1880, chapter 208, was situated in
Dorchester county, is now transferred to and included within
Caroline county; and the property within said limits shall be
liable to taxation in said village.

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FENCES.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 6, sec. 86.

135. Whenever joint fences are established for the mutual
benefit of different owners or possessors of adjoining land, each
party shall keep in good repair his respective proportion thereof
in manner following, that is to say: all post and rail or plank