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under this sub-title of this article, and under the ordinances passed
by said commissioners; and in the execution of the duties of
his office, within the corporate limits of said town, he shall
have all the powers and authority of a constable; he shall pay
over to the clerk and treasurer all monies coming into his hands
for and on account of said corporation; he shall be the collector
of all taxes levied by said corporation, and shall collect said taxes
by distress or execution in the same manner as the county taxes
for Carroll county are now collected, and shall for that purpose
have all the powers and indemnities in his office that the tax
collectors of the county taxes of Carroll county now have; he
shall, immediately upon the collection of any money for taxes,
pay the same over to the clerk and treasurer of the corporation,
and he shall be subject to suit on his bond and criminal prose-
cution as the tax collectors of Carroll county now are; he shall
receive the same fees in the performance of his duties as bailiffs
or constables do in like cases and for like services, and such com-
pensation for the collection of taxes and other duties as shall be
provided by ordinance of the corporation.

1884, ch. 509.

160. All taxes levied on property assessed as provided for by
this sub-title of this article shall be a lien on the said property,
real or personal, of the taxpayers of said town, respectively, until
paid, and the burgess and commissioners shall charge interest on
said taxes after thirty days from the time when such taxes are
due and payable, and may also allow a discount not exceeding
five per cent, for prompt payment thereof; and all taxes levied
shall be collected by the corporation bailiff in the same manner
that the county taxes of Carroll county are now collected; and all
persons subject to the payment of such taxes shall have the same,
rights, privileges and remedies now enjoyed and possessed by
persons subject to the payment of county taxes in Carroll county.

Ibid.

161. The burgess of said town, by virtue of his office, for
municipal purposes and preserving the peace, shall have all the
powers of the justice of the peace; he shall see that the laws and
ordinances of the corporation are duly executed; he may require