858 CECIL COUNTY. [ART. 8.

cution of his office, shall take an oath before a justice of the
peace for said county, that he will faithfully and impartially per-
form the duties required of him as bailiff and constable within
the limits of the town, without favor, affection or partiality,
according to the best of his skill and judgment; and shall also
give bond in the penalty of five hundred dollars, in the same
manner as the several constables of the county; and shall within
the limits of said town have all the authority of a constable, and
shall enforce all ordinances of the president and commissioners;
and the president and commissioners may also, once a year, ap-
point a suitable person residing in said town, to collect taxes by
them levied or assessed, who, before he proceeds to act, shall take
an oath before a justice of the peace that he will faithfully and
impartially execute the office of collector of the town taxes-
within the town of Port Deposit; said collector shall also give
bond to the president and commissioners in such penalty, and
with such securities as they shall direct and approve, which bond
shall be in form as nearly as possible the same as that given by
collectors of county taxes; but nothing herein contained shall
prevent the president and commissioners from appointing the
same person to be both bailiff, constable and collector.

1874, ch. 318.

262. The said bailiff and the said collector shall attend the
meetings of the commissioners whenever they shall be required,
and shall perform such services as may from time to time be
directed by them.

Ibid.

263. The president and commissioners, and the collector ap-
pointed by them for the collection of taxes, shall have all the
powers of distress, and sale of real and personal property given
to county commissioners and collectors of State and county taxes,
by the code of public general laws, for the collection of State and
county taxes, to be used and exercised by the president and com-
missioners and the collector in collecting and enforcing payment
of all taxes, whether the same be levied for the ordinary pur-
poses of the town, under section 258, or for the purpose of
paving, under section 266 of this sub-title of this article; and in
using and exercising these powers, the president and commis-