940 CHARLES COUNTY. [ART. 9.

bill showing the amount due by him, if he be a resident of the
town; and if he be a non-resident, and in consequence thereof
cannot be served with said account or tax bill, he shall publish
such account or tax bill in some paper printed and published in
Charles county, at the expense of the taxpayer; and may, unless the
same be paid within thirty days ,after the delivery or publication
of such account, collect the same, with all costs, by distress and
sale of the real and personal property of the delinquent at public
auction, after giving at least ten days' notice of such sale in
some newspaper published in said county.

1888, ch. 325.

109. The president of the commissioners shall execute and
deliver to the purchaser a deed of the property so sold; and'the
same deed shall convey to the purchaser the said property, and
shall be presumptive evidence that all the requirements of law
have been complied with in making such sale and deed.

Ibid.

110. The bailiff shall make all collections required of him,
and pay the same to the clerk within six months from the time
the tax bill is placed in his hands.

Ibid.

111. He shall attend the meetings of the commissioners, and
shall perform such duties as they shall direct; shall preserve the
peace and good order of the town, and for this purpose is invested
with the same power and authority that any constable has under
the laws of this State.

Ibid.

112. The president shall preside at all meetings of the commis-
sioners, and shall have all powers of a justice of the peace in
criminal cases where the commissioners are a party, and shall re-
ceive the same fees allowed justices of the peace in similar cases;
and an appeal from his judgment, where the demand or fine ex-
ceeds five dollars, may be taken to the circuit court for Charles
county, which shall hear and determine the matter as upon ap-
peals from justices of the peace.