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which he may have been elected, the remaining commissioners
shall have power to fill the vacancy.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 9, sec. 89. 1888, ch. 297.

149. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, may
annually appoint an active and discreet person to be bailiff within
the limits of said village, who, before he shall proceed to the
execution of his office shall take an oath, to be administered
by a justice of the peace for the said county, that he will
faithfully and impartially perform the duties required of him as
bailiff; and the commissioners may require the said bailiff to give
bond in the same manner and under the same penalties that the
several constables of said county do; and it shall be the duty of
said bailiff to attend the meetings of the said commissioners when
so ordered ; to perform such service as shall from time to time
be directed by them; to prevent the tumultuous and irregular
meeting of all idle, dissolute and drunken persons within the
limits of said village; and the said bailiff shall be invested with
the same power that a constable now has under the public general
laws of the State, and the commissioners may allow him such
compensation as they may think proper.

Ibid. sec. 90. 1888, ch. 297.

150. When the health, comfort, convenience or prosperity of
said village shall require the taking of private property for the
purpose of opening streets, widening the same, or for any other
purpose, the commissioners shall issue their warrant to the sheriff
of Charles county to summon a jury of twenty persons, who have
no pecuniary interest in the property to be condemned, residents
of the county; and from the panel of jurors, each party, the
commissioners and the owner of the property to be condemned,
his agents or attorney, or, if either party be not present in person,
or by agent, or being present in person or by agent, refuse to
strike, the sheriff for him shall strike off four persons for each
ride, respectively, and the remaining twelve shall act as such jury,
and they shall meet on the premises on a day fixed by the sheriff,
and within ten days from the date of the warrant of the commis-
sioners, of which day of meeting the owner shall have notice
from the sheriff; and having been sworn by the sheriff, without