ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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to the mayor and council of snid town within fifteen days after

the posting or the last publication of the notice herein required,

and said mayor and council are hereby constituted a final board

of appeal and equalization of said assessment, and as such are

empowered to make such deductions from and additions to the

assessments made by the board of assessors as may be reasonable

and just and for the purpose of equalization, and they may also

remit taxes where the same have been illegally imposed; upon the

Tax.

perfection and final completion of the assessment rolls the mayor

and council shall levy a tax upon all property embraced therein

not exceeding twenty cents per annum per hundred dollars of the

valuation thereof, and shall deliver to the treasurer their warrant

for the collection thereof and such tax shall thereupon be col-

lected as herein provided.

SEC. 207. There shall be elected annually in the same manner,

and possessing the same qualifications as the mayor, one person

as bailiff of said town, whose duty it shall be to preserve the peace

and good order of the town, and for this purpose the said bailiff

Baliff.

is hereby vested with the same powers and authority now pos-

sessed by constables under the laws of the State; said bailiff shall

take the required oath and enter upon his duties on the second

Monday of April of each year.

SEC. 208. The bailiff shall have the same fees for making ar-

rests and serving process for any violation of any ordinance of

Fees

the commissioners of Laurel, or mayor and city council, as are

allowed constables for similar services, and such further com-

pensation as the mayor and city council may think proper.

SEC. 209. The mayor and councilmen and all other officers of

the corporation, before entering upon the duties of their office,

shall take an oath before a justice of the peace, within the limits

of said corporation, that they will diligently and faithfully, to

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the best of their judgment and ability, discharge the duties of

oath.

their office without favor, partiality or prejudice, and shall file

the certificate of the officer before whom the same was taken

among the records of the corporations.

SEC. 210. The clerk and bailiff shall give bond, payable to the

mayor and city council, in such penalty and with such security

as the mayor and city council shall require, conditioned for the

Bond.

faithful performance of the duties of the office of clerk and bailiff,

and the mayor and city council may remove the clerk at pleasure.

SEC. 211. The mayor and city council may pass ordinances for-

bidding any person from carrying fire-arms or other concealed

weapons, and such other ordinances not contrary to law, as they

Powers.

may deem proper and beneficial to the town; may restrain and

remove nuisances; may contract for lighting said town, and sup-

plying said town with water and other means for the preven-

tion and extinguishment of fire therein; may open and close