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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That whenever the council shall

levy a tax they shall cause to be made out an alphabetical list of

Tax list.

all the persons charged therewith, and shall cause to be affixed

thereto the respective sums to be collected from each person, and

a warrant to the bailiff to collect the same.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall within thirty

days after the receipt of such list and warrant, render to each

person named therein an account of the tax; and if he cannot

reader to any person such account by reason of his noil-residence,

or otherwise, he shall publish such account in some newspaper

To publish

published in the county in which the property is situated, at the
expense of the tax-payers, and post the same in some conspicuous

place, 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 or execution and sale of the real and personal

property of such delinquent at public auction, all of which pro-

ceedings shall be similar to the general law now in force in this

State for the collection of State and county taxes by the tax

collectors.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the mayor shall execute and

deliver to the purchaser, when said sale is ratified by the circuit

court, a deed of the property so sold, and the said deed shall con-

Deed.

vey to the purchaser the said property and shall be presumptive

evidence that all the requirements of law have been complied

with in making such assessment, levy, sale and deed; and unless

the owner or owners shall within two years redeem such property

by paying to the purchaser the whole amount of money paid by

him for said property with fifteen per cent, interest thereon per

annum, said title shall become absolute and indefeasible.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall make all col-

Bailiff.

lections required of him and pay the same to the clerk within six

months from the time the tax list is placed >iu his hands, and

which said clerk shall hold, together with all other moneys re-

ceived by him, subject to the order of the council.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall attend the

Plaintiff.

meetings of the council and perform such duties as it shall direct ;

he shall preserve the peace, prevent disorderly or irregular meet-

ings of persons, and he shall enforce all ordinances that may be

enacted by the council.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the mayor shall have all the

powers of a justice of the peace in criminal cases where the mayor

and council is a party, and shall receive the same fees as a justice

of the peace is allowed for similar services, and an appeal from his

Mayor.

judgment, when the amount exceeds five dollars, may be taken to

the circuit court of the county in which the person making the

appeal resides, which court shall hear and determine the matter

as upon appeal from a justice of the peace; provided, however,