ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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that the justice of the peace residing in said town shall have the

same power to hear, try and determine all criminal cases where

the mayor and council is a party, as they now have in cases where

the State of Maryland is a party.

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall have the same

fees for making distress or levying execution for taxes as are al-

lowed county collectors, and for making arrests or serving process

for violation of any ordinance of the corporation the same fees ^:

Bailiff
Fees.

as are allowed constables for similar services; and when the bailiff

wilfully fails to discharge any duty of his office he may, in addi-

tion to the remedy on his bond, be fined by the mayor in his dis-

cretion, not exceeding ten dollars for any one offense, for the pay-

ment of which fine his bond shall be responsible, or he may be

dismissed by the council.

SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That all fines, penalties and for-

feitures imposed by this charter, or by any ordinance of the coun-

cil, may be collected in the name of the mayor and council be-

Fines.

fore the mayor or any justice of the peace, in the same manner

as small debts are collected, and the delinquent shall stand com-

mitted to the lock-up or county jail until the same is paid with

costs.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That the council shall have authority

to incur a debt not exceeding five thousand dollars in excess of the

annual revenue of the town, and shall, whenever any such debt is

created, provide for the payment thereof by issuing certificates of

Debt.

indebtedness at such rate of interest as the council may deem ad-

visable, and shall be payable within five years in the discretion of

the council.

SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That the county commissioners of

Montgomery and Prince George's counties shall annually pay to

the mayor and council of Takoma park that proportion of the

total amount levied for the repair of roads in said counties, which

the real estate in said town within the limits of the respective

Read Tax.

counties bears to the total amount of property assessed in said

respective counties, and the amounts so paid to the mayor and

council of Takoma park shall be used by them in the repair and

maintenance of the streets of said town.

SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That the council may issue certifi-

cates of indebtedness not exceeding five thousand dollars, but shall

To issue.

make provision for their payment in accordance with section

twenty-four.

SEC. 27. And be it enacted, That the council shall have the same

powers as the State board of health of this Stat; restricted,

Powers.

however, to the limits of the town.

SEC. 28. And be it enacted, That the council may appoint an-

nually a scavenger and prescribe his duties and fix his compensa-