ELIHU B. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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and, provided, further, that in assessing any of the lands within

the town which may be occupied and used as farms or may be a

part or parts of farms, such lands shall be valued and assessed as

lots of four acres of ground with the buildings and improve-

ments thereon, and shall not be valued and assessed by the

number of acres.

148. The president and commissioners may from time to time

under such conditions as they may by their ordinances direct,

appoint such officers as they may deem necessary to carry into

effect their ordinandes; and as soon as practicable after their elec-

tion and qualification, shall annually appoint a town bailiff, who

shall continue in office until his successor has been appointed

and has qualified, but shall be subject to removal by said board

for neglect of duty, disobedience of its orders or malfeasance in

office, and shall have within said town all the authority of a con-

Town

stable in making arrests and serving warrants; he shall preserve

bailiff.

order in said town, superintend all work being done for or by

said town corporation within its limits, obey and perform the

orders and ordinances of said board, have charge of and care for

the fire engines, apparatus and other town property; light, care

for and take charge of the street lamps of said town, and perform

such other duties as said board may prescribe, and as the entire

compensation for all the services which he shall render under

this act and said sub-title, and the ordinances and orders of said

board, he shall receive annually, a sum not exceeding five hundred

dollars; provided, that no person holding the office of bailiff

aforesaid, shall directly or indirectly, furnish teams, carts or

wagons for the use of said corporation during the term of which

he may be appointed.

153. Hereafter not less than three hundred dollars of the

annual levy by the county commissioners of Cecil county for

keeping in repair the highways in said county as may be levied

or taxed upon the assessed values of real and leasehold property

within the limits of said town, shall be annually turned over to

the said president and commissioners of said town by the county

Road levy.

commissioners aforesaid, and belong to and become part of the

etc.

income of said town, to be by said president and commissioners

of said town appropriated for the repair and improvement of the

public highways or streets within the limits of said town; and it

shall be the duty of the said county commissioners in esti-

mating for any annual levy, to ascertain what proportion of the

said levy is applicable alone to the construction and repair of

highways within said county.

155. The president and commissioners of said town are hereby

authorized to issue proposals and make contracts to build or

otherwise provide a suitable house for the storage of its fire

engines and apparatus and other town property, and a place of