FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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like services, and such compensation for the collection of

taxes and other duties as shall be provided by ordinance of

the corporation.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That all taxes levied on prop-

erty assessed as provided by this sub-title of this article shall

Taxes and
lien

be a lien on the said property, real and personal, of the tax-

payers of said town respectively until paid, and the mayor

and council shall charge interest on said taxes after thirty

days from the time when such taxes are due and payable ;

and all taxes levied shall be collected by the corporation

bailiff in same manner that the county taxes of Carroll

County are now collected ; and all persons subject to the

payment of such taxes shall have the same rights, priv-

ileges and remedies now enjoyed and possessed by persons

subject to the payment of county taxes in Carroll County.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the mayor of said town

by virtue of his office, for municipal purposes and preserving

the peace, shall have all the powers of the justice of the

Powers of

peace; he shall see that the laws and ordinances of the

mayor.

corporation are duly executed ; he may require any officer of

the corporation entrusted with the receipt and expenditure

of moneys of the corporation to submit to him a statement

of such officer's account as often as said mayor or council

may deem necessary; he shall report semi-aunually in writ-

ing to the council the general condition of the town, with

the moneys received and expended, which report shall be

posted up in not less than two of the most public places of

the town ; he shall sign all laws and ordinances passed by

the council, with his reason in case of refusal to sign ; and

if said law or ordinance so unsigned by him be again put

upon its passage and receive the vote of five-sixths of the

council, it shall become a law without the approval of the

mayor.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That all fines, penalties and

forfeitures imposed by the laws and ordinances of said

mayor and council, shall be recovered before the mayor or

Fines and
penalties.

any justice of the peace for Carroll County residing within

the corporate limits of said town, upon a warrant issued

against the offender directed to the bailiff of said corpora-

tion, or any constable of said county, in the corporation,

name of said town, and shall be collected by judgment and

execution in the same manner and with the same costs and

fees as provided for in cases of small debts, and with such

penalties to the officers for non-performance of duty as in

such cases prescribed by the laws of the State ; and said

fines, penalties an forfeitures shall be paid by the officer