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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

most public places of said town. The said town

clerk shall receive twenty-five dollars per annum for

his services.

Collector

126. It shall be the duty of the collector as town

to preserve

constable to preserve the peace and quiet of the

peace.

town, and for that purpose he is hereby invested

with all the powers of a constable within said town.

He shall perform such other duties as may be re-

quired of him by the burgess and commissioners,

and shall receive such compensation as the burgess

and commissioners may deem right and proper.

127. If a vacancy should occur in the office of

collector of taxes or town clerk, by death, resigna-

Vacancies

tion, removal or otherwise, the burgess and commis-

sioners may make an appointment to supply such

vacancy.

128. Should the bailiff arrest any person for vio-

lating any ordinance passed by the burgess and com-

missioners, he shall carry such offender before any

Hear and
determine

justice of the peace in said town, and it shall be the

charge.

duty of such justice to hear and determine the charge
against such person in accordance with the ordinan-

ces of said corporation.

WILD ANIMALS.

129. Any citizen of this State who shall kill or

Amount al-

destroy any wolf, panther, wild cat or fox within the
limits of Garrett county, shall be entitled to the fol-

lowed for de-
struction of
wild animals.

lowing allowance, viz. : for every wolf scalp, the sum
of twenty dollars ; for every panther scalp, the sum

of twenty dollars ; for every wild cat scalp, the sum

of two dollars ; and for every fox scalp, the sum of

one dollar.

130. To obtain such allowance it shall be neces-

sary for the person killing such animal to produce

the head of the same before some justice of the peace

Time allow-

for said county, and at the same time make oath

ed to produce

that the said animal was taken and killed within the

killing of ani-

limits of Garrett county, within fifteen days before

mals.

the production of the head [before] the justice, and

said justice shall thereupon give, the person pro-

ducing the same a certificate that such head was