JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQIURE, GOVERNOR. 735

be real estate, convey the property sold upon pay-
ment of the purchase money to the purchaser thereof.
SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the said collector
shall have the same power and be entitled to the
same protection in the execution of the duties of his
office as the collectors of State taxes have and are
entitled to, and the delinquent tax-payers shall have	Right to re-
the same right to redeem, and the purchaser the same	deem.
remedies to recover possession of the property sold
as given to tax-payers and to purchasers of lands sold by collectors of State taxes by article eighty-one
of the code.
SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the president of
the commissioners shall, in virtue of his office, have
and exercise within the limits of the corporation, all	Powers of
the jurisdiction and powers of a justice of the peace,	president
except as to civil cases and the acknowledgment of
deeds; he shall see that the ordinances and by-laws
are duly and faithfully executed, and may call on
any officer of the town entrusted with the receipts
and expenditures of public money for a statement of
his accounts, as often as he or the commissioners
may think necessary; and he shall report annually
to the commissioners the general state of the town,
with an accurate account of the money received and
expended, to be published in the most public places
of the town for the information of the citizens.
SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That all other officers
not herein named, who may be deemed necessary to	Other offi- cers to be ap-
execute the powers of the said corporation and the	pointed.
laws thereof, shall be appointed in such manner as
shall by ordinance be directed.
SEC. 23. And le it enacted, That the citizens of
said town, and all persons holding property therein, shall be competent witnesses in all actions arising under this charter or the by-laws and ordinances of	Who are competent witnesses
said corporation if exempt from other exceptions
than those of interest, as an inhabitant of said town
or member of said corporation.
SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That all moneys
arising from taxes, fines, forfeitures and penalties	How appro-
imposed by virtue of any by-law or ordinance of said	priated.