WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1431

in addition thereto may for the commission of said offense
impose a fine on such person of not more than five dollars;
and such person in default of payment thereof may be
committed to the county jail for a period of not more
than five days. All fines, penalties and forfeitures under
this Act, and not otherwise provided for, shall be recov-
ered before a justice of the peace for said county in the
name of the commissioners, and applied to the benefit
of said town; and in all such proceedings the bailiff shall
have the same power to proceed in the same manner and
have the same fees as constables, and for police duties
shall be entitled to the same fees as constables, and all
process shall be returnable before some justice of the
peace, resident in said town.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That before the
first day of October, 1947 the commissioners of Temple-
ville shall provide and prepare an assessment book, with
the assessment list arranged in alphabetical order in the
names of all persons owning real or personal property
within the corporate limits of the town of Templeville. The
assessments on said property shall be in the amounts
assessed on same as set forth on the assessment books of
Queen Anne's and Caroline Counties in the office of the
County Commissioners in Centreville and Denton; and
said books shall be the basis for levying all taxes in said
town.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the commis-
sioners of Templeville before the first day of October in
each year thereafter shall enter in the assessment book
such transfers, abatements or new assessments as have
been made on the assessment books of Queen Anne's
County and Caroline County for the current year.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the annual
date of finality for tax purposes in the town of Templeville
shall be the first day of October and within thirty days
thereafter the commissioners of Templeville shall make
their levy for the general expenses of the town for the
calendar year in which said levy is made.

The commissioners of Templeville shall have full power
and authority to levy annually upon all the property of
the town subject to assessment and tax for State and
County purposes, such taxes at such rates as may be
necessary, in its judgment, for the expenses of the current
fiscal year, including the cost of lighting the streets, lanes
and alleys of the town, not to exceed fifty cents on the