326 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 217

going provisions, the said Commissioners are hereby author-
ized, empowered and directed to examine the books and papers
of the said bailiff, including the receipts from said Treasurer,
to ascertain whether said taxes which were placed in his hands
for collection have been collected; and the said bailiff is hereby
directed to deliver said books, papers and receipts to said
Commissioners, and to assist them in every way that they may
require in making said examination; and if said Commis-
sioners, or a majority of them, shall find that all of said
taxes, save those which are insolvent, have not been collected,
they are hereby directed to immediately cause suit to be en-
tered on said bailiff's bond for the amount remaining uncol-
lected, after having deducted therefrom the amount which is
insolvent and uncollectible, and such suit shall be brought for
the use of the Commissioners of Greensboro; and any judg-
ment entered against said bailiff and his bond in said suit
shall be immediately collected by said Commissioners as other
judgments are now collected; and the amount so collected
shall be immediately paid over to the Treasurer; and neither
the said bailiff nor his bondsmen shall be permitted in such
suit to prove that any said taxes have not been collected; pro-
vided, that nothing herein contained shall be so taken or con-
strued as to prevent said bailiff or any of the sureties on his
bond from showing that any tax for which suit is brought, or
any part of the same, is insolvent and uncollectible.

294. All taxpayers who shall pay their taxes in the month
of August following the date of their levy shall be entitled to
a discount of five per cent.; all who shall pay in September
following the date of their levy shall be entitled to a discount
of four per cent; all who shall pay in October following the
date of their levy shall be entitled to a discount of three per
cent., which shall be allowed by the bailiff in his settlement
with them, and which shall be allowed the said bailiff in his
settlement with the Commissioners or Treasurer.

295. All books, papers and documents belonging to the
office of the bailiff, or of any other officer of said town, shall be
the property of the said corporation, and at all times subject
to examination by the Commissioners or any of them.

296. The said Commissioners may pass such by-laws and
ordinances as they shall deem necessary for the good govern-
ment of said town and the inhabitants thereof; and for the
maintaining of a jail or lock-up for the temporary detention,
when necessary, of persons who would be by law liable to de-
tention in the county jail; also for the prevention, removal or
abatement of nuisance; to prevent swine, geese, animals, stock