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poses as it would have been if made by the Clerk of Ridgely
who made and reported the sale.

SEC- 22. The Clerk of Ridgely making such sale of property
for the payment of taxes due and in arrears shall be entitled
to the same fees as is allowed a Sheriff by law for selling prop-
erty under execution.

SEC. 23. The Commissioners of Ridgely on the first Monday
of May, 1937, and on the first Monday of each and every year
thereafter, shall appoint not more than three persons as
policemen, who shall hold office for one year or until his suc-
cessor is appointed, confirmed and qualified, and whose duties
and compensation shall be such as are prescribed by law and
by ordinance or resolution of the Commissioners of Ridgely
from time to time, and who shall within the limits of said
town and within the limits of the Seventh Election District
of Caroline County, have all the police powers of constables
of the State of Maryland, and it shall be their duty to enforce
the by-laws and ordinances of the Commissioners of Ridgely
and the laws of the State of Maryland in relation to crimes
and misdemeanors committed within the limits of said town,
and the regular policemen before entering upon the duties of
his or their office, as the case may be, shall each take and
subscribe before a Justice of the Peace of Caroline County an
oath to well and faithfully, without partiality or prejudice,
perform the duties of his office in all things according to the
laws of the State and the ordinances of the Commissioners of
Ridgely, and to enforce said laws and said ordinances to the
best of his ability, which said oath shall be certified to by the
Justice of the Peace before whom it shall be taken and filed
with the Clerk of Ridgely, and the policemen so appointed
may, in the discretion of the Commissioners of Ridgely, be
required to give bond with corporate or personal surety and
in such penalty as shall be prescribed by ordinance, and said
bond to be approved by the Commissioners of Ridgely.

SEC. 24. The Commissioners of Ridgely may appoint special
policemen with all the powers of the regular policemen for a
term of not exceeding sixty (60) days whenever the exigency
of the occasion requires it, and their duties and powers shall
be the same as those of the regular policemen.

SEC. 25. The policemen who shall be duly appointed pur-
suant to the provisions of this Charter shall have the same fees
for making arrests for the infractions of the laws of the State
of Maryland and the ordinances of the Commissioners of
Ridgely as are now or may hereafter be allowed by law to