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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

hundred and seventy-four, entitled " An Act to in-

corporate Bel-Air, in Harford county," be and the

same is hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as

follows :

SECTION 4. And be it enacted, That all taxes shall

be fairly laid and shall not exceed fifty cents in every

one hundred dollars of taxable property in any one

year, and that the taxable basis of said property

shall be the same as that for county and State taxes ;

Appoint tax
collectors.

that the Commissioners shall have power to appoint
such person or persons as they think fit to collect

the said taxes, and to pay the said collector such

salary or compensation as they may think proper ;

provided that all the property within the corporate

limits of said town shall hereafter be exempt from

taxation for public district or county road purposes

outside of the said corporate limits.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the following

sections are hereby added to said charter of said

Sections added

town of Bel-Air, to be numbered seventeen and

eighteen, to read as follows :

SECTION 17. Be it enacted, That the Commission-

ers of the town of Bel- Air, or a majority of them,

shall, annually, appoint an active and discreet per-

Appoint bai-

son to act as bailiff within the corporate limits of

lif.

said town, who, before he proceeds to act as such,

shall make oath or affirmation before the clerk of

the Circuit Court for Harford county, that he will

faithfully and impartially perform the duties re-

quired of him as bailiff of said town without favor,

affection or partiality, according to the best of his

skill and judgment; and the said bailiff shall have,

within the corporate limits of the town cf Bel-Air,

Power of bai-

all the power held and exercised by the constables

liff.

of this State; and the said bailiff shall give bond,

to be approved by the county commissioners, as

other constables, for the faithful performance of his

duty . as constable; and the said bailiff shall also

Execute bond.

execute a bond, with good and sufficient securities,

to be approved by a majority of the commissioners

of said town, in such penalty as they may require

for the faithful performance of his duties as town

bailiff, and for his accountability to the town com-

missioners for all taxes, assessments, fines or penal-

Power to ar-

ties collected by him; and the said bailiff, or his

rest.

deputies, shall have power to arrest, without war-