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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and Town Council may, in their discretion, allow a discount on
all taxes paid within the said sixty days, not to exceed three
per cent.

Recovery of
penalties.

181. All fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by this
charter, or for the violation of any of the ordinances of said
town, shall be recoverable in the name of the corporation as
email debts, before such justice of the peace of the State of Mary-
land, residing in said town, as may be elected police magistrate
for the said town, by said council, and no other; and said
moneys so collected shall be paid over into the hands of the
treasurer of the town; and should the bailiff arrest anyone for
violating any ordinance of the-corporation, or provision of this
charter, he shall carry the offender before the Mayor or police
magistrate, who shall hear the charge, and determine the fine
according to the ordinances of said corporation, or the said pro-
visions of this charter.

Bale of prop-
erty f or
taxes.

182. All taxes levied by said Mayor and Council for the
. general purpose of said town shall be a lien on the property
from the date of said levy, of the party or parties against
whom said tax may be charged, whether such person be a
resident or non-resident of the town, whether adult or infant,
non compos, feme covert, or otherwise; and if said tax cannot
be made out of the personal property of such person or corpo-
ration, then the same may be collected out of the rents of his,
Ler, their or its real estate, by due process of law; or the
bailiff or collector may sell such real estate for payment of
taxes by complying with the same requirements as the Treas-
urer of Garrett county has, under the Local Laws of Garrett
county.

Collection of
taxes by
bailiff.

183. The bailiff or collector shall collect and pay over to
the Town Treasurer all taxes collected of the levy placed in
his hands for collection, monthly, dating from the date of said
levy, and shall give bond, conditional, accordingly; and on all
taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of January next
following the said levy, he shall charge and collect interest
from the said first day of January, at the rate of six per cent,
per annum, to be accounted for with the tax; and in all suits
by the said Mayor and Council, upon the bonds of said bailiff
or collector for any neglect of duty, or for his default in not
collecting any tax placed in his hands according to law, or for
breach of his duty in not paying over money collected by him,
proof of the delivery of the levy list shall be sufficient prima
facie evidence to entitle said Mayor and Council to receive