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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

by the Mayor and attested by the register, shall be put up in
the most public places in said town, in order that the same
may be generally made known. The said register shall receive
and disburse, upon the order of the Mayor, all moneys col-
lected under any ordinance of the corporation, and shall give
bond to the Mayor and Council of Mount Airy, with such
security as they shall require, for the faithful performance of
his duties; he shall report annually to the council, and as often
as required by them, the financial condition of the town, with
an account of all moneys received and expended, with the
proper vouchers therefor; he shall be collector of all taxes
levied by said corporation, and shall collect such taxes by dis-
tress or execution, in the same manner as the county taxes for
Carroll county are now collected, and for that purpose shall
have all the powers and authority that tax collectors of the
county taxes of Carroll county now have, and shall be subject
to suit on his bond and criminal prosecution, as said tax col-
lectors of Carroll county now are.

Appointment
of Bailiff.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Mayor shall appoint
annually a bailiff or policeman for said town, which appoint-
ment shall be subject to the approval of the council. Before
such bailiff or policeman enters upon the discharge of his
duties, he shall file with the Register of said corporation a
bond, with security to be approved by the Mayor and Council,
made to the said corporation for the faithful discharge and
performance of his duties as prescribed by ordinance, and in
the execution of the duties of his office, within the corporate
limits of said town, he shall have all the powers and authority
of a constable, and ho shall pay over to the Register all
moneys coming into his hands for and on account of said
corporation.

Repeal.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted,. That sections five and seven of
chapter ninety-one of the acts passed at the January session
eighteen hundred and ninety-four of the General Assembly of
Maryland, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Effective.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approyed March 19th, 1896.

CHAPTER 49.
AN ACT to refund to William D. Pyles a sum of money
paid in error to the State Treasurer.

Appropria-
tion;

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Comptroller is hereby directed to issue his