FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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election, who shall conduct the election at such place and in
such manner as they shall elect; the polls shall be opened at
3 o'clock p. M., and close at 6 o'clock p. M. The first election
under this act shall be held on the first Monday in May, 1894,
and Ernest B. Horn, Andrew J. Baker and Raymond Barnes
are hereby appointed judges for that purpose.

Judges of
election.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the may or shall appoint
annually a bailiff for said town, which appointment shall be
subject to the approval of the council; before said bailiff
enters upon the discharge of his duties, he shall file with the
clerk of said corporation a bond, with security to be approved

Bailiff to be
appointed.

by the mayor and council, made to the said corporation, for
the faithful discharge and performance of his duties under
this article, and under the ordinances passed by said council;
and in the execution of the duties of office within the corpo-
rate limits of said town, he shall have all the powers and

Bond.

authority of a constable; he shall pay over to the clerk and
treasurer all moneys coming into his hands for and on account
of said corporation; he shall be collector of all taxes levied by
said corporation, and shall collect said taxes by distress or
execution in the same manner as the county taxes for Carroll
county are now collected, and f hall for that purpose have all
the powers and indemnities in his office that tax collectors of
the county taxes of Carroll county now have; he shall, imme-
diately upon the collection of any money for taxes, pay the
same over to the clerk and treasurer of the corporation, and

Duties

shall be subject to suit on his bond and criminal prosecution
as the tax collectors of Carroll county now are; he shall
receive the same lees in the performance of his duties as
bailiffs or constables do in like cases and for like services, and
such compensation for the collection of taxes and other duties
as shall be provided by ordinance of the corporation.

Compensa-
tion.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the council and other
officers of the corporation shall, before they enter upon the
duties of their offices, make oath that they will diligently and
faithfully, to the best of their skill and judgment, perform the
duties of their office, and shall file a certificate thereof, signed
by the officers before whom said oath was made, among the
records of the corporation.

Oath of
officers.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the council shall receive all
returns of election and determine all questions arising thereon :
but any citizen of said town, interested in such determination

Council to
decide upon
election re-
turns.