FRANK BROWN, ESQURE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That said commissioners may
provide by ordinance for the immediate arrest, without warrant,
of any person violating any town ordinance, when in the judg-
ment of the said Mayor or of the constable or police of the
town, the delay necessary to the issuing of warrants would be
dangerous to the peace and quiet of the town, or to the lives,
limbs or property of the citizens; and when it shall appear that
the offender is intoxicated so as to render it unsafe to permit
him to drive or ride through the streets of said town, shall
provide for the custody of the horse or horses, vehicle or
vehicles, ridden or driven by such persons, in some place of
safety until such offender or offenders shall become sober; and
the said commissioners shall subject the property so taken and
deposited, to the payment of all costs of the proceedings, and
the keeping of the said property until the same be released
according to law.

Arrest of per-
sons -violat-
ing ordi-
nances.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That the bailiff and the other
officers of the peace appointed by the said commissioners,
under the powers conferred by this act, are hereby vested with
the same power and authority as any constable or police officer
may now have under the laws of this State, and shall receive
such compensation for his services as the said commissioners
may provide.

Power of
bailiff.

SEC. 18. And Be it enacted, That the said commissioners
shall have the power to levy and collect taxes in said town, not
exceeding in any one year one and one half cents on the dollar,
on all assessable property of the said town, on the same basis
of assessment as the said property is now or may hereafter be
assessed for State and county purposes; provided, that all
property in said corporate limits used only for agricultural
purposes, shall only be assessed as such agricultural property,
and not as town lots; and the County Commissioners of Cal-
vert county, upon the application of the said commissioners of
Chesapeake Beach, are authorized and directed to furnish to
the said corporation commissioners, a full levy list of all prop-
erty assessed on their books within said corporate limits, and
the taxes so levied shall be collected for corporation purposes
by a tax collector for that purpose appointed by said corporate
commissioners, whose powers and duties shall be the same as
those of tax collectors appointed under the laws of the State of
Maryland. In default of payment of taxes the said collector
is hereby authorized to enforce the collection thereof by sale,
in the same manner as is now provided by law for collection by

Levy and col-
lection of
taxes.