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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 54 D. The Mayor and Council may levy annually a tax

Taxation of
property

on the property in said corporation assessed as aforesaid, not
exceeding twenty-five cents on everyone hundred dollars to
the assessed value thereof, which tax shall be a lien on said
property, real, personal and mixed, of the tax payers of said
town, respectively, till paid, and interest shall be chargeable on
said taxes after thirty days from the time when the same are
due and payable; and said taxes shall be due and payable
thirty days from the date of levying the same; the said Mayor
and Council may also, in their discretion, allow a discount not
exceeding tive per centum for prompt payment of said taxes.

Bailiff to be
appointed.

SEC. 54 E. The mayor, by and with the advice and consent
of the council, shall annually, at their first meeting after their
election and qualification, or as soon thereafter as may be,
appoint a bailiff for said town from among their qualified
voters thereof; before said bailiff shall enter upon the discharge
of the duties of his office, he shall file with the town clerk a
bond for the faithful discharge of his duties as bailiff, with

Powers and
duties.

security to be approved by the mayor, in such penal sum as
shall be prescribed by ordinance of said corporation; and
within the corporate limits of said town, said bailiff shall
have all the powers and authority of a constable; he shall
pay over to the town- 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 of Carroll county are now collected, and
shall for that purpose have all the powers and indemnities in
his office that the collectors of the county taxes of Carroll
county now have; and for any failure on his part to pay over
to the town clerk and treasurer any taxes collected by him,
or other funds belonging to the corporation, he shall be sub-
ject to suit on his bond and criminal prosecution as the tax
collectors of Carroll county now are; he shall inform himself,
annually, of all the property within the corporate limits liable
to assessment which may have been omitted from the last
assessment, and of all buildings and improvements made, and
of all property acquired since the last assessment; he shall
value said property at its cash value, and return the same to
the Mayor and Council at the time and in the manner to be
prescribed by them; and the same shall be assessed to the
proper parties and taxed to them thereafter, and the taxes col-
lected as other taxes are collected; and in the performance of
his duties as bailiff, the said bailiff shall receive the same fees