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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted. That the chief bailiff

Make collec-
tions.

shall make all collections required of him, and
pay the same to the clerk within six months from
the time the tax bill is placed in his hand.
SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the chief bailiff

Bailiff's duties

shall attend the meetings of the commissioners,
and perform such duties as they shall direct, shall
preserve the peace and good order of the town,
and for this purpose is invested with the same
power and authority as any constable has under
the laws of the state.
SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That the president

Duties of
president.

shall preside at all meetings of the commission-
ers, and shall have all the powers of a justice of
the peace, where the commissioners are a party,
and shall receive the same fees allowed justices
of the peace in similar cases, and an appeal from
his judgment, where the demand or fine exceeds
five dollars, will be taken to the circuit court for
Montgomery county, which shall hear and de-
termine the matter as upon appeals from justices
of the peace.
SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That the chief bailiff

Fees to bailiff.

shall have the same fees for making distress for
taxes as are allowed county collectors, and for
making arrest, or serving process for violations
of any ordinances of the corporation, the same
as are allowed constables for similar services,
and when the bailiff wilfully fails to discharge
any duties of his office, he may be fined, not ex-
ceeding ten dollars, for any one offense.
SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That any fines, pen-

Fines ; how
collected.

alties and forfeitures, imposed by this charter,
or by any ordinance of the commissioners, may
be collected by proceedings in the name of the
commissioners or a justice of the peace, and the
said president, or justice of the peace, shall have
power to commit the offender to the county jail,
on failure to pay such fines and forfeitures, until
the same shall be paid with cost.
SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That the commis-

Expenditures.

sioners shall not expend, or contract to expend,
in any one year, more money than the amount
receivable from taxes and other sources for that
year.
SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That the commis-
sioners for the county, justices of the peace,