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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

term for which he may have been elected, the
remaining commissioners shall have power to
fill the vacancy.
SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the said, com-
missioners, or a majority of them, may annually

May appoint
a Bailiff.

appoint an active and discreet person to be bailiff
within the limits of said village, who, before he
shall proceed to the execution of his office, shall
take an oath, to be administered by a justice of
the peace for the said county, that he
will faithfully and impartially perform the
duties required of him as bailiff ; and
the commissioners may require the said
bailiff to give bond in the same manner and
under the same penalties that the several con-
stables of said county do ; and it shall be the
duty of said bailiff to attend the meetings of

Duty of Bailiff

the said commissioners when so ordered; to per-
form such service as he shall from time to time
be by them directed; to prevent the tumultuous
and irregular meeting of all idle, dissolute and
drunken persons within the limits of said
village; and the said bailiff shall be invested
with the same power that a constable now has
under the laws of the State of Maryland, and
the commissioners may allow him such compen-
sation as they may think proper.
SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That when the
health, comfort, convenience or prosperity of

May condemn
property.

said village shall require the taking of private
property for the purpose of opening streets,
widening the same, or for any other purpose,
the commissioners shall issue their warrant to
the sheriff of Charles county to summon a jury
of twenty persons, who have no pecuniary in-
terest in the property to be condemned, resi-
dents of the county; and from the panel of
jurors, each party, the commissioners and the
owner or owners of the property to be con-
demned, his, her or their agents or attorney; or,
if either party be not present in person, or by
agent, or, being present in person or by agent,
refuse to strike, the sheriff, for him, her or
them, shall strike off four persons for each side
respectively, and the remaining twelve shall act
as such jury, and they shall meet on the prem-
ises on a day fixed by the sheriff, and within