ELIHU E JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

interest thereon, said title shall become absolute
and indefeasible.
18. The bailiff shall make all collections re-

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quired of him, and pay the same to the clerk
within six months from the time the tax list is
placed in his hands, and which said clerk shall
hold, together with all other moneys received by
him, subject to the order of the council.
19. The bailiff shall attend the meetings of the

Make collec-
tions.

council, and perform such duties as it shall
direct, He shall prevent disorderly or irregular
meetings of persons, and he shall enforce all
ordinances that may be enacted by the council.
20. The mayor shall have all the powers of a
justice of the peace in criminal cases when the

Duties of
bailiff.

"Mayor and Council" is a party, and shall re-
ceive the same fees as a justice of the peace as
allowed for similar services, and an appeal from
his judgment, when the amount exceeds five
dollars, may be taken to the circuit court for
the county, which shall hear and determine the
matter as upon appeal from a justice of the
peace ; provided, however, that the justices of
the peace residing in said town shall have the
same power to hear, try and determine all crimi-
nal cases where the mayor and council is a
party as they now have in cases where the
State of Maryland is a party.
21. The bailiff shall have the same fees for

Powers of the
mayor.

making distresses or levying execution for taxes
as are allowed county collectors, and for making
arrests or serving process for violation of any
ordinance of the corporation the same fees as
are allowed constables for similar services ; and
when the bailiff wilfully fails to discharge any
duty of his office he may, in addition to the
remedy on his bond, be fined by the mayor in
his discretion, not exceeding ten dollars for
any one offense, for the payment of which said
fine his bond shall be responsible.
22. All fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed

Fees of bailiff.

by this charter, or by any ordinance of the
council, may be collected in the name of the
"Mayor and Council," before the mayor or any
justice of the peace, in the same manner as
small debts are collected, and the delinquent

Fines— how
collected.