1144 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall give bond in the same manner and in the same penalty as
constables of Talbot County, and the Commissioners of Oxford,
from time to time, may appoint assisting bailiffs for such term
or terms as in their discretion they may determine, who shall
take the same oath and have the same powers as the bailiff,
except that they shall have no authority to collect amounts
due the corporation.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon the expiration
of the term of the office of the present bailiff of the town of
Oxford the said Commissioners of Oxford shall make said ap-
pointment as set forth in Section 1 of this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1910.

CHAPTER 629.

AN ACT to require the County Commissioners of Talbot
County to pay annually to the Mayor and Council of Easton
of the tax levied upon the property within the limits of the
town of Easton to the amount of fifteen hundred dollars;
and to repeal so much of Chapter 189 of the Laws of Mary-
land passed at the Session of 1904 as applied to said town of
Easton.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of Talbot County shall
pay annually to the Mayor and Council of Easton, in Talbot
County, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) out of
the county taxes levied upon the property within the limits of
the town of Easton, in said county, to be disbursed by the
Mayor and Council of Easton for the permanent improvement
of the streets and road beds in said town of Easton, or to be
applied toward the payment of any bonded indebtedness that
may be incurred by the said Mayor and Council of Easton for
the permanent improvement of the streets and road beds of
said town; provided, that no money shall be paid hereunder
until and unless the said Mayor and Council of Easton shall on
or before January first in each year file with the County Com-
missioners of Talbot County an itemized statement, with the
vouchers therefor, showing that for the year then ended an
actual expenditure of at least fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500)
has been made for the permanent improvement of the streets
and road beds of the said town of Easton, or has been applied
toward the payment of any bonded indebtedness incurred for