CARROLL COUNTY. 687

BAILIFF.

Sec. 219. The Mayor, by and with the advice and consent
of the Common Council, may appoint a bailiff or bailiff s, not
exceeding three, who, within the limits of said city and beyond
them within one-half mile thereof, shall have all the police
powers of constables of the State of Maryland; and it shall be
their duty to enforce the by-laws and ordinances of the city
and the laws of the State of Maryland relating to crimes and
misdemeanors committed within it. Special bailiffs may also
be appointed by the Mayor, or, in his absence, by the President
of the Council, whenever the exigency of the occasion requires
it, their duties and powers being similar to the regular bailiff.
The regular bailiff or bailiffs shall give bond, with security and
in such penalty as shall be prescribed by ordinance, said bonds
to be approved by the Mayor.

CLERK AND COLLECTOR.

Sec. 220. The Mayor and Common Council may provide by
ordinance for the appointment of a clerk, and one or more col-
lectors of tax, may prescribe his or their duties, the character
and amount of penalty of the bond, which said collector or col-
lectors shall give for the faithful performance of their duties,
and fix his or their compensation; and may provide for the
prompt payment of the taxes hereinafter authorized to be
levied, and to enforce by distress and sale the payment of the
said taxes, after such time as may be fixed by ordinance for the
payment thereof, upon giving ten days' notice by handbills of
such sale. The personal property of the delinquent may be
seized by any constable of Carroll county or bailiff of the town
upon the written direction of the collector, the proceedings
had being similar to those employed for distress for rent, and
the same charges may be collected as in distraint proceedings,
as well as an additional fee of one dollar for the collector. In
event real estate is seized and the collector sells it, two weeks'
notice of the sale must be given in a newspaper published in
Westminster, and the proceedings shall conform as nearly as
possible, after said sale, to those required by law of tax col-
lectors in Carroll county, the sale being reported for ratifica-
tion to the Circuit Court for Carroll county in equity; they
may also require said collector or collectors to inform himself
or themselves annually of all the property in the corporate
limits liable to assessment which may have been omitted in the
last assessment, and of all buildings and improvements made,
and of all property acquired since said assessment, and ap-
praise said property at its cash value, and return the same to
the Mayor and Common Council at the time and in the manner