840 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 123. The Burgess shall appoint, with the consent and
approval of the Commissioners, a town constable, who within
the limits of the corporation shall have all the powers of a
constable, except in civil process; he shall also appoint, with
the consent and approval of the Commissioners, a town treas-
urer, who shall give such bond to the corporation as shall be
fixed by ordinance, to whom all public moneys shall be paid
by the persons and officers authorized to collect the same, and
by whom all debts and salaries due from the corporation and
claims against it shall be paid, but only on the order of the
board approved by the Burgess or over his veto, as provided by
Section 128 as amended by this Act, and he shall keep an ac-
curate account of all public moneys received and disbursed
by him and report to the Commissioners at each regular meet-
ing of the board the financial condition of the town, and ten
days before the annual election he shall make a general state-
ment to the Commissioners of all the public moneys received
and disbursed during the preceding year, which shall be pub-
lished by the Commissioners five days before the said annual
election in some newspaper published in the town or by type-
written copies set up at not less than four of the most public
places in the said town, and the Burgess shall also appoint,
with the consent and approval of the Commissioners, a col-
lector of taxes imposed by the corporation, who shall have
power to collect the same by distraint upon either real or per-
sonal property, and the term of office of the said town consta-
ble, the said town treasurer and the said tax collector, shall be
one year, unless sooner removed as provided in Section 128 as
amended by this Act, and the compensation of each shall be
allowed and shall be fixed by ordinance.

SEC. 128. The Burgess, by virtue of his office, shall have and
exercise, within the limits of the corporation, all the jurisdic-
tion and powers of a justice of the peace, except as to civil
cases and the acknowledgment of deeds; he shall see that all
the laws and ordinances of the corporation are duly and faith-
fully executed and enforced, and may call upon any officer of
the town, entrusted with the receipt and expenditure of public
moneys, for a statement of his account, as often as he may
think necessary; he shall be responsible for the good order and
efficient government of the town, and shall, by virtue of the
power and authority of his office, hear and decide any viola-
tions of the laws and ordinances of the corporation, and shall
impose such fines and penalties as they prescribe, and shall
keep a docket on which all such cases coming before him shall
be entered, which shall state the name of the party charged,
the offense charged, how tried and the judgment rendered, set-
ting ont the fine, if any imposed, and the costs of the case. He