EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1383

said election; shall appoint judges of said election, and shall
cause a copy of the ordinance to be posted at the polling place
and at other public places in said town.

19. Whenever any election is held as provided in the pre-
ceding section, the voice of said voters shall be taken by ballot,
and those giving their assent to the ordinance shall deposit a
ballot having written or printed upon it the words "In favor
of Ordinance No. (giving the number) of the Commissioners
of Aberdeen, authorizing the issue of (naming the amount)
dollars of bonds"; and those refusing their assent to the ordi-
nance shall deposit a ballot having written or printed upon it
the words "Against Ordinance No. (giving the number) of
the Commissioners of Aberdeen, authorizing the issue of (nam-
ing the amount) dollars of bonds"; that the polls shall be open
at twelve o'clock M., and close at seven o'clock P. M., and
at the closing of the polls the judges of election shall count the
ballots so cast, and shall then return the same and the tally
sheets of their count to the said commissioners on the day fol-
lowing that upon which the election was held, and the said com-
missioners shall immediately announce and publish the result;
and if a majority of those voting have given their assent to the
ordinance, it shall take effect from the date of the announce-
ment and publication of the result by the said commissioners.

20. The commissioners shall publish annually a full and
complete itemized statement of their receipts and disburse-
ments in some newspaper published in Harford County; said
statement to be inserted once only, and at least one week be-
fore the annual levy.

21. Any person may appeal from the valuation made by
the assessors to the commissioners at their next regular meet-
ing and the commissioners shall remain in session as long as
may be reasonable to hear and determine such appeals and give
reasonable notice of such meeting and may abate or increase
the assessment as may seem just.

22. The bailiff shall have the same fees for making arrest
or serving process for the violation of any ordinance of the
corporation as are allowed constables for similar services, and
when the bailiff wilfully fails to discharge any duties of his
office he may, in addition to the remedy of his bond, be fined
by the commissioners in their discretion not exceeding ten
dollars for any one offense, for the payment of which said fine
his bond shall be responsible.