1188 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 590

cannot be found, shall be found running at large in said town,
the bailiff shall forthwith seize and impound the same, and
shall give notice thereof, by notice posted in at least two pub-
lic places in said town, and if the owner shall not within
three days thereafter appear and pay said bailiff the amount
of the fine hereinbefore named and twenty-five cents extra
for each day in which the said animal shall be taken and
impounded, the said bailiff shall sell same at public sale, and
after deducting one-half the amount due on same, including
fine, which he shall retain, shall account for the balance to
said Commissioners; the said bailiff is hereby given the power,
and it shall be in his discretion to take the same proceeding
with reference to any animal or animals of any kind herein-
before named, of which the owner may be known, and it
shall be his duty to so impound the said animal or animals
if the owner be known, or to institute proceedings before a
justice of the peace as hereinbefore provided for violation
of the provision of this section as hereinafter set forth herein.
It shall be the duty of the bailiff, as far as practicable, to
enforce this and other provisions of this Act as well as the
ordinances enacted by the said Town Commissioners, as pro-
vided in this Act, and any wilful neglect upon his part to
enforce either of them upon coming to his notice shall be
malfeasance in office.

SEC. 30. And be it further enacted, That whenever the
said Commissioners shall decide that it is expedient that any
road, street, lane or alley, as aforesaid, within said corporate
limits shall be opened, widened and straightened, changed or
closed, or make subways as provided in Section 12, unless
they shall be able to make satisfactory contracts necessary
for the same, or until the necessary land or easements in or
over the same shall be donated for the purposes, they shall
appoint three disinterested persons, residents of the town, to
assess all damage done, suffered and incurred by the opening,
widening, straightening, changing or closing of any such
highway, streets, lanes or alleys, or the construction of any
such subways, and any benefits or advantages accruing to
any person by the same, or any one of them, as the case
may be; the said Commissioners shall, within ten days after
notification of their appointment, take an oath before the
justice of the peace of the town that they will faithfully,
fairly and without partiality or prejudice value and assess