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rant for the collection thereof. And such taxes shall thereupon
be collected as herein provided.

The said Mayor and Common Council shall have power to
levy and collect taxes in the town not exceeding for general
purposes in any one year one dollar on each one hundred dol-
lars of assessable property, all of which taxes shall be levied
during the month of May in each and every year. The taxes
so levied shall be due and in arrears on the first day of October
succeeding the levy; provided, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed as denying to the said Mayor and Common
Council the right to assess and levy taxes in conformity with
Chapter 656 of the laws of 1916, and to change the rate corre-
spondingly.

16. There shall be appointed annually in the same
manner and for the same period as the said assessors, one or
more voters of said town, as bailiffs of said town, whose duty
it shall be to preserve the peace and good order of the town,
and for this purpose the bailiff or bailiffs are hereby vested
with the same power and authority now possessed by constables
under the laws of this State, and bailiff or bailiffs shall take
the required oath and enter upon their duties on the first day
of July in each year.

IT. The bailiff or bailiffs shall have the same fees for
executing and serving process for any violation of any ordi-
nance of the Mayor and Common Council of Capitol Heights
as are allowed constables for. similar services and such other
compensation as the Mayor and Councilmen shall fix. All
other officers of the corporation before entering upon the duties
of their office shall take an oath before a justice of the peace
within the limits of said corporation that they will diligently
and faithfully to the best of their judgment and ability, dis-
charge the duties of their office without favor, partially, or
prejudice, and to support the Constitution of the United
States.

18. The clerk, treasurer, and bailiff or bailiffs shall give
bond payable to the Mayor and Common Council in such
penalty and with such security as the Mayor and Common
Council may require, conditioned for the faithful performance
of the duties of clerk, treasurer and bailiff. The Mayor and
Common Council may pass ordinance forbidding any person
from carrying firearms or other concealed weapons and such
other ordinances not contrary to law as they may deem proper