ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 997

law of this State, and take them before a Justice of the Peace
to be dealt with according to law, and whenever necessary to
incarcerate an offender in such place as is provided by said
Mayor and City Council, until a speedy trial can be had; and
for these purposes the said bailiffs are hereby vested with the
same powers as are now possessed by constables under the laws
of this State, and shall be entitled, in addition to the compensa-
tion fixed by the Mayor and City Council, to the fees allowed
constables under the laws of this State, which shall be collected
from the parties arrested and convicted.

And the said bailiffs shall perform such other services as the
Mayor and City Council may direct.

It shall be the duty of each of said bailiffs to report at each
regular monthly meeting, in writing and under oath, to the City
Council, that they have each faithfully performed their duties
required by this section, and which may be imposed on them by
the said Mayor and City Council, and also report all violations
of the law brought to their sight or knowledge within the time
of the said report and their actions in the premises, together
with a statement of fees received by them, which said report
shall be filed and recorded among the proceedings of the Mayor
and City Council. Any bailiff failing to perform the duties
imposed upon him, on evidence of the fact being produced to
the Mayor, shall be removed by the Mayor and another appoint-
ed in his stead, or any bailiff may be removed at any time by
the Mayor, with the assent of the Council, when in their dis-
cretion he is incompetent or unfit to perform the duties required
of him by law, and while acting as such shall not hold any other
office.

Each of said bailiffs shall take an oath to well perform the
duties required of them, or that may be required of them by
any ordinance or resolution or regulation of the Mayor and
City Council, and give bond for the faithful performance of
their duties as prescribed, in the penalty of five hundred dollars,
with good and sufficient sureties, approved by the Mayor and
City Council, within ten days after their appointment, and a
failure to qualify as above provided, within ten days from their
said appointment, shall be deemed a refusal of the office and
another appointment shall be made.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the first day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

Approved April 9, 1924.