758 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 419

Constable in making arrests and serving criminal warrants.
It shall be the duty of the said Bailiff to preserve order in the
town, superintend all work being done for or by said town and
obey and perform the orders and ordinances of said town, have
charge of and care for the town property and shall perform
such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by
the president and commissioners, and as a compensation there-
for shall be paid a monthly salary to be fixed by the president
and commissioners at one of its stated meetings; and the said
Bailiff shall not be allowed any fees for making arrests nor
shall he be allowed any emoluments of office, or receive the
same, in excess of the salary fixed as aforesaid; provided, how-
ever, that no person holding the office of Bailiff aforesaid shall
directly, or indirectly, furnish material or materials, trucks,
automobiles, teams, carts or wagons for the use of the town
during the term for which he may be appointed, or have any
interest, directly or indirectly, therein.

145-A. The president and commissioners, in the corporate
name, shall have the right to hold, manage, lease, purchase,
sell and convey, real estate of any class or description, or the
use of the town, whether the same be within or without the
corporate limits thereof; and the ownership by purchase, or
otherwise, of any real estate now situate beyond the limits
of the town, and standing now in the corporate name of the
town, or intended so to stand, is hereby ratified and con-
firmed and the title thereto in the town is hereby confirmed
and made valid to the same extent as if the town were ex-
pressly authorized by law to acquire the same at the time
the purchase thereof was made; and the town is hereby au-
thorized to acquire by purchase or otherwise, including con-
demnation, lands, tenements and hereditaments, within or
without the town limits, for any public use of the Town
which said public use may include parks, wharves, firehouse
site, council hall site, or other real estate holdings which may
be of benefit to the corporate community.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the im-

mediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the Houses of
the General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

Approved April 5, 1927.