1136 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 449

be set aside, in which case the said clerk shall proceed to a new
sale of the property, and shall bring the proceeds into court,
out of which the purchaser shall be repaid the purchase money
by him to the said Clerk paid on said rejected sale, and all taxes
assessed on said real estate and paid by the purchaser after said
sale and all costs and expenses properly incurred under said
sale and in said Court, with interest on all such sums from the
time of payment; and if the purchaser has not paid the pur-
chase (money or costs or any subsequent taxes, said proceeds
shall be applied to the payment of taxes for which said property
may have been sold, and all subsequent taxes due thereon and
in arrear, with interest on the same according to law, and also
the costs of the proceedings; but said sale shall not be set
aside if the provisions of the law shall appear to have been
substantially complied with, and the burden of the proof shall
be on the exceptant to show the same to be invalid; and when
any sale shall have been finally ratified by the court, as herein
provided, the order of ratification shall be conclusive as to the
regularity of the Clerk's proceedings therein of said sale, and
shall not be open to inquiry except, in case of fraud or collusion
in said proceedings and sale on the part of or between the
clerk and the purchaser.

Section 331. That the said Commissioners shall annually ap-
point a bailiff and may also appoint under bailiffs, as from time
to time may be necessary to preserve the good order of the town.
The said bailiff shall execute all orders of the said Commissioners,
and shall perform such duties as the Commissioners may assign to
him; he shall account for and pay over unto the Clerk all moneys
collected, or received by him, if any there be, as such bailiff;
he shall preserve the peace and good order of the town, may
make arrests and serve warrants and other legal process within,
and one mile beyond, the corporate limits of the town, and for
these purposes he is hereby invested with the same power and
authority as any constable has under the laws of this State, and
he shall be allowed the same fees as are allowed constables for
similar services, and said fees shall foe taxed as part of the costs.

Section 335. That the Commissioners of Hurlock shall annu-
ally appoint a Clerk, who shall also be Treasurer, and who shall
collect all town taxes and all other taxes for whatsoever pur-
pose levied or to be levied, for and within said town of Hurlock,
during the term of his or her office, or that may be placed in
his or her hands for collection; and the said clerk shall have
full power, and it shall be his or her duty to receive and col-
lect all town taxes levied as aforesaid, and so put in his or her
hands for collection, and all moneys due and owing to the said
town from any and every source whatever; and the said clerk