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Section 24. That the Clerk of Federalsburg making sale
of property for the payment of taxes due and in arrears shall
be entitled to the same fees as is allowed a Sheriff by law for
selling property under execution.

Section 25. That the Mayor on the first Monday of May of
each and every year shall appoint, subject to confirmation by
a majority of the Council, not more than three persons as
policemen, who shall hold office for one year or until his suc-
cessor is appointed, confirmed and qualified, and whose duties
and compensation shall be such as are prescribed by law and
by ordinance or resolution of the Mayor and Council of Fed-
eralsburg from time to time, and who shall within the limits
of said town and beyond them within one-half mile thereof
have all the police powers of constables of the State of Mary-
land, and it shall be their duty to enforce the by-laws and ordi-
nances of the Mayor and Council of Federalsburg and the
laws of the State of Maryland in relation to crimes and mis-
demeanors committed within the limits of said town, and the
regular policemen before entering upon the duties of their
office shall each take and subscribe before a Justice of the
Peace of Caroline County an oath to well and faithfully, with-
out partiality or prejudice, perform the duties of his office in
all things according to the laws of the State and the ordinances
of the Mayor and Council of Federalsburg, and to enforce said
laws and said ordinances to the best of his ability, which oath
shall be certified to by the Justice of the Peace before whom it
shall be taken and filed with the Clerk of Federalsburg, and
the policemen so appointed shall give bond to the Mayor and
Council of Federalsburg with surety and in such penalty as
shall be prescribed by ordinance, and said bond to be approved
by the Mayor and Council of Federalsburg..

Section 26. That said police officers may be suspended with-
out pay for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days or repri-
manded by the Mayor for neglect, non-performance of duty or
other good cause, and all of said officers shall be subject to
removal as provided by Section 28 of this Act.

Section 27. That the Mayor, or in his absence or disability
the President pro tempore of the Council, may appoint special
policemen with all the powers of the regular policemen for a
term of not exceeding thirty (30) days whenever the exigency
of the occasion requires it, and their duties and powers shall be
the same as those of the regular policemen.