1860.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 373.

assessment and remain in session as long as may
be reasonable to hear and determine such appeals,
and shall give reasonable notice of such meeting,
and may abate or increase the assessment as may
seem just.

Taxes.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That whenever the
commissioners shall levy a tax, they shall cause to
be made out an alphabetical list of the jurors charged
therewith, and shall cause to be affixed thereto the
respective sums to be collected from each person
and a warrant to the bailiff to collect the same.

Tax— how
and by whom
collected.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall
within ten days after the receipt of such list, and
warrant, render to each person named therein an
account of the tax, and if he cannot render to any
person such account by reason of his non-residence or
otherwise, he shall publish such account in some
newspaper in said town, at the expense of the tax-
payer, and may unless the same be paid within thirty
days after the delivery or publication of such ac-
count, collect the same with all costs by distress
and sale of the real and personal property of the
delinquent at public auction after giving at least
ten days public notice of such sale in some news-
paper published in said town.

Deed of pro-
perty sold for
tax.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the president of
the commissioners shall execute and deliver to the
purchaser a deed of the property so sold, and the
said deed shall convey to the purchaser the said
property, and shall be presumptive evidence that
all the requirements of law have been complied
with in making such sale and deed.

Collections.

SEC, 20. And be it enacted, That the bailiff
shall make all collections required of him, and pay
the same to the clerk within six months from
the time the tax list is placed in his hands.

Duties of
bailiff.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall
attend the meetings of the commissioners and per-
form such duties as they shall direct and he shall
prevent disorderly or irregular meetings of negroes
or other disorderly persons, he shall correct in
moderation all negroes found strolling about the
streets or remaining at the houses of free negroes
after ten o'clock at night in the summer, and nine
o'clock at night in the winter, without a pass from
their owner or employer.

President—
powers and
duties.

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That the president
shall preside at all meetings of the commissioners,