T. HOLLIDAY HICKS, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

1860.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the said com-
missioners, or a majority of them, shall have full
power annually to appoint a bailiff whose duty it
shall be to preserve the peace and good order of
said village, and for said purpose he is hereby in-
vested with the same power and authority that
any constable may now have under the laws of this
State.

CHAP. 384.

Bailiff.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as to authorise the
corporation hereby created to issue any device,
token, note, certificate or evidence of debt, to be
used as currency, and the Legislature reserves the
right to repeal this charter when the same shall
be deemed advisable.

Construction.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

CHAPTER 384.

In force.

AN ACT to legalize the proceedings of John B.
Gilbert, of Frederick county, while acting as
Justice of the Peace under the appointment of
the Governor.

Passed March
9, 1860.

WHEREAS, at the election held in district num-
ber fifteen, in Frederick county, on the first Wed-
nesday of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-
seven, an equal number of votes were cast for jus-
tice of the peace for said district for Frederick
White and John B. Gilbert; and whereas, the said
White, was duly commissioned by the Governor
as justice of the peace to fill vacancy caused by
said tie, and afterwards said Gilbert was commis-
sioned as justice of the peace in the place of said
White; and whereas, doubts exist as to the legali-
ty of the appointment of said Gilbert and the va-
lidity of his acts and proceedings as justice; There-
for,

Preamble;

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That none of the acts and procedings
of said John B. Gilbert, while acting as justice
of the peace under said appointment of the Gov

Made valid.