WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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vice and immorality within the limits of the said town,
and shall have power to lay an equal tax on the property
within the said limits, to such amount as may from time to
time be deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes afore-

CHAP. 180.

Tax to be laid.

said, which tax shall be collected and paid to the presi-
dent and commissioners, by the collector, by them ap-
pointed, who shall have the same power to distrain there-
for, as the collector of the public county assessment has to
distrain for the same; and that the said president and com-
missioners shall fix the term of office, responsibility and
and compensation of such collector

How collected.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
sioners, or a majority of them, shall have full power and
authority, annually to appoint a bailiff, whose duty it shall
be to preserve the peace and good order of said town,
and for this purpose he is hereby vested with the same

power and authority as any constable may now have un-

der the laws of this State.

Bailiff to be ap-

pointed.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That nothing herein con-
tained, shall be so construed as to authorise the corpora-
tion hereby created, to issue any device, token, note, cer-

Banking forbid.

tificate or evidence of debt, to be used as currency; and
the legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal this
charter when the same shall be deemed advisable.

CHAPTER 180.

Rights reserved.

An act in behalf of John Whiteside, of Montgomery
County.

Passed Feb. 28,
1840.

WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assembly,
on behalf of John Whiteside, that he has been a resident
of the State of Maryland for a number of years; and
whereas, the said John Whiteside has become the holder
of real properly in the Slate, but cannot exercise a legal
control or disposition of the same, because he is not a na-
turalized citizen of the State— therefore,

Preamble.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That John Whiieslde, be and he is hereby authorised and
empowered to take, hold and dispose of the real property
he may now have any equitable or other claim to, within
the limits of the Sta'e of Maryland, or which he may
hereafter acquire, in the same manner as if the said John

Authorised to
hold and dis-
pose of real
property.