THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 49

vators of the peace of said town, and it shall be their duty
to order the arrest of any person found breaking the peace
or disturbing the quiet and order of said town, or violating
any of the ordinances made by the commissioners for
securing the safety of the property or lives of the inhabi-
tants of said town, and shall have power to require any
person so offending to give security to keep the peace, or
in default thereof, may commit such person to the county
jail for not more than forty-eight hours, and in addition
thereto may for the commission of said offense impose a
fine on such person of not more than five dollars; and such
person in default of payment thereof may be committed
to the county jail for a period of not more than five days.
All fines, penalties and forfeitures under this sub-title, and
not otherwise provided for, shall be recovered before a
justice of the peace for said county in the name of the
Commissioners, and applied to the benefit of said town;
and in all such proceedings the bailiff shall have the same
power to proceed in the same manner and have the same
fees as constables, and for police duties shall be entitled
to the same fees as constables, and all process shall be
returnable before some justice of the peace, resident in
said town.

322J. (400K). Before the first day of October, 1953,
the Commissioners of Queen Anne shall provide and pre-
pare an assessment book, with the assessment list arranged
in alphabetical order in the names of all persons owning
real or personal property within the corporate limits of
the town of Queen Anne. The assessments on said prop-
erty shall be in the amounts assessed on same as set forth
on the assessment books of Queen Anne's and Talbot
Counties in the office of the County Commissioners in
Centreville and Easton; and said books shall be the basis
for levying all taxes in said town.

322K. (400L). The Commissioners of Queen Anne be-
fore the first day of October in each year thereafter shall
enter in the assessment book such transfers, abatements
or new assessments as have been made on the assessment
books of Queen Anne's County and Talbot County for the
current year.

322L. (400M). The annual date of finality for tax pur-
poses in the town of Queen Anne shall be the first day of
October and within thirty days thereafter the Commis-
sioners of Queen Anne shall make their levy for the general
expenses of the town for the calendar year in which said
levy is made.