The Chief of Police, as ex-officio Tax Collector, shall have power to collect all taxes levied and assessed by the Common Council of said Town and all other assessments and money due the said Town, and for that purpose shall have the power to distrain and sell property for the enforcement of such payment. The Common Council shall also have authority to provide by ordinance for the appointment of such other officers as shall be necessary and proper to carry into full force any authority, power or jurisdiction which is or shall be vested in the said Town or in the Common Council or Mayor or any officer or body of officers thereof, and to grant to such officers so appointed the power necessary or proper for the purpose above mentioned. And said Mayor shall have power, also, to appoint policemen whenever the necessities of public safety of the people of said Town in their judgment shall require it, who shall be under the direction and supervision of the Chief of Police and of the said Mayor; the said Common Council shall by ordinance define the duties of all officers so elected or appointed as aforesaid and allow them a reasonable compensation; and shall require and take from all those whose duty it is to receive its funds, assets or property, or have charge of the same, such bonds, obligations and other writings, as they shall deem necessary or proper to insure the faithful performance of their said duties. All officers appointed or elected by the Common Council, except the Chief of Police who shall only be removed for cause, shall hold their office or appointment during the will and pleasure of the said Common Council, but no appointee shall hold beyond the current year for which he shall have been appointed without a new election by the said Common Council. The said Chief of Police shall have all powers, rights and privileges within the corporate limits of said Town, and within one mile outside of the corporate limits thereof, in regard to the arrest of persons, the execution and return of process, that can be legally exercised by a constable of the district within the same, and he and his sureties shall be liable for all fines, penalties and forefeitures for which a constable of a district is legally liable, for any failure or dereliction in his said office, to be recovered in the same manner and in the same courts that the same fines, penalties and forfeitures are now recoverable against such district constable. It shall be the duty of said Chief of Police as ex-officio Tax Collector to collect all Town taxes, licenses, levies, assessments and such other claims as are placed in his hands for collection by the Common Council, and he may destrain and sell for taxes and assessments, and he shall have in all other respects the same power as a Sheriff of the County to enforce the payment and collection thereof within the limits of his aforesaid jurisdiction. All officers appointed by the Common Council must be residents of the said Town at the time of their appointment, and a removal from Town shall vacate their said offices.