The governing body in each county may select and require 2 constables of the county to attend its sittings, as bailiffs, who shall attend the same and obey all the reasonable requirements of the governing body under penalty of $10, to be recovered by indictment.
Code 1852, § 107; Code 1915, § 1073; Code 1935, § 1229; 9 Del. C. 1953, § 319.