JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

of ground on which they are assessed, from the time of the
final ratification of the aforesaid return, and shall be collected
as taxes are collected, or may be collected by action at law
On appeal, the court or jury may alter the award so returned
whether of damages or benefits, and award costs in its discre-
tion.

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34. For the purpose of carrying out the aforegoing powers,
and for the preservation of the health, cleanliness, peace and
good order of the community, and for the protection of the
lives and property of the citizens from fire and disease, and
to suppress, or cause to be suppressed, abated or discontinued,
any and all nuisance within the said limits of said town, they
may pass any and all ordinances and by-laws from time to
time necessary, and to enforce and insure the observance of
the said ordinances in addition to an action in debt, or such
other civil remedies as may exist in such cases by law for the
recovery of fees, fines and penalties thereto affixed; they may
affix thereto reasonable fines, and in default of payment of

May pass
ordinances for
preservation

of the health,
etc.

any fines so imposed, they may provide for the imprisonment
of the offender for a period not exceeding thirty days in the
county jail, or until such fines are paid; and instead of the
foregoing penalties it shall be lawful, in the case of vagrancy,
to sentence such person to hard labor on the public streets
not exceeding ten days.

35. All ordinances and by-laws heretofore passed by the
Commissioners of Delmar, and now in force and not in con-
flict with the provisions of this charter, shall be valid and
remain in force until the same are repealed, amended or
modified by the Commissioners.

Penalty for
violation.

36. All property within the corporate limits of Delmar
that is subject to taxation for county purposes in Wicomico
County shall be taxed for municipal purposes in Delmar,
and the Board of Commissioners of Delmar, at their first
meeting' in June in the year nineteen hundred, and every five
years thereafter, or oftener, shall appoint three citizens, noted
for their good judgment in the fair valuation of property, as
assessors, who, after subscribing to an oath to perform the
duties imposed upon them without fear, favor, partiality or
prejudice, shall proceed to value the real estate and improve-

Property
subject to
taxation.

ments thereon, and all property liable to assessment and
taxation under the laws of the State, judgments and private
securities excepted, at a fair and just market valuation, and
return the same under their hands to the Board of Commis-
sioners within thirty days unless their time be extended ; and

Shall appoint
assessors, etc.