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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

who shall have resided in said Tillage twelve
months next preceding the election, Commissioners
of Bladensburg, who shall have full power and
authority to levy, and collect taxes in said village,
not exceeding in any one year fifteen cents on the
hundred dollars, on the assessable property of said
village, for the purpose of improving the streets
and public property of said village ; the amount
so to be raised shall be expended under the direct
supervision of the said Commissioners, and for the
purpose of making such levy, they shall once in
two years, or oftener if they think proper, appoint
an assessor, who shall, under oath, value, appraise
and assess the property in said village ; provided,
that if any of the owners of property assessed
within said village shall conceive himself or her-
self aggrieved by the assessment so as aforesaid
made by said assessors, they may appeal to the
said Commissioners, who shall have power and
authority to make such deduction for the valuation
of his or her property as to them shall seern just.

In force.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1868.

CHAPTER 355.

AN ACT to incorporate the Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company of Prince George's County.

Incorporation

SECTION. 1, Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That Charles C. Hill, John T. Har-
desty, Samuel Peach, James Mullikin, Samuel L.
Brooke, Thomas E. Berry, Staley N. Magruder,
Henry L. Carlton, C. G. Hyatt, Nathan Masters,
P. H. Heiskell, John E. Bowie, Francis Tolson,
John H. Bayne, Joseph M. Parker, Leonard H.
Early, John W. Coffren, John D. Bowling, Rich-
ard D. Burroughs, Samuel H. Berry, William B.
Bill, James B. Belt, George W. Wilson, C. C.