844 TALBOT COUNTY. [ART. 20.

to be removed at the expense of the person who caused the
nuisance or obstruction, may cause the streets, lanes and alloys
to be paved, and may cause a register to be made and kept,
and from time to time corrected, of all persons entitled to vote in
said town.

40. They may as often, as necessary appoint an assessor of all
the real and personal property in said town, and may impose
and levy on said property such tax as they may deem necessary,
not exceeding thirty-seven and a half cents in the hundred dollars
of assessable property therein.

41. The person appointed assessor shall take the following
oath before the said commissioners: " I, A. B., do swear that I
will justly, faithfully and impartially execute, to the best of my
skill and judgment, the duties of an assessor of property in the
town of Easton, and that I will value at what I believe to be the
value in ready money all real and personal property that shall
come to my sight and knowledge and be properly assessable
under the orders, ordinances and directions of the commissioners
of said town, and make the return thereof to the said commis-
sioners, and that therein I will spare no person for favor or affec-
tion, nor grieve any person for hatred, malice or ill will."

42*. All the property, real, personal and mixed, of all kinds and
descriptions whatsoever, within the limits of the town of Easton,
or owned by the inhabitants of said town and not permanently
located beyond the limits thereof by law, liable to be valued and
assessed, and chargeable with taxes in this State, shall be valued
at its cash value and chargeable according to such valuation
with the public assessment for the corporate purposes of the said
town.

43*. Any assessor appointed by the commissioners of said
town, shall have the power and authority to require tho owner,
possessor or claimant of any property made liable to valuation.
and assessment, to give him a full and accurate statement in
writing, of his, her, or their property, as may be necessary to
enable the assessor to ascertain the value thereof, the same to be
•under the oath of such person or persons to be administered by
the assessor.

44*. If any person shall wilfully refuse, or after ten days'
notice shall neglect, to render any such statement of his, her,