862 TALBOT COUNTY. [ART. 20.

189*. Any person aggrieved by any valuation of his or her
property, may, at any time within two months after the com-
pletion and return thereof, appeal to said commissioners, who, in
case of any inequality therein, may make such alterations as
may seem to them just and reasonable.

140*. Said commissioners shall make an alphabetical list of
every person chargeable with such assessment, and shall annex
the respective sum to be collected from each person, and the
said commissioners shall thereupon endorse a warrant in the
nature of a fieri facias, directed to some competent person as
collector, commanding him to levy the several sums of money
annexed to said list, with all convenient speed, and enforce the
collection thereof, if necessary, by the seizure and sale of the
goods and chattels, or real property, of the person who shall
refuse or delay to make payment of such assessment; and the
said commissioners shall cause the said collector to give bond in
like manner and under the same penalties as the several con-
stables of the county are required to do, the bond to be on
record in the Circuit Court office, and a copy thereof to be evi-
dence.

141*. All town taxes on said assessment list upon any house or
parcel of land within the said.town which is not in tenancy and
occupation of the owner thereof may be charged to the tenant,
or other occupant, who shall be liable to like process for the
payment thereof; and the tenant, or other occupant, paying such
taxes, may charge the same to the owner of the house, lot or
parcel of land, or deduct the same from the rent then due, or
which shall next become due thereon.

142*. The commissioners of said town shall have power and
authority to levy a tax not exceeding two dollars on every dog
or bitch belonging to the inhabitants of said town, and to have
the same collected from the owner in the mode prescribed for
the collection of assessment, and in case there be no mode of
ascertaining the owner thereof, to direct the killing of said dog
or bitch by the bailiff of the town, who shall receive for such
services the sum of twenty-five cents.

143*. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, are
hereby empowered to pass all such by-laws and ordinances
as may seem to them 'necessary for. the good government of
said town, for the removal of all nuisances and obstructions