EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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with the sources from which received, and the dates of

such receipts and of the disbursements made by him with the

time when the persons to whom and what account the same

were made.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted. That the assessor or assessors

shall be appointed from among the citizens of said town en-

Assessors and
their duties.

titled to vote for Commissioners of said town, and before he

or they shall proceed to act as assessors he or they shall take

an oath before a justice of the peace for Caroline County that

he or they will assess and value the assessable property of every

kind within said town at its full cash value without favor, par-

tiality or prejudice, to the best of their skill and judgment;

he or they shall enter and record in a book or books to be

provided for that purpose an accurate and fair account of all

property, stocks and private securities of every kind within said

town liable to assessment; and the valuation thereof, together

with a list of the owners thereof, which shall be returned by

him or them to the said Commissioners on or before the first

day of August in each and every year and which any person

interested may inspect without charge ; and if anyone shall feel

aggrieved at the valuation and assessment of his property by

said assessor or assessors he may appeal from such valuation

to the said Commissioners at any time within two weeks from

the return of said assessment, and upon good cause being

shown the said Commissioners may make any alteration in

said assessment which they may deem proper and right, or

take from and add to the same ; and for the purpose of hearing

Hearing ap-

and determining the appeal provided for by this section the

peals.

said Commissioners shall give five days' previous notice of

time and place of hearing such appeals by advertisement to

be posted at the postoffice in said town.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That all property, real, personal

and mixed, bonds, stocks and private securities of all kinds

All property
to be taxed.

and description, whatsoever within the limits of the town of

Hillsboro, or owned by the inhabitants thereof and not per-

manently 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 use and pur-

poses of the said corporation; any assessor or assessors ap-

pointed by the Commissioners of said town shall have the

power and authority to require the owner or owners, pos-

sessors or claimants of any property made liable to valuation