EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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fifteen degrees west one hundred and sixty perches to the afore-

said John Webster lands, and thence therewith north seventy-

five degrees west ninety-five perches to the beginning.

152. They may cause an assessment to be made from time

to time by one person appointed by them of all the property,

Annual tax
not to exceed

real, personal and mixed, of all kinds and descriptions what-

certain sum.

ever, within the corporate limits of the said town, and such

other property as follows the person of the owner, liable by

law to be valued and assessed and chargeable with taxes in this

State ; and in making said assessment, the said property shall

be valued at its cash value and it shall be chargeable ac-

cording to such valuation for the corporate purposes of

said town ; provided that the tax levied on said property

shall not exceed in any one year thirty cents on the hun-

dred dollars of the assessed value thereof; and provided

further, any person aggrieved by said assessment shall have

an appeal to said Commissioners, who are empowered to in-

crease or abate assessments ; said assessor shall have authority

to administer oaths to persons to be assessed, and take a list of

their assessable property under oath.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect

from the elate of its passage.

Approved March 15, 1904.

CHAPTER 83.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 440

Article 14, of Volume 2 of the Code of Public Local Laws

of Maryland, title "Howard County," sub-title "County Com-

missioners and County Collectors."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Section 440 of "Article 14 of Volume 2 of the

Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Howard

County," sub-title "County Commissioners and County Collec-

tors," be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with

amendments so as to read as follows :

44D. That it shall also be the duty of said Clerk to make

a quarterly statement to the said County Commissioners on the

Quarterly

first Tuesday of each and every quarter correctly exhibiting

statements of
county fi-

the condition of the county finances under the control of his

nances.

office, which said statement shall show the amounts of moneys

received by him and all sums of money clue the county from