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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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

Empowering

land, That Section 15 of Chapter 136 of the Acts of the Gen-

town of
Aberdeen,

eral Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January Session of

Harford
County, to

1892, entitled "An Act to incorporate the town of Aberdeen,

issue bonds.

in Harford County," as amended by the Acts of 1894, Chapter

488, Section 15, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-

enacted with amendments, and that four additional sections be

added thereto, to be known as Section I5F, Section I5G, Sec-

tion 15H and Section 15I, relating to the borrowing of money

and the issuing of bonds therefor by the town of Aberdeen, to

follow immediately after Section 15E of said Act of 1894,

Chapter 488, so as to read as follows :

Assessment

15. That the Commissioners may, whenever they think the

on property.

public interest requires it, cause an assessment to be made of

all the real and personal property within the corporate limits

of said town subject to State and county taxes, and may pre-

scribe the manner in which such assessment shall be made, and

provide for adjusting all differences in relation to such assess-

ment ; and they shall have power and authority to require the

owner, possessor or claimant of any property liable to assess-

ment to give them such a full and accurate statement in writing

of his property as may be necessary to enable said Commis-

sioners to ascertain the value thereof, the same to be under the

oath of such person ; and thereupon the taxes herein author-

ized may be levied ; provided, that no lands included within

the corporate limits of said town, except houses and gardens,

shall be taxed for corporate purposes, so long as said land shall

be used for agricultural purposes ; and the Commissioners may

Limiting tax
rate.

levy a tax on the assessable property within the corporate limits

of said town not exceeding one hundred cents on the one hun-

dred dollars' worth of accessable property.

15F. That the said Commissioners of Aberdeen be and they

Authorized

are hereby authorized, in their discretion, the assent of a ma-

to borrow
money.

jority of the legal voters of said town voting at any election

held as hereinafter provided, having been first had and ob-

tained, to borrow money upon the faith and credit of the town

and to issue bonds therefor not to exceed in amount ten thou-

sand dollars, said bonds to be exempt from county and munici-

pal taxation.

15G. That before the said Commissioners of Aberdeen may

Ordinance

issue any bonds as herein provided the said Commissioners

pertaining to
same.

shall pass an ordinance setting forth the purpose for which

such bonds are to be issued, the amount thereof, their denomina-