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any proprietor who may feel aggrieved by such	Aggrieved
action of the commissioners, shall be entitled to an
appeal at any time, within thirty days after such
offer of payment, to the Circuit Court of Harford
county; and such appeal shall be heard and deter-
mined, as appeals from justices of the peace are now
heard; and the commissioners, in assessing the value
of damages to said land taken, shall take into consid-
eration the benefits and advantages derived by the
proprietors thereby.
SEC. 3. And be it erupted, That the said commis-
sioners shall have authority to elect a Chairman, Se-	Authority to elect
cretary and Treasurer from among their own num-
ber; and all ordinances passed by the said commis-
sioners shall be signed by the Chairman and attested
by the Secretary, and no compensationcshall be made
to the said commissioners for any service rendered
as such; provided, that the said commissioners shall
have power to fix and provide for the payment of
salary or compensation to their own Secretary as
they may deem just and reasonable, and to fix the
amount of the bonds to be given by the said Trea-	Fix amount
surer and the tax collector hereinafter mentioned, and	of bonds
other officers whom the said commissioners may, in
the exercise of their discretion, require to give bond
to the said town commissioners and to approve of the
same ; and provided further, that nothing in this act
shall be construed to prevent the same person from
holding the office of Secretary, Treasurer and Col-
lector.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all taxes shall be	Levy taxes.
fairly laid and shall not exceed twenty cents in every
one hundred dollars of taxable property in any one
year, and that the taxable basis of said property shall
be the same as that for county and State taxes ; that
the commissioners shall have power to appoint such
person or persons as they think fit to collect the said
taxes, and to pay the said collector such salary or
compensation as they may think proper ; provided,
that all the property within the corporate limits of
said town shall hereafter be exempt from taxation
for public, district or county road purposes outside
of the said corporate limits.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer or tax	Force payment.
collector, appointed by the town commissioners, may
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