PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1275

time as may be necessary, which said ordinances and by-laws
shall have the force of law and may be amended or repealed
by the said Town Commissioners at their pleasure.

104. All ordinances passed in pursuance of the aforegoing
sections of this act shall be recorded by the clerk in a well-
bound book, procured by the said commissioners for the pur-
pose, and the president shall sign his name to all ordinances as
recorded, and the clerk shall attest the same, and a copy of all
such ordinances attested by the clerk shall within five days after
the enactment thereof be posted at the Court House door and in
at least three public places in said Town of La Plata.

105. The said Town Commissioners shall in the month of
June, in the year 1912, and in the same month each and every
year thereafter, if they deem it advisable, cause an assessment
to be made of all real and personal property within said Town
of La Plata or the corporate limits thereof by their clerk, which
assessments shall not exceed the assessment of the same for
county purpose if the same be assessed for county purpose, and
the said Town Commissioners may levy a tax thereon not
exceeding twenty-five cents on the hundred dollars' worth of
assessable property.

106. Any person may appeal from the valuation of the-
assessor made as hereinbefore provided to the Town Commis-
sioners of La Plata, who shall meet not less than ten days nor
more than thirty days after such assessment shall have been
completed, and remain in session from day to day as long as
may be necessary, to hear and determine such appeal; and they
shall give reasonable notice of all such meetings, and may
increase or abate such assessments as they may deem best.

107. If, however, the Town Commissioners of La Plata
levy a tax as herein provided they shall cause to be made out an
alphabetical list of the persons charged and taxed therein, and
shall cause to be affixed thereto the respective sums to be col-
lected from such persons, and a warrant to the bailiff signed by
the president and attested by the clerk to collect the same.

108. The bailiff shall within ten days after the receipt of
said list and warrants render to each person named therein an
account or tax bill showing the amount due by him or her; and
if the bailiff cannot render to any person such accounts or tax
bill by reason of non-residence, absence or otherwise, he shall
publish such accounts or tax bills in one or more newspapers
published in Charles county, at the expense of the taxpayer, and
post the same in some conspicuous place in said town; and unless
such accounts or tax bill be paid within thirty days after the