1342 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 790]

Ibid. sec. 12.

68. That the commissioners shall receive all returns of elec-
tion and determine all questions arising thereon; but any per
son feeling himself aggrieved by such decisions may appeal
therefrom to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, which
Court shall hear and determine such appeal and decide who
shall pay the costs thereof.

Ibid. sec. 13.

69. That the commissioners may pass such ordinances, not
inconsistent with law, as they may deem beneficial to the
town; may open and close streets, lanes and alleys; straighten,
grade and pave the same; remove nuisances and obstructions
therefrom; restrain all disorders and disturbances; prevent all
congregations of disorderly persons in public places; appre-
hend and fine all tramps and vagabonds; impose a tax on dogs,
geese, hogs and other animals running at large on the streets,
or totally prohibit the same, and may impose fines, penalties
and forfeiture for the violation of their ordinances and commit
all offenders to the county jail until the same be paid with
costs.

1890, ch. 118, sec. 14.

70. That the commissioners may pass such ordinances as
they may deem necessary for the preservation of the health of
the town, and remove all nuisances from, or prohibit all busi-
ness within the corporate limits thereof as shall, in their opin-
ion, injuriously affect the sanitary condition thereof.

Ibid. sec. 15.

71. That the commissioners may, as often as they deem
advisable, cause an assessment to be made of all real and per-
sonal property within said town or the corporate limits thereof,
by a person to be appointed and paid by them, which assess-
ment shall not exceed the assessments for State and county
purposes, and the commissioners may levy a tax thereon not
exceeding ten cents on the hundred dollars' worth of assessable
property.

Ibid. sec. 16.

72. That any person may appeal from the valuation of the
assessor to the commissioners, who shall meet on the first
Monday in June after any such assessment, and remain in
session as long as may be reasonably necessary, to hear and
determine such appeals, and shall give reasonable notice of
such meeting, and shall increase or abate such assessment as
they may deem just.

Ibid. sec. 17.

73. That whenever the commissioners shall levy a tax, they
shall cause to be made out an alphabetical list of the persons
charged therein, and shall cause to be affixed thereto the
respective sums to be collected from such persons, and a war-
rant to the chief bailiff to collect the same.