CAROLINE COUNTY. 1627

Commissioners may appoint the constable or constables of the election dis-
trict in which said town is located, if he be a resident of said town or
will reside therein after his appointment; before entering upon the duties
of his office he shall make oath before a justice of the peace for Caroline
County or any notary public, that he will faithfully and impartially per-
form the duties imposed upon him by this act of incorporation and the
by-laws or ordinances of said Commissioners and shall execute to the
State of Maryland a bond with good and sufficient surety to be approved
by the said Commissioners in such penalty as they shall prescribe condi-
tioned that he will well and faithfully perform the duties of said office in
all things appertaining thereto according to law and the ordinances of
said Commissioners, and shall well and truly collect and pay over to the
treasurer of said corporation all taxes levied by them, which by law or
the ordinances of said Commissioners it shall be his duty to collect and
all other sums of money that may be received by him for the use of said
corporation.

1914, ch. 731, sec. 177.

321. The Treasurer shall be appointed from among the citizens of
said town qualified to vote for Commissioners, and before entering upon
the duties of his office shall give bond to the State of Maryland with good
and sufficient surety to be approved by the said Commissioners in such
penalty as the said Commissioners shall prescribe conditioned for the
faithful performance of the duties of the office of treasurer to the said
corporation of Hillsborough, and that he will well and faithfully receive,
account for and disburse all moneys placed in his hands or received by
him for the use of said corporation, and shall well and truly pay over to
his successor in office or to the order of said Commissioners, signed by
their secretary and countersigned by their president, all said moneys and
shall perform all other duties of his office according to law and the ordi-
nances of said Commissioners; he shall keep full and correct accounts of
all moneys received by him with the sources from which the same were
received and the dates of such receipts and of the disbursements made by
him with the dates of such disbursements and the person or persons to
whom, and on what account the same were made.

1914, ch. 731, sec. 178.

322. Whenever the Commissioners of Hillsborough think the public
interest required it, they may cause an assessment to be made of all prop-
erty in the town, real, personal and mixed which is subject to assessment
for county and State taxes, under the General Laws of this State whether
the owners thereof reside within or without the town; and they may pre-
scribe the manner in which such assessment shall be made and provide
for hearing appeals and adjusting all differences in valuation and dis-
putes in relation to such assessment; make transfers and abatements and
do all other acts and things necessary for making and completing such
assessment; and may provide for the annual assessment of property not