CAROLINE COUNTY. 1689

after giving at least twenty days' notice of the time and place of sale by
written or printed handbills set up in two public places in said town, or
printed in some newspaper published there.

1916, ch. 114, sec. 24A.

500. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners of Caroline
County to pay annually to the Commissioners of said town six per centum
of the taxes levied upon the property within the limits of said corpora-
tion, provided that said town shall not receive less than the sum of two
hundred dollars, said sum shall be used for the benefit of said town in
such way as the Commissioners of said town may elect.

1896, ch. 178, sec. 25. 1914, ch. 728.

501. The said Commissioners may pass such by-laws and ordinances,
as they shall deem necessary for the good government of said town, and
the inhabitants thereof; and also for the prevention, removal, or abatement
of nuisances; to prevent swine, geese, fowls and animals or stock from
going at large; apprehend and fine all tramps and vagabonds; for con-
trolling the erection and location of buildings, fences, stock enclosures;
and for prohibiting and controlling the use of powder, fire-arms, fire
crackers and other explosives; for the protection of public property, side-
walks, shade or ornamental trees from injury and obstruction; providing
for the paving of sidewalks, and assessing and taxing the expense thereof,
in whole or in part, upon the respective owners of the property fronting
thereon; for a license or tax on public exhibitions and amusements of all
kinds, billiards, pool or bagatelle tables and tenpin alleys, and for the
collection of the same; for a tax on persons for each dog kept by them,
and to cause any dog to be killed; for the promotion of the morality,
health, convenience and safety of the inhabitants of said town; and for
the opening, extending, repairing, improvement and the closing up of
streets, lanes, roads and alleys of said town; and all damages clone and
all benefits received by the opening, closing, extending or improving said
streets, lanes, roads or alleys, shall be determined and assessed by three
disinterested persons, residents of said town, to be appointed by said
Commissioners, who shall, within a reasonable time after notification of
their appointment, take an oath before a justice of the peace for Caroline
County, that they will faithfully, fairly and without partiality or preju-
dice, value and assess, in money, the loss and damages to be suffered and
incurred, as well as benefits to be received by any person or persons inter-
ested in the property over, through and near which the said street, lane,
road or alley is to be opened, closed, extended or improved, and they shall
return the same, in writing, under their hands and seals, with a certificate
of their qualification, before a justice of the peace, as hereinbefore pro-
vided, to the said Commissioners, which said valuation and assessment
shall be ratified or rejected by the said Commissioners, as, in their judg-
ment, may seem proper; and if any person shall feel aggrieved by the
determination of the said Commissioners in ratifying or rejecting said