1796 ARTICLE 7.

inhabitants of the town, or licensing traveling showmen or exhibitors, the
person so convicted may be committed to the jail of Carroll County or to
the jail of Frederick County, or to some place of confinement provided
within the corporate limits of said town by the Mayor and Council, by
the said Mayor or justice of the peace, until the fine and costs are paid,
or for ten days; and the Mayor or the justice of the peace who committed
such offender may, when it seems proper to him, order such offender to
be discharged before the expiration of ten days, and the sheriffs of the said
counties shall be entitled to be paid by the said corporation the same fees
as they receive for keeping prisoners under the laws of this State.

1900, ch. 341, sec. U.

229. The Mayor may remit any fine or penalty imposed under any
ordinance of the Mayor and Council.

1900, ch. 341, sec. V.

230. The Mayor shall annually appoint a bailiff for said town, which
appointment shall be subject to the approval of the Council, and the said
bailiff in the execution of the duties of his office shall have, within the
corporate limits of said town, all the powers and authority of a constable.

1900, ch. 341, sec. W. 1906, ch. 785, sec. W. 1908, ch. 721 (p. 701).
1916, ch. 434. 1927, ch. 98.

231. The Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy shall annually levy such
tax upon all assessable property within the corporate limits, except such
real estate as is used exclusively for farming purposes, as may be neces-
sary for municipal purposes, not to exceed in any one year the sum of
fifty cents ($.50) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00), and all taxes
levied on property assessed as provided by this Act shall be a lien on said
property—real and personal—until paid, and interest shall be chargeable
on said taxes after thirty (30) days from the time when said taxes are
due and payable.

1900, ch. 341, sec. X.

232. The Mayor and Council shall not expend in any one year more
money than the amount receivable for taxes and other sources for that year.

1900, ch. 341, sec. Y.

233. The Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the Council,
shall annually appoint an assessor, who shall have power to assess for
taxation all property within the corporate limits of said town, except such
real estate as may be used exclusively for farming purposes, except and
such as may be by law exempt, from taxation, and his powers, duties and
course of proceeding shall be such as shall be provided by ordinances; and
said Council shall provide by ordinance for a right of appeal from any
assessment or revision of assessment made by such assessor to the said
Mayor and Council, whose duty it shall be to examine, under such pro-
visions as may be made by ordinance, into the merits of such appeal, and