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as farms, or may be a part of farms, such lands shall be valued and as-
sessed as lots of five acres of ground, with the buildings and improvements
thereon, and shall not be valued and assessed by the number of acres
therein contained.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 260. 1874. ch. 216.

366. If any owner of property assessed in said town shall feel ag-
grieved by the assessment made by said assessor, he may appeal to the
President and Commissioners, who may make such deductions therein
as to them may seem just and reasonable.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 261. 1874, ch. 216.

367. The President and Commissioners may annually appoint an ac-
tive and discreet person to be bailiff and constable within the limits of
said town, who, before he shall proceed to the execution of his office, shall
take an oath before a justice of the peace for said county, that he will
faithfully and impartially perform the duties required of him as bailiff
and constable within the limits of the town, without favor, affection or
partiality, according to the best of his skill and judgment; and shall also
give bond in the penalty of five hundred dollars, in the same manner as
the several constables of the county; and shall within the limits of said
town have all the authority of a constable, and shall enforce all ordinances
of the President and Commissioners; and the President and Commission-
ers may also, once a year, appoint a suitable person residing in said town,
to collect taxes by them levied or assessed, who, before he proceeds to act,
shall take an oath before a justice of the peace that he will faithfully and
impartially execute the office of collector of the town taxes within the
town of Port Deposit; said collector shall also give bond to the President
and Commissioners in such penalty, and with such securities as they shall
direct and approve, which bond shall be in form as nearly as possible
the same as that given by collectors of county taxes; but nothing herein
contained shall prevent the President and Commissioners from appoint-
ing the same person to be both bailiff, constable and collector.

P. L. L , 1S88. Art. 8, sec. 262. 1874, ch. 216.

368. The said bailiff and the said, collector shall attend the meetings of
the Commissioners whenever they shall be required, and shall perform
such services as may from time to time be directed by them.
P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 263. 1874. ch. 216.

369. The President and Commissioners, and the collector appointed by
them for the collection of taxes, shall have all the powers of distress, and
sale of real and personal property given to County Commissioners and
collectors of State and county taxes by the Code of Public General Laws,
for the collection of State and county taxes, to be used and exercised by
the President and Commissioners and the collector in collecting and en-
forcing payment of all taxes, whether the same be levied for the ordi-
nary purposes of the town, under Section 364, or for the purpose of pay-