2604 ARTICLE 11.

1916, ch. 434. 1918 Code, sec. 575. 1927, ch. 98.

579. 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. 1918 Code, sec. 576.

580. 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. 1918 Code, sec. 577.

581. The Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the Council,
shall annually appoint an assessor, who shall have power to assess for
taxaition 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
their decision in the premises shall be final. If any person or corporation
shall fail to appeal from the assessment or revision of assessment of his,
her, or its property, made by the assessor or from the action of the assessors
upon any application for reduction of any assessment to the next session
of the Mayor and Council for as heaiing of such appeals in such cases,
such assessment and action of the assessor shall be final and conclusive.

1900, ch. 341, sec. Z. 1918 Code, sec. 578.

582. The title of the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy to its highways,
avenues, streets, lanes and alleys is hereby declared to be inalienable, and
no right or franchise in relation to any highway, avenue, street, lane or
alley, either on, above or below the surface of the same shall be granted
by the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy to any person or corporation for
a longer period than fifty years.

1906, ch. 785, sec. 1. L918 Code, sec. 579.

583. The Mayor and Council of Mount Airy shall have power by ordi-
nance to regulate and provide for the issuing of licenses or permits for
all hauling, peddling and vending of marketable commodities, wares and
merchandise of every description upon the streets or highways of the
town, and to issue licenses or permits, to all itinerant peddlers who may
go from house to house to vend or sell any wares or merchandise; to