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town, and the taxable basis of said property for the year 1904 shall be
the same as that for county and State purposes as shown by the tax books

of Harford County, with the addition of such property as may be assessed
by the treasurer hereinafter provided for before the levy of 1904 is

closed; and all property within the corporate limits of said town shall be
hereafter exempt from taxation for public road and bridge purposes, out-
side of said corporate limits.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 25.

28. Town taxes shall be due as soon as they are levied, and if not paid

on or before the first day of September of the current year shall bear
interest from said date at the rate of six per centum per annum; on all
taxes paid after the levy and before the first day of September of the cur-
rent year a discount shall be allowed at the rate of one-half per cent per

month, and bills shall be furnished any taxpayers upon application to the
treasurer.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 26.

29. The town commissioners of Aberdeen shall, before the 15th day of
May, 1906, and every second year thereafter, before said date, appoint
a treasurer from the town of Aberdeen, who shall hold his office for two
years from and after his appointment, and until his successor has been
duly appointed and qualified, as hereinafter provided, and shall, before
he enters upon the discharge of his duties as such treasurer, execute and
deliver a good and sufficient bond to the said town of Aberdeen, in the
penalty of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance

of his duties as treasurer, said bond to be approved by the said town com-
missioners; and if at any time a vacancy shall occur in said office the said

commissioners shall at once make a new appointment for the residue of
the term.
See sec. 10.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 27.

30. In case any person appointed as treasurer shall fail to execute the
bond required in the preceding section within a week after his appoint-
ment, the said commissioners shall declare said office vacant and at once
proceed to fill the same by the appointment of a suitable person for the
residue of the term, who shall qualify as aforesaid.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 28.

31. The treasurer of the town of Aberdeen shall be the collector of all

taxes which may be levied by the town commissioners and shall receive

all moneys which may be due said town from any source whatsoever and

shall pay all claims against said town when certified to him by the town

commissioners, but he shall not pay any claim against said town without

deducting from the amount thereof all and every sum or sums due or
owing to said town for taxes or otherwise by the holder of said claim,
and no assignment of such claim to avoid such deduction shall be valid.