394 ARTICLE 2.

1898, ch. 349, sec. 15.

134. The bailiff and the other officers of the peace appointed by the
said Commissioners, under the powers conferred by this Act, are hereby
vested with the same power and authority as any constable or police
officer may now have under the laws of the State.

1898, ch. 349, sec. 16.

135. The said Commissioners shall have the power to levy and collect
taxes in said town, not exceeding in any one year, one and one-quarter
cents on the dollar on all assessable property in said town, on the same
basis of assessment as the said property shall for said year be assessed
for State and county purposes; provided, that all property in said corpo-
rate limits used only for agricultural purposes shall only be assessed as
such agricultural property and not as town lots. The said Commissioners
of Arundel on the Bay shall, annually, on or before March 1st of each
year, certify to the County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County, the
rate of taxation desired by them to be assessed and collected on the prop-
erty within the corporate limits of said town, and such rate or percentage
shall be by the county authorities duly extended upon said property upon
the tax books of said county in a separate column., said taxes to be ex-
tended upon the certificate of the Commissioners as aforesaid, and col-
lected in the same way and with the same fees and commissions to officers,
if any, as State and county taxes are extended and collected; and in
default in payment of said taxes, the county authorities shall enforce the
collection thereof in the same manner as is provided by law for the collec-
tion of State and county taxes. Said taxes shall be received by the county
treasurer, and shall be paid by him as received to the treasurer of Arundel
on the Bay. All road taxes assessed and collected under State and county
authority, upon property within the corporate limits of Arundel on the
Bay, shall be paid by the county treasurer to the treasurer of Arundel on
the Bay, and by the corporate authorities be expended for road, bridge and
sidewalks used therein.

1898, ch. 349, sec. 17.

136. The said Commissioners shall have the power to establish the
limit and width of the streets of said town and to improve the same, and
remove obstructions therefrom, and may open new streets, lanes and alleys;
that the said Commissioners shall have the power to provide for the pay-
ment of damages and expenses of opening, widening, and laying out,
grading, improving and keeping in good condition the streets, lanes, alleys
and sidewalks in said town, and for the purpose may levy and assess the
property adjoining such improvements to the extent the same shall be
benefited thereby, provided that the property owners may appeal from
their decision in like manner as other similar appeals are taken to the
Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County.