4322 ARTICLE 19.

1904, ch. 401, sec. 64.

99. The said Commissioners may meet and adjourn from time to time

as they shall see fit, and at their first meeting after each election shall

choose from their own body a president, who shall preside at their meet-
ings, vote on all questions before them and remain in office until super-
seded by the appointment, of a new president, or until after a new election
of Commissioners. They may also appoint a clerk to their Board, who
may be one of their members, also a treasurer, who may be one of their
members, and one and the same person may act as clerk and treasurer.
Any of the above-named officers shall be subject to removal by a vote of the

majority of the whole number of Commissioners, and the Commissioners
shall prescribe the duties of clerk and treasurer and fix their compensation

by ordinance, when not otherwise prescribed by this Act.

1904, ch. 401, sec. 65.

100. The treasurer shall receive all moneys that may be collected for
taxes, fees, fines or otherwise, by any law or ordinance directly or through
the bailiff, collector or otherwise, and all such moneys shall be paid out
only by order of the Commissioners. He shall subscribe to an oath for
the faithful performance of his duties, and give bond to the State of Mary-
land in the sum of at least six hundred dollars, to be approved by the
Commissioners, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties and
such other condition as the Commissioners may prescribe, and his books

shall be open to' the inspection of the Commissioners and any taxpayer;

and he shall, on or before the first day of May in each and every year,
render a succinct and detailed statement of his receipts and disbursements
for the fiscal year.

1904, ch. 401, sec. 66.

101. All property within the corporate limits of the Commissioners

of Leonardtown that is subject to taxation for county purposes in St.
Mary's County shall be taxed for municipal purposes for the Commission-

ers of Leonardtown, and the said Commissioners at some meeting in the

month of May, 1904, and every five years thereafter, or oftener, if in their
judgment the interest of the town demands same, shall appoint an assessor,
who, after subscribing to an oath to perform the duties imposed upon him

without fear, favor, partiality or prejudice, shall proceed to value the real
estate and improvements thereon, and all the property liable to assessment
and taxation under the laws of the State, judgments and private securities
excepted, at a fair and just marked valuation, and return the same under
his hand to the Commissioners of Leonardtown on or before the first day

of July next, after his appointment, and if any person shall feel aggrieved
at the valuation and assessment of his or her property made as hereinbe-
fore provided, he or she may appeal to "The Commissioners of Leonard-
town," who shall meet not less than five nor more than twenty days after

such assessment shall have been returned to the assessor, and remain in
session from day to day as long as may be necessary to hear and determine