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1894, ch. 399, sec. 254C.

208. The several turnpike companies owning roads running into the
town may cede to the town such parts of their roads as lie within the limits
of the town, upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the burgess
and commissioners and said companies, and the same when ceded shall in
all respects be subject to the same regulations as the public streets of the
town.

1894, ch. 399, sec. 254D.

209. The burgess and commissioners shall not contract any debt or
liability, unless they shall have beforehand, by levy of taxes or other law-
ful methods, provided for the payment thereof; and in no case shall they
allow the aggregate amount of the liabilities or indebtedness of said cor-
poration to exceed its cash assets more than two hundred dollars.

1894, ch. 399, sec. 254E.

210. All ordinances heretofore passed by the burgess and commis-
missioners of Funkstown, and now in force, and not in conflict with the
provisions of this act, are hereby continued in force until the same are
repealed or modified.

P. L. L,., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 255. 1870, ch. 452. 1896, ch. 465. 1929, ch. 305.

211. The Burgess and Commissioners of Funkstown shall levy, an-
nually, an equal tax on the taxable property, both real and personal, in
such an amount, not to exceed seventy (70) cents on every one hundred
dollars' worth of taxable property in said town, as they may deem neces-
sary and proper for the various needs and purposes of the town. The
Burgess, with the approval of the Commissioners, shall appoint a collector
to collect the tax so levied and prescribe his term of office and compensa-
tion, which said collector, before entering upon the duties of his office,
shall be required to give bond with a surety or sureties for the faithful
performance of his duties, in such an amount as may be deemed adequate
by said Burgess and Commissioners, said bond to be approved by said
Burgess and Commissioners. Such taxes, when levied, shall be a lien upon
property, as now provided by law as to State and County taxes, and shall
be collected as State and County taxes are collected, and in addition there-
to the said collector shall also have the power to collect said taxes by an
action of debt before a Justice of the Peace, with the right to either of
the parties to the action to appeal to the Circuit Court for Washington
County.

1896, ch. 465, sec. 255A.

212. All property within the taxable limits of the town of Funkstown
or that may have a situs there, by reason of a residence of the owner there-
in, shall be taxed for municipal purposes and the assessment for town pur-
poses shall be the same as that for State and county purposes, and in case
any real estate assessed for State and county purposes be divided by the
town boundaries, the Burgess and commissioners shall place a fair valua-