ART. 6.] CAROLINE COUNTY.

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sessed to said commissioners, to be by them paid
within three months thereafter.

68. The said president and commissioners shall
have power to levy and collect taxes in said town
upon the real and personal property thereof, not
exceeding in any one year, thirty-three cents in the
one hundred dollars on the assessable property in

Ibid s 9.
Power to levy
and collect
taxes.

said town; they shall assess the property in said
town annually, between the third Monday of April
and the third Monday of May, by two assessors, to
be by them appointed, who shall, before they pro-

To assess pro-
perty.

ceed to assess said property, make an oath before
some justice of the peace, that he will assess and value
all the real and personal property within the town of
Denton, without favor, affection, partiality or preju-
dice, to the best of his skill and judgment; but
should any person feel aggrieved at the valuation
and assessment of his or her property by said asses-

Assessor's
oath.

sor, he or she may appeal from such valuation to the
president and commissioners at any time within
three weeks after the return of assessment, and the
president and commissioners may make any altera-
tion therein they may deem just.

Appeal.

59. The president and commissioners shall annu-
ally appoint a treasurer of the corporation, who shall

Ibid. s. 10.
Appointment
of treasurer.

keep accounts of the receipts and disbursements of
the funds of the corporation in a well bound book,
to be provided by the commissioners, and shall ren-
der annually to the president and commissioners an
account thereof ; but before the treasurer shall enter

His duties.

upon the duties of his office, he shall give bond to
the state of Maryland, with security approved by
the county commissioners of Caroline county, in the
penalty of one thousand dollars, conditioned that he
will well and faithfully account for all moneys paid
over to him by the bailiff of said town, or any other
person for the use of said town, and shall also well
and truly pay over to the commissioners, or their
order, all sums of money so received by him ; and
the said bond shall bo recorded in the office of the

Bond.