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HARFORD COUNTY. [ART. 12.

Ordinances.

51. All ordinances passed by the commissioners shall
be entered by the clerk in a book to be kept by him
for that purpose, which shall be open at all times to
the inspection of any person interested.

Streets.

52. They may lay out and continue to the Susque-
hanna river and the basin of the Tidewater canal, the
streets designated on the plat of said town as Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, Van Buren and Erie streets.

High water

53. They shall determine what was high water mark
before the construction of the basin of the Tidewater
canal.

Wharves.

54. They shall have power and authority to deter-
mine upon and regulate all matters relating to the
erecting or building of wharves in the said town, to
regulate the moving of rafts, arks and boats, and to
prevent all nuisances and obstructions from being
placed in the waters of the Susquehanna river in
front of said town.

Appeal.

55. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the
commissioners in fixing the line or point of high water
mark may, at any time within one year, appeal to the
circuit court for Harford county, and the said court
shall hear testimony and review the decision.

Taxes.

56. The said commissioners shall have power to
levy and collect taxes in said town, not exceeding in
any one year sixty cents in the hundred dollars, on the
assessable property of said town.

Assessors.

57. They shall, once in every five years, or oftener '
if they think proper, appoint two assessors, who shall
value and assess the property in said town, in the same
manner and with like authority as county assessors, but
in assessing any of the lands within the limits of the
town, which may be occupied and used as farms, or
may be part or parts of farms, such lands shall be
valued and assessed as lots of ten acres, with the build-
ings and improvements thereon, and not by the num-
ber of acres in said farms or parts of farms; and said
assessors shall make oath before the said commissioners
that they will faithfully and impartially make the said
assessment to the best of their judgment; and they