ART. 14. ] KENT COUNTY.

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right or in right of their wife, and who have resided
in Chestertown or the precincts thereof one whole year
next preceding the day of election, shall annually, on
the fourth Monday in May, elect seven persons of law-
ful age, each of whom shall be the owner of real prop-
erty in said town in his own right, or in the right of
his wife, and shall reside therein, commissioners for
said town, and the persons so elected by the name of

The Commissioners of Chestertown, are hereby declared
to be a body politic with power to sue and be sued,
and use a common seal and the same to alter at their
pleasure.

Incorporation.

46. The said commissioners shall procure from the
clerk of the county commissioners for said county, who

is hereby authorized and required under the penalty of

Clerk of county
commission-
ers to furnish
assessment of
real property.

five hundred dollars to be recovered on presentment or
indictment in the circuit court of Kent county for their
use, to furnish the same, between the tenth day of June
and the twentieth day of July, and assessment of all
the real property and houses within the limits of said
town, and the names of the persons assessed therewith,

Penalty.

and may levy on the property so assessed such sum
of money as they may deem necessary, not exceeding
twenty-five cents in the hundred dollars in any one year,
and may appoint and qualify a person to collect the

Powers of town
commission-
ers.

same, and if the collector of the county taxes for the
election or other district in which Chestertown is situ-
ate shall be appointed, it shall not be lawful for him
to decline receiving and acting upon the said appoint-
ment, or refuse to execute his bond for the performance
of his duty, according to law and as provided in section
forty-seven of the Code of Public Local Laws, title,
Kent county.

In force and approved March 30, 1868.

Collector.