ART. 3. ] BALTIMORE COUNTY.

walk is opened, widened or closed, and that any pro-
prietor who may feel aggrieved by such action of the
commissioners, shall be entitled to an appeal at any
time within thirty days after such offer of payment, to
the circuit court of Baltimore county, and such appeals
shall be heard and determined as appeals from justices
of the peace are now heard, and the said commissioners
in assessing the value or damages to said land so taken,
shall take into consideration the benefits and advan-
tages to be derived by the proprietors thereby.

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247. The said commissioners shall have authority to
elect a chairman, secretary and treasurer from among
their own number, and all ordinances passed by the
said commissioners shall be signed by the chairman
and attested by the secretary, and no compensation
shall be made to the said commissioners for any ser-

Ibid. s. 8
Commissioners
to elect officers.

vices rendered as such; provided, that the said com-
missioners shall have power to fix and provide for the

Proviso.

payment of such salary or compensation to their own
chairman, secretary and treasurer as they may deem

Salary

just and reasonable, and to fix the amount of the bonds
to be given by the said treasurer and the tax collector
hereinafter mentioned, and other officers whom the said
commissioners may, in the exercise of their discretion,
require to give bond to the said town, and to approve

Bond of treas-
urer and collect
tor.

of the same; and provided further, that nothing in this
act shall be construed to prevent the same person from
holding both the offices of secretary and treasurer.

Proviso.

248. All taxes shall be fairly laid, and shall not
exceed twenty cents in every one hundred dollars of
taxable property in any one year, and the taxable
basis of the said property shall be the same as that
for county and state taxes, and the commissioners
shall have power to appoint such person or persons as

Ibid s. 4.
Taxes.

they think fit to collect the said taxes, and to pay the
said collector such salary or compensation as they may

Collection.

think proper; provided, that all the property within
the corporate limits of said town shall hereafter be ex-
empt from taxation for public, district or county road
purposes outside of the said corporate limits.

Proviso.