1156 FREDERICK COUNTY. [ART. 11.

the name of the mayor and aldermen, to be signed by the mayor,
and countersigned by the register, in sums not less than one
hundred dollars, bearing interest—the interest payable semi-annu-
ally—payable ia twenty years from the date thereof, and redeem-
able at any time within five years after date, at the pleasure of
the said corporation, the interest whereof shall be receivable in,
payment of corporation taxes.

1870, ch. 298.

245. The mayor and aldermen shall have power at such time
as they may think proper, to appoint commissioners or assessors
to revise, amend, correct, alter and change the assessment of the
property of the citizens of the corporation, and to add to or re-
duce the valuation of the property, real or personal, of the citi-
zens, or any portion thereof; and thereupon, the taxes hereinbe-
fore authorized shall be levied on such new, revised or changed,
valuation; and a right of appeal from such assessment by the
commissioners or assessors shall be had to the mayor and the
president of the board of aldermen, whose duty it shall be, under
such terms as may be prescribed by the corporate authorities, to
examine into the merits of such appeal, and their decision in the
premises shall be final; and the assessment so corrected and
amended, shall be applicable to all taxes authorized under the.
authority of the corporation.

1868, ch. 87.

246. The mayor and aldermen are authorized and empowered
to levy and collect all necessary taxes on the real and personal
property within the taxable limits of the corporation, as are now
assessed and taxed within said limits for county and State pur-
poses, or upon any assessment hereafter made in pursuance of
law, of the real and personal property within the taxable limits
of the corporation, to pay all expenses and debts of the corpora-
tion, and all obligations incurred by the corporation in pursuance,
of the power conferred by this sub-title of this article.

1870, ch. 298.

247. They shall have power to provide for apprehending all
vagrants, and for committing them to the jail of Frederick