1308 HARFORD COUNTY. [ART. 13.

such appeal shall be heard and determined, as appeals from
justices of the peace are now heard; and the commissioners, in
assessing the value of damages to said land taken, shall take into
consideration the benefits and advantages derived by the pro-
prietors thereby.

1874, ch. 273.

24. The said commissioners shall have authority to elect a
chairman, secretary and treasurer, from among their own number;
and all ordinances passed by them shall be signed by the
chairman and attested by the secretary, and no compensation
shall be made to them for any service rendered as such; pro-
vided, that they shall have power to fix and provide for the
payment of such salary or compensation to their own secretary as
they may deem 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 they may, in the
exercise of their discretion, require to give bond, and to approve
of the same; and provided further, that nothing in this section
shall be construed to prevent the same person from holding the
office of secretary, treasurer and collector.

1882, ch. 98.

25. All taxes shall be fairly laid, and shall not exceed fifty
cents in every one hundred dollars of taxable property in any one
year, and the taxable basis of said property shall be the same as
that for county and State taxes; the commissioners shall have
power to appoint such person as they think fit to collect the said
taxes, and to pay him such salary or compensation as they may
think proper; provided, that all the property within the corporate
limits of said town shall hereafter be exempt from taxation for
public district or county road purposes outside of the said corpo-
rate limits.

1874, ch. 273.

26. The treasurer or tax collector appointed by the town
commissioners may enforce the payment of corporation taxes, in
the same manner and with like effect as collectors of State and
county taxes may enforce the payment of State and county taxes.