1502 MONTGOMERY COUNTY. [ART. 16.

1888, ch. 254.

39. They may pass such ordinances as they may deem neces-
sary for the preservation of the health of the town, and remove all
nuisances from, or prohibit all business within the corporate limits

thereof, as shall, in their opinion, injuriously affect the sanitary

condition thereof.

Ibid.

40. They may, as often as they deem advisable, .cause an
assessment to be made of all the real and personal property with-
in said town, or the corporate limits thereof, by a person to be

appointed and paid by them, which assessment shall not exceed
the assessment of the same for county purposes, and the commis-
sioners may levy a tax thereon, not exceeding ten cents in the
hundred dollars worth of assessable property, in any one year.

Ibid.

41. Any person may appeal from the valuation of the assessor
to the commissioners, who shall meet on the first Monday in

June, after any such assessment, and remain in session as long as
may be reasonable, to hear and determine such appeals, and shall
give reasonable notice of any such meeting, and shall increase or

Abate such assessment as they may deem best.

Ibid.

42. Whenever the commissioners shall levy a tax, they shall

cause to be made out an alphabetical list of the persons charged
therein, and shall cause to be affixed thereto the respective sums
to be collected from such persons, and a warrant to the chief
bailiff to collect the same.

Ibid.

43. The chief bailiff shall, within ten days after the receipt of

such list and warrant, render to each person named therein an
account or tax bill showing the amount due by him, if he be a
resident of the town; and if he be a non-resident, and in conse-

quence thereof cannot conveniently be served with said account
or tax bill, he shall publish such account or tax bill in some
newspaper printed and published in said Montgomery county, at
the expense of the taxpayer, and may, unless the same be paid