1676 QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. [ART. 18.

1876, ch. 801.

101. The assessors, after being duly qualified, shall procure a
well bound book, in which shall be entered all the assessable prop-
erty within the corporate limits of the town, together with its

description and value, and the name of the owner thereof; and
the assessors are empowered to administer an oath to every per-
son owning real or personal property within said corporate limits,

and in case of refusal to take the oath or give the necessary in-
formation, it shall be the duty of said assessors to value the prop-
erty in question, by the best information procurable and by their
own judgment; and said assessors shall receive for their services
such sums of money as the commissioners may see fit to allow.

Ibid.

102. Any person who may deem himself aggrieved by said
assessment, may appeal to the commissioners within thirty days
after the return made by the assessors; and the commissioners
shall have the power annually to make statements and transfers,
and cause a new assessment to be made according to the provis-
ions of this sub-title of this article, whenever they shall deem it
necessary.

Ibid.

103. The commissioners are empowered to pass all such by-
laws and ordinances as may seem to them necessary for the good
government of the town, and may remove all nuisances and
obstructions in the streets at the expense of the parties who

wilfully commit such nuisances, or create such obstructions, after
having first duly notified them to remove the same; all such
nuisances and obstructions as naturally accumulate in streets,
shall be removed at the expense of the corporation.

Ibid

104. They are empowered to impose fines and forfeitures for
the breach of all such rules, regulations, by-laws and ordinances
as may be passed by them in accordance with this charter, which
shall be recovered by and in the name of the commissioners in
the same manner, and with the same costs prescribed for the
recovery of small debts before a justice of the peace; provided,
that no penalty, fine or forfeiture shall exceed the sum of five
dollars,