ART. 22.] HAGERSTOWN. 1977

1884, ch. 58.

193. Every officer of the town, except the judges and clerks
of election and policemen, before entering upon the discharge of
the duties of the office to which he may be elected or appointed,
shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation before
the clerk of the circuit court for Washington county, or one of
his sworn deputies: "I, ——, do hereby swear (or affirm) that I
will well and faithfully discharge the duties of—————in accord-
ance with the best of my ability and understanding," which said
oath shall be filed with the clerk of the mayor and council. If any
person elected or appointed to any office shall fail to take the
oath or affirmation required, within ten days from the date of his
election or appointment, the office shall be declared vacant.

Ibid.

194. All property within the limits of Hagerstown, or that may
have a situs there by reason of a residence of the owner therein,
except as hereinafter provided, shall be taxed for municipal pur-
poses, and the assessment for town purposes shall be the same as
that for State and county purposes; and in case any real estate
assessed for State and county purposes be divided by the town
boundaries, the mayor and council shall place a fair valuation upon
that contained within the town limits, and make a just appor-
tionment of said assessment. Should any property, liable to be
taxed for town purposes, be omitted in the county asssessment,
the mayor and council shall have power to include said property
in the town assessment and impose a just valuation thereon; pro-
vided, however, that the real estate and improvements thereon,
situated within the limits of the former boundaries of the town,
as laid down on map and survey and accompanying description
as recorded in liber number seventy-three, folios four hundred
and seventy-seven and four hundred and seventy-eight of the land
records of Washington county; and the extended limits of the
town, as fixed by section 154, shall not be assessed and taxed for
municipal purposes until a street shall be laid out and opened
through the same; but when a street shall be laid out and opened
through said real estate, the land abutting on said street, and
improvements thereon, to a distance of two hundred and forty feet
back from the line of said street, shall be assessed and taxed for