2180 WORCESTER COUNTY. [ART. 24.

1878, ch. 443. 1888, ch. 177.

252. They shall annually levy a tax for the expenses of the
corporation upon the taxable property within the town limits,
public and private securities and book accounts excepted, and the
same shall be collected by a collector appointed by the said com-
missioners for the purpose, whose compensation for collecting
said taxes shall not exceed five per centum, and who shall give
bond in such amount as they shall prescribe, and hold his office
during their pleasure; and the said collector, in collecting the
said taxes, shall have full power to distrain for the same in the
same manner as the collectors of State and county taxes now do,
but the said tax shall not exceed twenty cents on the one hun-
dred dollars for any one year.

1882, ch. 335.

253. Whenever they think it necessary, they may cause to be
made a new assessment of the real and personal property within
the limits of the town, and for that purpose shall appoint two of
the qualified voters of the town, being freeholders therein, to
make such assessments, who, before proceeding in the execution
of their duties, shall make oath before a justice of the peace that
they will diligently and faithfully, without fear, favor, partiality
or prejudice, assess all the taxable property within the limits of
said town, taking as the basis of said assessment the market value
of said property, according to the best of their skill and judgment;
and the said assessors shall return to the said commissioners a fair
copy of their assessment in a well-bound book, written one month
after their appointment, and shall receive for their work as asses-
sors such compensation as said commissioners shall allow; and
the said commissioners shall have power to alter and amend the.
said assessments whenever they think that justice requres it.

1878, ch. 448.

254. They shall annually elect a treasurer of the corporation,
who shall be one of their number, and who shall keep an accurate
account of the receipts and disbursements of the funds of the
corporation in a well-bound book, and shall render annually to
the commissioners a succinct and detailed statement thereof,
which statement shall be published annually in one of the news-
papers printed in Snow Hill, in at least one insertion; but before