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expense thereof, in whole or in part, upon the respective owners of
the property fronting thereon; for a license or tax on public ex-
hibitions or amusements of all kinds, billiard, pool or bagatelle
tables and ten-pin alleys, and for the collection of the same; for
a tax on persons for each dog kept by them, and to cause any dog
to be killed; for the promotion of the morality, health, conven-
ience and safety of the inhabitants of said town; and for the
opening, widening, extension, repairing, improvement and closing
up of streets, lanes and alleys of said town; and all damages done
and all benefits received by the opening, closing, extension, widen-
ing or improving said streets, lanes or alleys, shall be determined
and assessed by three disinterested persons, residents of said town,
to be appointed by said commissioners, who shall, within a reason-
able time after notification of their appointment, take an oath
before a justice of the peace for Caroline county that they will
faithfully, fairly, and without partiality or prejudice, value and
assess in money the loss and damage to be suffered and incurred,
as well as benefits to be received by any person interested in
the property over, through and near the said street, lane or alley
to be opened, closed, extended, widened or improved; and they
shall return the same in writing, under their hands and seals, with
a certificate of their qualification, before a justice of the peace as
hereinbefore provided, to the said commissioners, which said
valuation and assessment shall be ratified or rejected by the said
commissioners, as in their judgment may seem proper; and if
any person shall feel aggrieved by the determination of the said
commissioners, in ratifying or rejecting said award or return, or
in the amount of compensation awarded, benefits assessed, or in
any matter relating to the same, he may appeal within sixty days'
after said ratification to the circuit court for Caroline county, and
either party may be entitled to a trial by jury, and the judgment
of said court shall be final among the parties to such appeal; pro-
vided, that the person taking such appeal shall within ten days ap-
ply to said commissioners for the same in writing, and within
twenty days thereof cause to be delivered to the clerk of the cir-
cuit court aforesaid, a copy of the said award filed with said
commissioners, together with a copy of the order of said com-
missioners ratifying or rejecting the same, and all other papers
relating thereto; and the said corporation shall be liable for

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