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necessary to the issuing of a warrant will be dangerous to the
peace and quiet of the town, or the lives, limbs and property of
the citizens; and when it shall appear that the offender is intoxi-
cated, so as to render it unsafe to permit him to drive through
the streets, they shall provide for the removal of the horse and
vehicle without the limits of the town, or for the deposit thereof
in some place of safety until the offender shall be sober.

1874, ch. 216.

258. They shall have power to levy and collect taxes in the
town, not exceeding in any one year thirty cents in the one hun-
dred dollars, on the assessable property of said town; and shall
also, for the purpose of grading and paving the streets of said
town, have power to levy such other taxes npon the property
fronting on the street, or portion thereof to be paved, as will pay
the cost of grading and paving the same.

Watts v. Port Deposit, 46 Md. 500.

Ibid.

259. They shall once in every three years, or oftener if they
think proper, appoint an assessor, who shall, under oath, value
and assess the property in said town, in the same manner and
with like authority as county assessors proceed to assess in the
county; but in assessing any of the land within the limits of said
town which may be occupied and used as farms, or may be a part
of farms, such lands shall be valued and assessed as lots of five
acres of ground, with the buildings and improvements thereon,
and shall not be valued and assessed by the number of acres
therein contained.

Ibid.

260. If any owner of property assessed in said town shall feel
aggrieved by the assessment made by said assessor, he may appeal
to the president and commissioners, who may make such deduc-
tions therein as to them may seem just and reasonable.

Ibid.

261. The president and commissioners may annually appoint
an active and discreet person to be bailiff and constable within
the limits of said town, who, before he shall proceed to the exe-