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west one hundred and seventeen feet; thence leaving the branch
and running with a fence, south thirty-five degrees thirty min-
utes, west one hundred and twenty-eight feet; south thirty-nine
degrees fifteen minutes, west one hundred feet; south forty-five
degrees, west one hundred and eighty-seven feet to the end of or
corner of said fence; thence north fifty-eight degrees fifteen min-
utes, west eight hundred and thirty-five feet to the aforesaid
canal; thence up and with the said canal, as it now runneth,
north twenty-nine degrees twenty-five minutes, east eighteen
hundred and eight feet to the first beginning.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 9, sec. 74. 1888, ch. 297.

134. The citizens of Port Tobacco shall, on the first Thursday
in April, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and every two years
thereafter, on the same day of said month, elect five commission-
ers, to serve for two years from the date of their election, and
until their successors are elected and qualified, who shall have the
management of the village; and shall have full power to pass and
enact all such by-laws and ordinances as they may deem wise,
equitable and expedient for the comfort, health, convenience and
prosperity of said village and its inhabitants; to impose and ap-
propriate fines, penalties and forfeitures for the breach of any of
their by-laws or ordinances; to lay and levy taxes upon all kinds
of property for the purpose of carrying into effect the powers
herein conferred; provided, that such taxes shall not exceed
twenty cents on every one hundred dollars worth of taxable prop-
erty in any one year, which tax shall be collected by a person ap-
pointed by such commissioners for the purpose.

Ibid. sec. 75. 1888, ch. 297.

135. Whenever the commissioners shall levy a tax they shall
cause to be made out an alphabetical list of the persons charged
therewith, and shall cause to be affixed thereto the respective
sums to be collected from such persons, and a warrant to the
person appointed to collect the same.

Ibid. sec. 76. 1888, ch. 297.

136. The person so authorized shall, within ten days after the
receipt of such list and warrant, send to each person named