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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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Assessment.
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the property, real and personal, in the town, by three
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persons appointed by them ; and may levy thereon
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a tax not exceeding in any one year twenty -five
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cents on every hundred dollars worth of assessable
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property.
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SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That any person may
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appeal from the valuation made by the said assessors
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to the mayor and councilmen, and the said mayor
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and councilmen shall meet at the council chamber
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on the first Mondayin June in each year, and re-
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main in session two days, or longer, if necessary, for
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and shall give notice of such meeting in such manner
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Right of ap-
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as they shall prescribe; and upon failure so to meet
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peal.
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the said mayor and councilmen, unless prevented
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by sickness or unavoidable accident, shall each for-
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feit the sum of five dollars ; and they may, at each
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meeting, examine the party appealing, or any other
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person, on oath, touching the particulars or value of
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the property assessed, and may reduce or increase
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the assessment as may seem just.
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SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That whenever they
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Alphabetical
list.
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shall levy a tax, the mayor and councilmen shall
mate out an alphabetical list of the persons charge-
able therewith, and shall affix the respective sums to
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be collected from each person, and annex to the said
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list a warrant to the bailiff to collect the same.
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SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall,
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within ten days after the receipt of such warrant and
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Bender ac-
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list, render to each person named therein an account
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count.
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of his tax, and may, unless the same be paid within
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thirty days after the delivery of such account, collect
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the same by distress and sale of the goods and chat-
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tels of the delinquent.
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SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall
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account for the amount of such assessment with the
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mayor and councilmen within three months from
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Pay to Treas-
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the receipt of such warrant and list, and pay the
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urer.
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sums collected under penalty of double the amount
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thereof, to the treasurer of said town.
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