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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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80. If said inquisition be set aside, the said court
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Inquisition.
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may direct another to be taken in the same manner
as the first.
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81. Every inquisition shall describe the property
taken or the bounds of the land condemned, and the
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quantity or duration of the interest in the same
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therein valued ; and such valuation, when paid or
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tendered to the owner of the property or his legal
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representative, or in case no damages shall be assessed,
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Describe pro-
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the confirmation of said inquisition shall entitle the
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perty taken.
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said president and commissioners to the estate, use
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and interest in the same so valued, for the purposes
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aforesaid, as fully as if the same had been conveyed
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by the owner ; and the valuation, if not received
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from the said president and commissioners when
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tendered, may at any time thereafter be received
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without costs by the owner or his legal represent-
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atives.
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Levy and
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82. The said president and commissioners shall
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collect taxes.
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have power to levy and collect taxes in said town,
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not exceeding in any one year thirty cents on the
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hundred dollars, on the assessable property of said
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town ; and they shall once in every ten years, or
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Appoint as-
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oftener if they think proper, appoint an assessor, who
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sessor.
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shall, under oath, assess and value the property in
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said town in the same manner and with like author-
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ity as county assessor ; provided that the assessable
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value hereafter, for the purposes of taxation, shall be
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only two-thirds of the actual value of the property
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situated in said town, but shall not include real or
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personal property situated beyond its boundaries,
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nor personal property only constructively in said
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town, though owned by persons residing in the said
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town of Elkton ; and provided further, that in as-
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sessing any of the lands within the said town which
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may be occupied and used as farms, or may be a
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part or parts of farms, such lands shall be valued
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and assessed as lots of four acres of ground with the
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buildings and improvements thereon, and shall not
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be valued and assessed by the number of acres
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therein.
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83. If any owner of property assessed within said
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town shall feel aggrieved by the assessment so made,
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