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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That they may allow their clerk,

treasurer, bailiff and police such reasonable compensation for

Salary

their services as they may think proper, and the mayor shall re-

ceive a salary of ten dollars, ($10,) and each councilman a salary

of five dollars, ($5,) per annum for attending to the duties of their

respective offices.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That the mayor and councilmen

shall pass such ordinances, not contrary t'o law, as they may deem

beneficial to the town; they shall have power to remove nuisances

and obstructions from the streets, lanes and alleys and from any

Powers

lot adjoining thereto, and also any houses or other buildings that

may become dangerous to the neighborhood on any account, and

to prevent and abate all nuisances and annoyances in said town,

and may impose such reasonable fines, forfeitures or imprison-

ments as to them may appear necessary for violation of any ordi-

nance of the said town.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That they may from time to time,

Assess-

cause an assessment to be made of all the property, real and per-

ment.

sonal, in the town, by three persons appointed by them, and may

levy thereon a tax not exceeding in any one year twenty-five cents

on every hundred dollars worth of assessable property.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That any person may appeal from

the valuation made by the said assessors to the mayor and coun-

cilmen, and the said mayor and councilmen shall meet at the

council chamber on the first Monday in June in each year and

remaining in session two days, or longer if necessary, for the pur-

Appeal.

pose of hearing and determining such appeals, and shall give no-

tice of such meetings in such manner as they may prescribe, and

upon failure so to meet the said mayor and councilmen, unless

prevented by sickness or unavoidable accident, shall each forfeit

the sum of five dollars, and they may at each meeting examine

the party appealing or any other person on oath, touching the

particulars or value of the property assessed, and may reduce or

increase the assessment as may seem just.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That whenever they shall levy a tax

the mayor and councilmen shall make out an alphabetical list of

List

the persons chargeable therewith and shall affix the respective

sums to be collected from each person and annex to the said list

a warrant to the bailiff to collect the same.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall within ten

days after the receipt of such warrant and list, render to each

Tax

person named therein an account of his tax, and may, unless the

same be paid within, thirty days after the delivery of such ac-

count, collect the same by distress and sale of the goods and

chattels of the delinquent.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall account for