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LAWS OF MAEYLAND.

SEC. 162. And be it enacted, That the commissioners may cause

an assessment and valuation to be made by two good men, to be

selected and sworn by them of all real and personal property in

Assess-

said town, (bank stock, notes and other evidences of debt excepted,)

ment

to be made btween the first day of May and the first day of June,

and may levy on the property assessed annually, such sums as may
be necessary for the improvement of said town, and to carry out

the purpose of this sub-title of this article not to exceed in any

one year the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars.

SEC. 163. And be it enacted, That the bailiff and clerk shall

Oath.

each attend the meeting of said commissioners, and shall each take

and subscribe an oath to be administered by some one of the com-

missioners for the due and proper discharge of the duties of their

respective offices, and the commissioners may take bond from the

bailiff for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.

SEC. 164. And be it enacted, That the bailiff shall arrest and

carry before some justice of the peace, resident in said town, to

be dealt with as hereinbefore provided; any person found break-

Arrest.

ing the peace or disturbing the quiet and order of said town, or

violating any of the ordinances made for securing the safety of

the property or the lives of the inhabitants of said town, and he

shall have power to summons any of the inhabitants of said town

to assist him when he deems it necessary.

Approved April 3, 1890.

CHAPTER 387.

AN ACT entitled an act to repeal sections one, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight and nine, of article sixty-one, of the Code

of Public General Laws, entitled " Manures and fertilizers,"

and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and nine,.

To repeal.

of article sixty-one, of the Code of Public General Laws, be and

the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, to read as follows :

That the term fertilizer as used in this act, shall be held to-

mean any commercial fertilizer or any article, substance or mix-

Definition.

ture sold, offered or exposed for sale for manurial purposes, with-

in this State, of which the selling price shall be ten dollars per

ton of two thousand pounds.

2. That before any fertilizer is sold, offered or exposed for sale

within this State, the following conditions must be complied with :

(1.) The importer, manufacturer, manipulator, dealer or agent

shall take out a license for the sale of fertilizer, -which license