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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 13. The council may, whenever they think the public in-

terest requires it, cause an assessment to be made of all real and

personal property within the corporate limits of said town sub-

ject to assessment for county or State taxes, and they may pre-

scribe the manner in which such assessment shall be made, and

provide for adjusting all differences in relation to such assess-

Assess-

ment, and do all other things necessary in making such assess-

ment

ment; providing such assessment shall not exceed the assessment

for State and county purposes; and, provided, further, that no

land included within the corporate limits or corporate out-

lines of said town, except houses and gardens shall be taxed

for corporate purposes so long as said land shall be used for agri-

cultural purposes; and the council may levy a tax on the assess-

able property within the corporate limits of, said town, not exceed-

ing in any one year thirty cents in the one hundred dollars worth

of assessable property.

SEC. 14. Any person may appeal from the valuation made by

Appeal

the assessor to the council at their next regular or quarterly

meeting, and such council shall remain in session as long as may

be reasonable to hear and determine such appeals, and shall give

reasonable notice of such meeting and may abate or increase the

assessment as may seem just.

SEC. 15. Whenever the council shall levy a tax they shall cause

Tax list.

to be made out an alphabetical list of the persons to be charged

therewith, and shall cause to be affixed thereto the respective

sums to be collected from each person, and a warrant to the

bailiff to collect the same.

SEC. 16. The bailiff appointed by the council may enforce the

To collect

payment of corporation taxes in the same manner and with like

effect as collectors of State and county taxes may enforce the

payment of State and county taxes.

SEC. 17. The bailiff shall make all collections required of him

To pay.

and pay the same to the clerk in six months from the time the

tax list is placed in his hands, and which said clerk shall hold

together with all the moneys received by him subject to the order

of the council.

SEC. 18. The bailiff shall attend the meetings of the council

Duties.

and perform such duties as it shall direct; he shall prevent dis-

orderly or irregular meetings of persons, and he shall enforce all

ordinances that may be enacted by the council.

SEC. 19. The bailiff shall have the same fees for making dis-

tresses or levying execution for taxes as are allowed county col-

Fees

lectors; and for making arrests or serving process for violation

of any ordinance of the corporation, the same fees as are allowed

constables for similar services; and when the bailiff wilfully fails

to discharge any duty of his office he may, m addition to the

remedy on his bond, be fined by the mayor in his discretion not.