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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

208. The president and commissioners shall have power to

determine upon and regulate all matters relating to the

Wharves.

building of wharves in said town, to regulate the moving of

rafts, arks and boats, and to prevent all nuisances and

obstructions from being placed in the waters of the North

East river in front of said town.

209. The owners and proprietors of lots binding on and

Owners of

entitled to the privileges of the water in said town, subject

lots bind-

to the rules, regulations and ordinances of the -commis-

ing on
water

sioners, may wharf out, extend and improve the whole front

of the several lots, and for such distance as from time to

time they may think proper, and shall be entitled exclusively

to such emoluments arising from the wharfage thereof as may

be fixed upon by the commissioners.

210. The said president and commissioners shall have

power to levy and collect taxes in the town not exceeding, in

any one year thirty cents on the hundred dollars on the assess-

Taxes

able property of the town ; and said president and commis-

sioners shall have power to pass ordinances regulating the

time and manner of payment of said taxes, and to provide

for an early payment of the same by making provision for

the allowance of such discount as may be necessary thereto ;

and once in every ten years, or oftener if they shall think

proper, they shall appoint an assessor who shall, under

oath, assess and value property in the town in the same

manner and with like authority as county assessors ; and the

town bailiff shall, with, the authority given in this section,

annually assess and add to the assessable property, of said

town such new or missed property or buildings as may be

Proviso.

brought into or erected thereiu ; provided, that said assess-

ments shall not include real or personal property situated

beyond the boundaries of the town, nor personal property
only constructively within the town though owned by persons

Ibid.

residing in it ; and provided further, that in assessing any

of the lands within the town which may be occupied and

used as farms or may be a part or parts of farms, such lands

shall be valued and assessed as lots of ten acres of ground

with the buildings and improvements thereon, and shall

not be assessed and valued by the number of acres therein.

216. The president and commissioners may provide for

the purchase of a lot and the erection thereon of a public

Town Hall

building to be used as a town hall for the benefit of the

citizens of the town ; and the expense attending the purchase

of said lot and the erection of said building shall be levied

upon the assessable property of the. town in the same

manner and be collected as other town taxes are levied,

assessed and collected.