324 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 217

corporation, or that may be received by him from any other
person or persons, or from any other source, for the use of
said corporation, and shall well and truly pay over to his
successors in office, or to the order of said Commissioners,
signed by the president, all said moneys, and shall perform all
other duties of his office according to law and the ordinances
of said Commissioners; he shall keep full and correct accounts
of all moneys received by him, with the sources from which
the same were received, and the dates of such receipts and of
the disbursements made by him as aforesaid, with the dates
thereof, and the persons to whom and on what account the
same were made, and for what purpose.

287. All property in the town of Greensboro shall be
assessed for all town taxes or assessments at the same value
as said property is assessed for state and county taxes.

288. The Commissioners of Greensboro shall have the right
to levy an additional annual tax or assessment on real prop-
erty within the town limits for a public sewer or drainage
system, not to exceed ten cents on the hundred dollars valua-
tion of the same.

289. The taxes to be levied on the property so made liable
to be valued and assessed shall be a lien on the real estate of
the person so indebted from the day on which the levy shall
be made by said Commissioners.

290. The said Commissioners may annually levy upon the
assessable property within said town by a direct tax, not ex-
ceeding One Dollar ($1.00) on the One Hundred Dollars valu-
ation thereof, for the purpose of defraying and settling the
expenses likely to be incurred by them on behalf of said cor-
poration; and they may apply and appropriate the funds
arising from such tax, as well as all other funds and moneys
belonging to said corporation, in their discretion, in paying
the cost and expenses of opening, closing, extending, widening,
paving and improving the streets, alleys and grounds; for pro
viding street lamps and lighting the same; for fire machinery
and apparatuses; for the removal of garbage, obstructions and
nuisances; for settling pumps and wells for drainage; for the
building or laying of sewers; for restricting the spread of con-
tagious diseases; for the payment to their officers or employees
a reasonable compensation, and for such other purposes as in
their judgment will benefit and subserve the public interest.

291. As soon after the expiration of the time for hearing
appeals as is practicable, the said Commissioners shall pro-