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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and sixty-six, and there continue in session not
exceeding thirty nor less than six consecutive
clays, Sundays excepted, having first given at
least two weeks notice of said time in some news-
paper or newspapers, if any are published in said
County or City, and if none, then by advertisement
set up at the Court House door, and other public
places in said County, to hear and determine the
complaints and appeals of persons who may con-
sider themselves aggrieved by the valuation of said
Assessors, and upon complaint of any person who
may consider him or herself aggrieved by such valu-
ation of his or her property, or that of any person
under his or her charge, the said County Commis-
sioners or Board of Control and Review, shall have
full power and authority to examine any person or
persons, and the party complaining on oath or af-
firmation as the case may be, touching the par-
ticulars or value of such property, and upon due
examination or knowledge thereof, abate or in-
crease the said valuation, and correct the returns
accordingly, and may value property which has
been by the Assessors excluded or omitted, and
may, at any regular meeting of the Board there-
after, exercise the powers conferred by this section
in the presence of the parties concerned or upon
thirty days notice thereof being given at any time
during the year next succeeding the passage of this
Act.

County Com-
missioners
empowered
to call As-
sessors be-
fore them
for the pur-
pose of cor-
recting val-
uations, &c.

Sec. 24. And be it enacted, That the said Coun-
ty Commissioners, and Appeal Tax Court or Board
of Control and Review of Baltimore City, as the
case may be, shall have power to call the several
Assessors before them at the time limited for hear-
ing appeals as aforesaid, or at such other time or
times in their discretion as they shall think rea-
sonable, for the purpose of correcting the valuation
made by said Assessors, and they shall likewise
have power and authority, and are hereby di-
rected and required carefully to examine the seve-
ral certificates, statements and returns of valuations
in their respective Counties or City, and to correct
the same, although no complaint or appeal be made
to them; that each Assessor shall within the time
hereinbefore limited for making the returns, make
out and deliver to the County Commissioners of the
County in which he resides, or to the Appeal Tax
Court or Board of Control and Review of Baltimore