ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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within the corporate limits thereof, as shall, in their

opinion, injuriously affect the sanitary condition thereof.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That the commissioners

may, as often as they deem advisable, cause an assess-

ment to be made of all the real and personal property

Assessment to

within said town, or the corporate limits thereof, by a

be made.

person to be appointed and paid by them, which assess-

ment shall not exceed the assessment of the same for

county purposes, and the commissioners may levy

a tax thereon, not exceeding ten cents in the hundred

dollars' worth of assessable property.

SEC. 16. And be it, enacted, That any person may

appeal from the valuation of the assessor to the com-

missioners, who shall meet on the first Monday in

June after any such assessment, and remain in ses-

Right of ap-
peal.

sion as long as may be reasonable, to hear and determ-

ine such appeals, and shall give reasonable notice of

any such meeting, and shall increase or abate such

assessment as they may deem best.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That whenever the

commissioners shall levy a tax, they shall cause to be

made out an alphabetical list of the persons charged

Make out al-
phabetical list.

therein, and shall cause to be affixed thereto the re-

spective sums to be collected from such persons, and

a warrant to the chief bailiff to collect the same.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the chief bailiff

shall, within ten days after the receipt of such list and

warrant, render to each person named therein an

account or tax bill, showing the amount due by him,

if he be a resident of the town; and if he be a non-

resident, and in consequence thereof cannot conve-

niently be served with said account or tax bill, he

shall publish such account or tax bill in some news-

Who to render
tax bill.

paper printed and published in said Montgomery

county, at the expense of the taxpayer; and may,

unless the same be paid within thirty days after the

delivery or publication of such account, collect the

same, with all costs, by distress and sale of the real

and personal property of the delinquent, at public

auction, after giving at least ten days' notice of such

sale in some newspaper published in said county.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the president of

the commissioners shall execute and deliver to the

purchaser a deed of the property so sold, and the same

Who to convey
deed of prop-

deed shall convey to the purchaser the said property,

erty.

and shall be presumptive evidence that all the require-