LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

duties of said office in all things appertaining thereto, accord-
ing to law and the ordinances of said commissioners, and shall
well and truly collect and pay over to the Treasurer of
said corporation all taxes levied by the commissioners, and all
other sums of money that may be received by him for the use
of said corporation.

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SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That the treasurer shall be
appointed from among the citizens of said town qualified to
vote for commissioners, and before entering upon the duties of
his office, he shall give bond to the State of Maryland, with
t«o good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the said
commissioners, in said penalty as the said commissioners shall
prescribe, conditioned that he shall well and faithfully account
for all moneys paid over to him by the bailiff of said corpora-
tion or that may be received by him from any other person or
persons for the use of said corporation, and shall well and truly
pay over to his successor in office or to the order of said com-
missioners, signed by their clerk and countersigned by their
president, and perform all other duties of his office according
to law and the ordinances of said commissioners; he shall keep
full and correct account of 'all moneys received by him, with,
the sources from which received and the dates of such receipts
and of the disbursements made by him, with the time when the
persons to whom and on what account the same were made.

Bond of
treasurer.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That the assessor or assessors
shall be appointed from among the citizens of said town en-
titled to vote for commissioners of said town, and before he
or they shall proceed to act as assessors, he or they shall take
an oath before a justice of the peace for Caroline county that
he or they will assess and value the assessable property of
every sort within said town, at its full cash value, without
favor, partiality or prejudice, to the best of his or their skill
and judgment; he or they shall enter and record in a book or
books, to be provided for that purpose, an accurate and fair
account of all property, stocks and private securities of every
sort within said town liable to assessment, and the valuation
thereof, together with a list of the owners thereof, which shall
be returned by him or them to the said commissioners, on or
before the thirteenth day of June in each and every year, and
which any person interested may inspect without charge; and
if any one shall feel aggrieved at the valuation and assess-
ment of his property by said assessor or assessors, he may
appeal from such valuation to the said commissioners at any
time within two weeks from the return of said assessment, and

Oath of
assessors.