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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 727

town of Aberdeen, in Harford County," as repealed and
re-enacted by the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, passed at the January Session, 1894, Chapter 488,
Section 15, and to re-enact the same with amendments.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 15 of Chapter 136 of the Acts of the

Repeal and
re-enact.

General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January Ses-
sion, 1892, entitled " An Act to incorporate the town of
Aberdeen, in Harford county," as amended by the Acts of
1894, Chapter 488, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments, so as to read as follows :
Section 15. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
may, whenever they think the public interest require it,

Assessment
made of real
and personal
property.

cause an assessment to be made of all the real and personal
property within the corporate limits of said town, subject to
the State and county taxes, and may prescribe the manner
in which such assessment shall be made, and provide for
adjusting all differences in relation to such assessment; and
they shall have power and authority to require the owner,
possessor or claimant of any property liable to assessment
to give them such a full and accurate statement in writing of
his property as may be necessary to enable said commis-
sioners to ascertain the value thereof, the same to be under
the oath of such person, and thereupon the taxes herein

Proviso.

authorized to be levied; provided, that no lands included
within the corporate limits of said town, except houses and
gardens, shall be taxed for corporate purposes so long as
said lands shall be used for agricultural purposes; and the
commissioners may levy a tax on the assessable property
within the corporate limits of said town not exceeding one
hundred cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of assess-
able property.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 3, 1906.