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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAP. 195	days after such valuation or assessment, return the same in writing under their hands and seals, with a certificate of their qualifications, before a justice of the peace, as herein- before provided, to the commissioners of said town, which said valuation and assessment shall be ratified or rejected by said commissioners within twenty days after return of same, as in their judgment may seem proper; and before actually opening, widening or altering any street, lane or alley the said commissioners shall pay or tender to the person, his agent, guardian or representative, the amount of damages so awarded; and if any person shall feel so aggrieved by the determination of the said commissioners in ratifying or rejecting said return, either as to damages or benefits, or in
	Appeal may be taken.	any manner relating to the same, he, she or they may appeal within thirty days from said ratification or rejection to the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, and said court or a jury may increase or decrease the amount of damage or benefits so awarded and award costs in its discretion, and said judg- ment shall be final; and it shall be the duty of the said com- missioners to cause the papers connected therewith to be delivered to the clerk of said county, on petition in writing, of any party feeling aggrieved; and the persons appointed to assess the damages as aforesaid shall receive such com- pensation as the commissioners of said town shall determine. SEC. 1.6. And be it enacted, That the commissioners of said town may annually levy a tax for the expenses of the
	Tax to be levied.	corporation upon the taxable property within the limits of the town, real and personal, and the same shall be collected by a collector appointed by the commissioners for the pur- pose, whose compensation shall be fixed by the commission- ers and who shall give bond in such amount as they shall prescribe; and the said collector in collecting the said taxes shall have full power to distrain for the purpose in the same manner as the collectors of the State and county taxes have, but said tax shall not exceed twenty-five cents on the one hundred dollars for any one year, and the basis of taxation shall be the assessment as for county purposes. SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners
	May pass cer- tain ordi- nances.	may pass all ordinances not contrary to the laws of this State necessary to give effect and operation to the power vested in them, and in absence of ordinances the law of the county shall be the law of the town.