EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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of taxes and assessments of said town and to hear appeals
of all persons who feel aggrieved by any assessment, and
the sittings of the said board shall be on the first Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of June of each year, and their
hours shall be from 7.30 P. M. to 9 P. M., and each member
of said board shall receive as compensation $5 for his entire
service rendered. Appeals may be taken from the decisions

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Board of trans-
fers and
abatements.

of this board to the Circuit Court for Talbot county and
thence to the Court of Appeals of Maryland, and the manner
of taking said appeal shall be that provided for by the law
regulating appeals from the board of County Commissioners,
sitting as a board of transfers and abatements, for Talbot
county; and all persons or body corporate who shall be
newly assessed or whose assessment shall be increased, shall
be notified by the said board by letter of the amount of said
assessment.
75. At the first regular meeting in May the Mayor shall

Appeal taken.

appoint one person not a member of the Council, whose
official title shall be "Town Clerk," to act in the capacity as
clerk to the Council, collector of taxes and treasurer of the
town, subject to the confirmation of the Council. The said
town clerk shall attend all meetings of the Council, and
shall be at the Council room on such days and hours as may
be provided by ordinance, and he shall perform such other
duties as this charter may provide and the Council may by
ordinance or resolution direct.
76. He shall collect all the town taxes hereinafter levied

Town clerk
appointed.

by the Mayor and Council, and all licenses, and receive all
fines and other moneys in anywise belonging to the said
town, and act as treasurer for the town. He shall have full
power to enforce payment of all taxes levied by the Council,
by suit or by sale or otherwise, as hereinafter provided, and to
convey title to any real or personal property sold by him
for the non-payment of taxes.
77. He shall, before he enters upon the duties of his
office, take before the Mayor the oath hereinafter provided

Duties
prescribed.

for, and also execute a bond to the State of Maryland in
the penalty equal to the amount of the taxes levied, for the
faithful performance of his duties as town clerk, which
bond shall be paid for by the Council and further con-
ditioned that he will well and truly account and be. liable
for any and all money coming into his possession as town
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Oath of office.