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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

fourteen feet ; south twenty -five degrees, west
three hundred and eighty -three feet to a branch;
thence with the said branch south forty-eight
degrees, west one hundred and seventeen feet ;

Corporate
limits.

thence, leaving the branch and running with a
fence, south thirty-five degrees thirty minutes,
west one hundred and twenty-eight feet ; south
thirty-nine degrees fifteen minutes, west one
hundred feet ; south forty-five degrees, west
one hundred and eighty-seven feet to the end
of or corner of said fence ; thence north fifty-
eight degrees fifteen minutes, west eight hun-
dred and thirty-five feet to the aforesaid canal ;
thence up and with the said canal, as it now
runneth, north twenty-nine degrees twenty-five
minutes, east eighteen hundred and eight feet,
to the first beginning.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the citizens of
Port Tobacco shall on the first Thursday in

Commis-
sioners— how
elected.

April, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and
; every two years thereafter on the same day of
said month, elect five commissioners to serve for
two years from the date of their election, and
until their successors are elected and qualified,
who shall have the management of the village;
and shall have full power to pass and enact all
such by-laws and ordinances as they may deem
wise, equitable and expedient for the comfort,
health, convenience and prosperity of said vil-
lage and its inhabitants ; to impose and appro-
priate fines, penalties and forfeitures for the
breach of any of their by-laws or ordinances ; to-
lay and levy taxes upon all kinds of property

Proviso.

for the purpose of carrying into effect the powers
herein conferred ; provided, that such taxes shall
not exceed twenty cents on every one hundred
dollars' worth of taxable property in any one
year, which tax shall be collected by a person
appointed by such commissioners for the purpose.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That whenever the

Alphabetical
list.

commissioners shall levy a tax they shall cause
to be made out an alphabetical list of the per-
sons charged therewith, and shall cause to be
affixed thereto the respective sums to be col-
lected from such persons, and warrant to the
person appointed to collect the same.