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awarded; and if any person shall feel aggrieved by the determi-
nation of the said Commissioners in ratifying or rejecting said
return, either as to damages or benefits, or in any manner re-
lating 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 de-
crease the amount of damage or benefits so awarded and award
costs in its discretion, and said judgment shall be final; and it
shall be the duty of the said Commissioners to cause the papers
connected therewith to be delivered to the clerk of the said
county, on petition in writing of any party feeling aggrieved;
and the persons appointed to assess the damages as aforesaid
shall receive such compensation as the Commissioners of said
town shall determine.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted. That the Commissioners of said
town may annually levy a tax for the expenses of the corpora-
tion 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 purpose, whose com-
pensation shall be fixed by the Commissioners, and who shall
give bond in such amount as they shall prescribe, and the said
taxes shall be due and bear interest one month after levying of
same. And the said collector in collecting the said taxes shall
have all the powers possessed by the collector of taxes for Wi-
comico county, or the Commissioners of Powellsville may col-
lect them by suit in the name of "Commissioners of Powells-
ville" by suit before any justice of the peace of Dennis District
in Wicomico county and execution and sale as small debts are
collected before justices of the peace; but said tax shall not ex-
ceed 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 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.

SEC. 38. And be it enacted, That all fines and penalties shall
be for the use of said town, and all ordinances shall be made
public by being posted in at least three public places in said
town.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6, 1908.