HARFORD COUNTY. 879

January Session, 1894, Chapter 488, Section 15, and as re-
pealed and re-enacted by the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland, passed at the January Session, 1906, Chapter 727,
Section 15, and to re-enact the same with amendments, and
also to repeal Section 16 of Chapter 136 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January Ses-
sion, 1892, and entitled as aforesaid.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 15 of Chapter 136 of the Acts of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland passed at the January Session, 1892,
entitled "An Act to incorporate the Town of Aberdeen, in Har-
ford County," as amended by the Acts of 1894, Chapter 448,
and the Acts of 1906, Chapter 727, and Section 16 of Chapter
13(1, of the said Acts of 1892, be and the same are hereby re-
pealed, and said Section 15 is hereby re-enacted with amend-
ments, so as to read as follows:

Section 15. And be it enacted, That all property located with-
in the corporate limits of said town and all property owned by
residents of said town or corporations having their principal
office therein, assessable for the purpose of State and county
taxes, as now or hereafter shall be provided, and all franchises
and easements held and exercised in said town or hereafter
granted, shall be taxed for corporate purposes; provided, how-
ever, that lands lying within the corporate limits of said town,
which in the judgment of said commissioners are used onlv for
agricultural purposes, shall not be taxed hereunder to a depth
greater than 125 feet from the side line of any of the streets
and alleys of said town to which said lands or any part thereof
may be contiguous. The commissioners may whenever they
think the public interest requires it appoint three taxpayers,
residents of said town and men of good judgment, to assess said
property. Each of said assessors, before entering upon his du-
ties as such, shall take and subscribe to an oath before a Justice
of the Peace or Notary Public residing in said town, a copy of
which oath shall be returned to the commissioners, that they
will well and truly, without partiality or prejudice, perform the
duties of assessor, and diligently value and assess at the full
cash value thereof all property subject to taxation in said town.
They shall value and assess the real estate and the improve-
ment thereon separately, describing such real estate so the same
may be identified, and list all other property. The commission-
ers may by ordinance further provide for the manner of con-
ducting said assessment and for assessors obtaining informa-
tion ; and power and authority is hereby given to each assessor
appointed as aforesaid, and each of said commissioners, to ad-
minister an oath to all such persons as they may deem necessary