MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 939

and the indebtedness which it is proposed to create. If two
thirds of those qualified to vote at said town meeting and vot
ing at same shall vote in favor of the ordinance and the crea-
tion of the debt, and not otherwise, the council may incur such
debt and issue certificates of indebtedness thereby provided
for, which certificates of indebtedness shall be signed by the
Mayor and countersigned by the Treasurer of Woodmont, and
which certificates when so issued shall be the indebtedness of
the town of Woodmont. Within five days after the holding of
a town meeting provided for in this section, the chairman and
secretary of same shall make due return in writing, over their
signatures, to the council declaring the result of the vote taken,
and showing specifically the number of votes cast for and
against the proposed issue of certificates of indebtedness, and
which return and report, together with the signatures of the
chairman and secretary, shall be spread in full upon the rec-
ords of the council, and be and become a part thereof, and this
return and report shall be so recorded before any certificates
of indebtedness or bonds are ordered to be issued by said coun-
cil and before same are signed by the Mayor or Treasurer; pro-
vided, that the payment of a tax other than that upon real
estate shall not constitute any person or taxpayer within the
intent of this section, and provided also that a residence of one
month in said town next preceding the town meeting election
at which they shall vote, shall be necessary to qualify a tax-
payer to vote under the provisions of this section.

SEC. 7. On or before the first Monday of July, 1910, and
each fifth year thereafter, the Council shall appoint three asses-
sors, freeholders of said town, who shall, under the direction of
the Council, make an assessment, of all real property and im-
provements thereon, as near as they may be able to determine
the value of the same, and shall follow in said assessment as
near as may be practicable and equitable the county valuations
for assessment, and make return within thirty days after their
appointment to the Council of their list; and the Council shall
immediately thereafter levy a tax on all said property so re-
turned of not exceeding thirty cents on the one hundred dol-
lars' worth of said assessable property as so assessed in any
one year, and all taxes so levied shall be a lien on any and ail
real property of the person or persons against whom they may
be levied. And any person may appeal from the valuation of
the said assessors to the Council, which shall meet on the first
Monday in August, after said assessment and remain in ses-
sion from day to day as long as may be reasonable, to hear and
to determine said appeals, and shall give reasonable notice of
said meetings, and shall increase or reduce said assessment as
they may deem just and equitable; provided, however, the