A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

the owner, and the valuation, if not received from
the said Commissioners when tendered, may at
any time thereafter be received, with costs, by the
owner or his legal representatives.

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Sec. 19. The said President and Commissioners
shall have power to levy and collect taxes in said
town not exceeding in any one year thirty cents in
the hundred dollars, on the assessable property of

Commission-
ers authorized
to collect tax.

said village; and they shall once in every five years,
or oftener if they think proper, appoint an asses-
sor who shall under oath, assess and value the pro-

Assessor.

perty in said village in the same manner and with
like authority as county assessors ; provided, that
in assessing any of the lands within the village
which may be occupied and used as farms or may
be part or parts of farms, such lands shall be val-
ued and assessed as lots of four acres of ground,
with the buildings and improvements thereon, and
shall not be valued and assessed by the number of
acres therein.

Proviso.

Sec. 20. If any owner of property within said
village shall feel aggrieved by the assessment so
made, he may appeal to the Board of Commission-
ers, who may make such deduction from the valua-
tion of his property as they deem reasonable and
just.

Appeals.

Sec. 21. The said Board of Commissioners may
from time to time, under such conditions as they
may by their ordinances direct, appoint such offi-
cers as they may deem necessary to carry into ef-
fect their ordinances, among whom shall be a Town
Bailiff who shall ex-officio be collector of the town
tax, and shall within said village have all the au-
thority of a constable.

Authority to
appoint offi-
cers, &c.

Sec. 22. The said Bailiff shall give bond, to be
approved by the County Commissioners, as other
Constables, for the faithful performance of his duty
as Constable, and also bond to the said Board of
Commissioners for the faithful performance of his
duty as Bailiff, and as collector of the taxes, and
the faithful performance of such duties as shall be
imposed on him by the ordinances of said Board of
Commissioners.

Collector re-
quired to give
bond.

Sec. 23. The said Bailiff may enforce the pay-
ment of corporation taxes in the same manner and
with like effect as collectors of State and county
taxes may enforce the payment of the same.
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Payment of
taxes may be
compelled.