PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1603

County, to be assessor for said election district of said County,
except in election district number seven or' Cambridge in which
said named election district the Clerk to the County Commis-
sioners of Dorchester County shall be the assessor for said
election district, whose duty it shall be, by all lawful means to
inform himself of all property of whatsoever nature, including
stocks, bonds and other instruments created or acquired in
their respective election districts, which is not included in the
last revised list of assessments, and shall annually before the
tenth day of April in each year value the same and shall make
returns of such valuations, verified by affidavit, giving the
name of the reputed owners of said property, together with the
postoffice addresses, and the description and the value, as fixed
by him, of such property, to the County Commissioners, who
shall levy and pay to each of said assessors in full for their
services, an amount not exceeding two dollars per thousand of
newly assessed property in all election districts, except Cam-
bridge district and not exceeding one dollar per thousand of
newly assessed property in said last named district, and it
shall be the duty of the Clerk to the County Commissioners to
mail to the postoffice addresses of each person, as shown by
said returns, a written notice warning such person of the in-
tention of the County Commissioners after ten days from the
date of such notice to assess to such person said property ap-
pearing by said return to belong to such person, unless cause
to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the expiration of
ten days from date of such notice; and in the event that no
good cause to the contrary be shown within the time limited
by such notice to the County Commissioners shall proceed
to assess such property to the persons appearing by said re-
turns to be the owners thereof at the valuation placed thereon
by such assessors; and nothing in this Section shall be con-
structed to interfere with or affect the right, powers and duties
of the County Commissioners under and by virtue of the
General Laws of the State in relation to such new, or other
assessments of property.

SEC. 121-B. The Treasurer shall issue when requested, and
upon payment of a fee of fifty cents, a certified statement over
his signature of all taxes assessed since the first day of January,
1915, that may be due and unpaid at the time of making said
certificate, and are a lien upon any certain real estate located
in Dorchester County, and of any tax sale affecting said piece
of property since that date; and said certificate shall be a bar