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mon.Council, under the regulations that they may prescribe, all
sums of money so received by him; such statements to be
printed in some newspaper published or circulated in the town
limits; he shall receive for his services as Treasurer such com-
pensation as may be fixed by the Mayor and Common Council,
and in addition such remuneration as Town Clerk as the Coun-
cil may provide. The assessor shall make assessments annually
of all property, assessing separately land improvements and per-
sonal property, including franchises, at a fair cash value at pub-
lic sale, as near as they may be able to determine the same. The
said Mayor and Common Council shall provide by ordinance for
hearing appeals from any assessment that may be made.

SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10th, 1914.

CHAPTER 358.

Av ACT to repeal and re-enact Section 42-A, of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland, title, "Allegany County," sub-
title "County Treasurer and Taxes," as enacted by Chapter
456, of the Acts of 1912, reducing the bonds of the Tax Col-
lectors for Allegany County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 42-A, of the Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title, "Allegany County," sub-title, "County Treasurer and
Taxes," as enacted by Chapter 456, of the Acts of 1912, be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments,
so as to read as follows:

42-A. The Tax Collectors for each of said Tax Collection
Districts shall have been bona fide residents of the several col-
lection districts for which they shall have been appointed for at
least five years before their appointment, and shall be at least
twenty-five years of age, and shall not be related directly or col-
laterally within the third degree, (nor married to anyone so re-
lated,) to any member of the Board of County Commissioners,
making such appointment; and the said Collectors shall not be
eligible for re-election for the term next ensuing and each of
said Collectors before entering upon the discharge of his duties
shall give bond conditioned for the faithful performance of his
duties in the collection of State and County taxes, in the pen-