710 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

59-M. The intention of this Act is to facilitate and expedite
the collection of taxes in the town of Centreville, and thereby
generally to promote the business of the Town Commissioners-
in said town, and for that purpose all provisions of this Act
shall be literally construed and all powers belonging to collec-
tors of taxes of said town at the date of the passage of the Act
of 1896, Chapter 294, so far as the same are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act and its purposes, and so far as-
the same will facilitate the Town Clerk of said Town in the dis-
charge of his duties hereunder, shall be possessed by and are
hereby given to said Town Clerk, but he shall not by implica-
tion be held to possess any of the powers of such collectors as
might tend to delay him in the discharge of his duties, or render
the purposes of this Act more difficult; and it is hereby further
provided that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect
the rights, powers or duty of the said Town Commissioners or
the collector of taxes to make collection of all Town taxes due
and in arrear at the time of the passage of this Act.

61. The said Town Commissioners shall have the power to
assess all bonds, certificates of indebtedness or evidences of
debt, stocks, shares of stocks, shares and private securities, that
are subject to State and County assessment under laws now ex-
isting, or that may hereafter be passed, in the manner, and at
the same rate as real and personal property shall be assessed by
them, or by the Town Clerk; provided, however, that nothing
in this Section shall be construed to grant unto said Town Com-
missioners the power to assess bonds, certificates of indebted-
ness or evidences of debt, or shares of stock of the character
mentioned and described in Section 210, of Article 81, of the
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland of 1904, at a valua-
tion or rate greater than is provided for in said Section 210 of
said Article 81; and the said Commissioners shall have the
power to annually make transfers and abatements, and to as-
sess and to add unassessed property, new property and im-
provements to the assessment list or books of said town, and to-
make levies thereon.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act con-
tained is intended or shall be taken or construed as relieving or
in any wise abridging the powers and duties of the Town Com-
missioners of Centreville from any and all of the provisions of
Chapter 6, of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of
1906, known as the Fire Company Tax Law, or amendment
thereto; Chapter 225 of the Acts of the General Assembly of