EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1617
cers of registration and the Town Clerk, Treasurer and Col-
lector, when sitting as an officer of registration, shall have, dur-
ing the appointed time of their respective sittings, in addition
to the duties and authority hereinbefore given them, such pow-
ers as are conferred on officers of registration by Section 15, of
Article 33, of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland.
Each candidate, at any election held under any of the pro-
visions of the Charter of Cambridge, or any amendments
thereto, shall have the right to enter the place of registration
or the polling place for his ward at any time during the days
appointed for registration of voters, or during the voting and
the counting of the votes, each candidate shall also have the
right to designate one watcher, who shall have the same power
as the candidate himself, in regard to observing the conduct
of the registration, the casting and counting of the vote. Unless
there are more than two candidates for nomination for Com-
missioner of Cambridge in any ward, no primary election shall
be held and the one candidate or two, as the case may be, shall
stand as the candidate or candidates to be voted for at the
following election or special election for Commissioner of Cam-
bridge.
65. The Commissioners of Cambridge may cause an assess-
ment to be made from time to time, by three persons appointed
by it of all the property real, personal and mixed, of all
kinds and descriptions whatsoever, that may be within the cor-
porate limits of Cambridge, belonging to the inhabitants, firms,
incorporated bodies and unincorporated associations thereof, or
to any person, firm, incorporated bodies or unincorporated as-
sociations, doing business therein. The Commissioners of Cam-
bridge may at its annual session for the correction of assess-
ments, or at any other time, place upon the tax books all, such
property as would be liable to assessment at any general assess-
ment; provided that one hundred dollars' worth of property of
each person assessed be exempt from taxation. No abatement
of "taxes of any kind shall be made by the Commissioners of
Cambridge or by any individual Commissioner at any time
except at the annual meeting, for that purpose provided by the
Charter of Cambridge. The assessors and the Commissioners
of Cambridge in making any assessment shall value the prop-
erty on the basis of its cash value or estimated cash value.
Approved April 18th, 1916.
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