1354 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 714

year power to levy an equal tax on the property within the
limits of said town, of which they may have a situs there by rea-
son of the residence of the owner therein, to such an amount
each year, not exceeding the sum of sixty cents on each one
hundred dollars' worth of property, as may be deemed neces-
sary for the government of said town, which said taxes so
levied and assessed shall be collected promptly by the bailiff of
said town and by the bailiff paid over as collected at the end
of each and every month to the treasurer of said town ap-
pointed as such by the Mayor and Commissioners; and the
said taxes shall be a lien from the time of levy, against the
property assessed and enforceable and collected by the bailiff
in the same manner as the collector of public county taxes can
collect such taxes. All such taxes levied as aforesaid shall be
due and demandable on the first day of September of the year
levied and thereafter until paid shall bear interest at six per
centum per annum, but if paid on or before June 1 a discount
of 3 per cent shall be allowed and if paid on or before July
1 a discount of two per cent shall be allowed and if. paid on
or before August 1 a discount of one per cent shall be allowed,
and the said Mayor and Commissioners shall fix the amount of
bond, its covering and obligations to be given by the Bailiff, his
rate of compensation and by ordinance prescribe his duties as
well as the duties of the Town Treasurer. And the said Mayor
and Commissioners at any time may appoint three persons,
citizens of said town, to assess and value all property located
within said corporate limits and shall pass all ordinances neces-
sary to prescribe the duties and powers of said assessors, pro-
vided, however, that the assessment for municipal purposes
shall not exceed the assessment for State and county pur-
poses, and the said Mayor and Commissioners shall have power
to pass such ordinances as they may deem proper for the assess-
ment, re-assessment, transfer and appeals from assessments
or the said Mayor and Commissioners may accept for ssid
assessment purposes the value placed upon the property within
said town for State and county taxation.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor
and Commissioners shall define the duties of the Clerk and,
allow him such compensation for his services as they may think
proper; and all ordinances passed by them shall be entered
by the Clerk in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall
be open at all times for the inspection of any person interested