106 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 52

cil for the unexpired term. The Common Council shall be the
judge of the qualifications of its own members, and may pro-
vide by ordinance for contested elections.

15. There shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to
the confirmation of the town Council on the fourth Monday
in April, 1923, and on the fourth Monday in April every five
years thereafter, three assessors who shall be qualified voters
of said town who shall constitute a board of assessors and whose
duties it shall be, after having qualified by taking oath to faith-
fully, honestly and impartially perform their duties as such
assessors, to assess each and every piece of land separately in
the name of the actual owner at a fair cash value at public
sale, as near as they may be able to determine the same, and
to show in the said assessment each piece of land with the as-
sessed value of each and the name of the actual owner thereof
when the same can be obtained. Immediately upon comple-
tion of said assessment the Board of Assessors shall give notice
of the fact to the Mayor, who will cause notice thereof to be
posted in three conspicuous places in said town or published in
a newspaper or newspapers published in said town or county
in which the town is situated, or both, which said notices shall
state that the assessment books will be open for inspection on
three evenings from 7. 30 to 10. 30 P. M., within three weeks
from the date of said notice. If any owner of any property so
assessed shall feel aggrieved by said assessment he may appeal
to the Mayor and Common Council, which is hereby consti-
tuted a board of final appeal and equalization of said assess-
ment, within fifteen days from the last inspection day. And
said Mayor and Council may make such deduction from or
addition to the assessments made by the Board of Assessors as
may to it seem reasonable and just for the purpose of equaliza-
tion. They may also remit taxes when the same shall have
been illegally imposed. The said assessors shall receive for their
services such reasonable compensation as may be fixed by the
Mayor and Common Council. In the event of a transfer of a
title to real estate between assessments hereinabove provided,
the Treasurer of the town is authorized to change the name of
the party to whom the property is assessed without changing
the assessed value, and the property shall thereafter be assessed
in the name of the transferee.

The said Mayor and Common Council shall during the
month of May in each and every year levy the taxes authorized
to be levied by law and shall deliver to the Treasurer their war-