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tioned for his personal appearance to answer said charge at the
then session (if there be a session) of the said Circuit Court
or the next session thereof.

Approved April 1, 1927.

CHAPTER 166.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
307 of the Code of Local Laws of Prince George's County,
Maryland, codified by Marion Duckett and Thomas Van
Clagett, changing the time for the appointment of assessors
of the town of Hyattsville; directing the assessment annually
of all unassessed property, and authorizing, from time to
time, new assessments of all property within the corporate
limits of said town.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 307 of the Code of Local Laws of
Prince George's County, Maryland, codified by Marion Duckett
and Thomas Van Clagett, be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments, so as to read as follows:

Section 307. The Mayor and Common Council of Hyatts-
ville shall in January, 1928, and shall annually thereafter,
appoint three assessors, who shall have the same qualifications
as those required for members of the Common Council as to
residents and property, who shall, under its direction, make an
assessment of all unassessed property within the corporate, lim-
its of the town of Hyattsville, assessing separately, land, im-
provements and personal property, including franchises to
use the streets, at a fair cash value, at public sale, as near as
they may be able to determine the same.

The said Mayor and Common Council shall, whenever they
determine the public interests so requires, direct, in any year, a
new assessment of all property within the corporate limits of
said town, the same to be made as hereinabove provided. All
such assessments: of unassessed property and all such new as-
sessments shall be reported by the assessors to the said Mayor
and Common Council at its first regular meeting in the en-
suing month of May.