1052 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 608

480. After their organization, the Commissioners shall
hold regular meetings on the first Wednesday in each third
successive month, and such special meetings as may be
necessary from time to time upon call by the President,
and shall have full power to make and enforce all such
by-laws, rules and ordinances, not in conflict with the laws
of this State, as may be required for the prosperity of said
town, for the comfort, health and convenience of its inhab-
itants, for the prevention and removal of nuisance and
unhealthfulness, and for the suppression of vice and im-
morality within the town's limits, to appoint bailiffs and fix
their term of office, to enforce such laws to preserve the
peace and good order of the town, and perform such other
duties as the Commissioners may assign them, and for this
purpose said bailiffs are vested with the same power and
authority and shall have the same remuneration as con-
stables now have under the laws of this State.

483. In each year an annual levy shall be made by the
Commissioners of Secretary between the first and fifteenth
day of June, and the Commissioners shall have power to
place a tax on all real and personal property located
within the corporate limits of said town at an equal rate
not to exceed $. 75 on each $100. 00 of the assessed value
for the purpose of defraying the expenses of said town.
The assessment of said property for each respective year
shall be the same as that used for the same properties by
Dorchester County, and the Clerk to said Commissioners
shall have ready at the time the annual levy is made a
list of all the real and personal property located within
said town showing thereon the name of the owner of said
property and its assessment. When the annual levy is
made, the Commissioners shall fix the rate of tax to be
levied against said property, and between the first and
fifteenth day of August following such levy, the Clerk
shall place on said list the amount of taxes due on each
property and chargeable to the owner thereof. Between
the fifteenth and thirtieth days of August, the said Clerk
shall mail to each taxpayer a statement showing the amount
of taxes levied on his property for the current year. All
taxes shall be due and payable on September 1st, follow-
ing the said levy, and if not paid by October 1st next fol-
lowing, they shall bear interest from September 1st to day
of payment. If said taxes are not paid by January 15th
of the year following such levy, the Clerk shall prepare
and have posted within five days thereafter in five or
more conspicuous places within the corporate limits of
said town, a list of the delinquent taxpayers with the
amount thereon owed by each, and a warning thereon