1228 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 638

76. (Administer Oaths) The Town Clerk is authorized
to administer oaths in the municipal affairs and govern-
ment of the Town.

ARTICLE VI
TOWN SOLICITOR

77. (Appointment) The Town Solicitor shall be ap-
pointed by the Town Commissioners annually for a term of
one year and shall be subject to removal by the Town
Commissioners at will.

78. (Qualifications) The Town Solicitor shall be a
qualified voter of the Town and a member of good standing
of the Queen Anne's County Bar.

79. (Salary) He shall receive such compensation as
may be determined by the Town Commissioners and his
actual expenses while out of the Town on municipal
business.

80. (Duties) The Town Solicitor shall be the general
legal advisor of the Town Commissioners and of the other
officers of the Town. He shall represent the Town in all
cases before any Court in the State of Maryland.

ARTICLE VII
FINANCE

81. (Tax Rolls) As soon after the first of January of
each year as is practicable, the Town Clerk shall prepare
a tax roll showing the valuation and assessment of all
property, real, personal and mixed, subject to taxation in
the Town as the same shall have been assessed by the
proper assessing authorities of Queen Anne's County, the
State of Maryland, or the Town.

(b) The Town Commissioners shall, as soon thereafter
as practicable, examine and adopt said tax roll, and they
shall have the right and authority to assess any escaped
taxable property in the Town and to have same added to
the said tax roll by the Town Clerk; provided, nevertheless
that notice of such assessment be given as provided in
Section 83.

82. (Escaped Property) In case any property which by
law is subject to assessment and taxation has escaped, such
property shall be entered upon the tax rolls at any time
and shall be subject to taxation for current and previous