The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-04-29
Public Local Law.
CHATTER t377.

AN AZ I to repeal sections Seventeen, I:i.Sl
| teen, Nineteen and Twenty OF Chapter on
| hundred and thrt y-SiX of the Acts n' Iii
| General Assembly of Maryland, passed u
the January session. Eighteen hundred an
| nncty vt wo. entitled An Act % iucorporslt
| the Town OF Aberdeen, in II arlord Count .
| and % rc-cnact the same with amcudm, Mt.
and to add twenty additional Sections. /
| he designated Sections 2OA, 2ul!. 2Oj, 2ui
| DOE, 2uI', 2OG, 2Oil, POI, 2uI. 2uk, 2UI
| DOM, BON. 600. POP, 200. DOR, EOS am
| 2oT. inclusive, t" follow Immediately ate
Section ~, all relating to the lew and co
| lection of taxes i'll the town ol Aberdeen.
| SECTION /. he it enacted hy tho ticncr.
Assembly of Maryland, That sections Seven
teen. Eighteen, Nineteen and Twenty utC iiHi
ter one hundred and thirt y-SiS of the Acts q
the General Assembly of Maryland, pas Scd Il
the january session Eighteen hundred ar'
nincty-twu, entitled AN Act to jnCurpor,, t
the town of Aberdeen in Hartford County .
be and the same hereby repealed, ami II
enacted With amendments and twenty nev
sections hc and the same are hereby added u
the Act OF the General Assembly ut Maryiant
passed at tile January session, Eighteen han
drcd and nincty-twu. Chapter onc hundrct
and thirty-SiX, OF The Acts OF said Genera
Assembly, entitled AN Act to incOi pur;tt
the town of Aberdeen in Hartford Count.
20D, ZOE, 2oF. 2oG, 2oH. POI. POI. 2uk
| 2OL. 2OM. Don, POO, 2uP. 200. @OR. Dos
2OT inclusive. to follow immediately altc
Section 20 of said act, all relating To the lev,
| and collection of taxes i'll the town of AbCr
| deem. and said section as amended and Sait
additional sections to read as follows:
! ..
| same fees tor making arrest or serving pro
| cess for the violation of any ordinance OF til,
| corpoi alton, as are allowed ConSta blcS fO
| similar services and when the Baiif wiiiullN
| fails to discharge any duties of his Office, h,
| may in addition to the remedy ON his bono
| be fincd by the Commissioners in their disCfr
ton, not exceeding ten dollars for any ON,
| otfcnse, for the payment of which said tint
his bond shall be responsible.
| SECTION Is. The Town Commissioners: o
| Aberdeen shall in each year after the pass;tg z,
III Atffl ley
| or before the 3Oth day of June. and shall
| forthwith place the tax lists in the hands o
| the treasurer OF said town for collection.
| SECTION 10. All taxes shall he fairly laid
| and shall not exceed i'll any one year seventy
| five cents i'll every one hundred dollars ofIaN
able property in said town, and the ia >abIC
| basis of said property for the year 30 sinai
| he the same as that for county and State
| purposes as shown by the tax books OF ar
| Iord County, with the addition of such prop
| crty as may he assessed ny the treasurer here.
! matter provided for before the levy of 9O+ is
| closed, and all property within the corporate
| limits of said town shall be hereafter exempt
from taxation for public road and bridge
| purposes outside of said corporate limits.
| SECTION 20. Town taxes shall be due as
| soon as they are levied. and ii not paid ON or
before the HrSt day OF Septcm her OF the cur
rent year shall bear interest from said date
| ut the rate of six per centum per annun. on
| all taxes paid after the levy, and before the
| first day OF September OF the current year Il
| discount shall be allowed at the rate of one
half per cent. per month. and bills shall he
furnished any taxpayer upon Application to
the treasurer.
SECTION 20 A. The Town Commissioners
OF Aberdeen shall, before the 18th day -!
April 1904, and every second year thereafter.
before said date, appoint Il treasurer for the
town of Aberdeen, who shall hold his Office
for two years from the first day of Mag .uc-
cecding the date OF his appointment, aii.i uII.
til his successor has been duly appointed and
qualified aS hereinafter provided, ana shall,
before he enters upon the discharge of his du-
ties as such. execute and deliver Il good and
tlp
in the penalty of five thousand dollars. con-
ditionCd for the faithful performance oi his
duties as treasurer, said bond to he approved
by the SAID Town COMMISSIONERS, ana II 1t
any time vacancy shall occur in said Office.
the said Commissioners shall at once maize II
new appointment for the residue Of the term.
SECTION 90 b. In case any person appoint
cd treasurer shall fail TO execute the bond
required in the preceding section. within nuv
miSSioncrS shall declare said Office vacant and
at once proceed to ill the same by the ap-
pOintmcnt of Il suitable person for the residue
of the term. who shall qualify aforesaid
SECTION 90 {. The Treasurer OF the town
OF Aberdeen shall be the collector of all taxes
which may he levied by the Town Commits
Sioncr$ and shall receive all moneys which
may be due said town from any source what
SocVer, and shall pay all claims against said
town when certified to him by the Town
commissioners, but he shall pay any
claim against said town without dcductug
from the amount thereof all and every sum
or sums due or owing to SAID town tor taxes
DtncfwlSc by the ntbltlCT III Shtl cIHllll. anu
no assignment OF such claim To avoih such
deduction shall be valid.
SECTION 20 u. The Treasurer Of the town
of Aberdeen shall at all times inform himself
by all lawful means OF all lawful Iropcrty y.
stock or investments in said town liable to
taxation and not included i'll the list al as
seSSmcntS, and of all new buildings and inn
provcments and of all property created or ar-
quircd since the last revised assessment, and
he shall value the same at the full cash value
thereof, and shall make return thereof To the
In
this section the said treasurer shall he cloth
ed with the power OF general assessor nt said
town, and shall receive Il fee of twCnt N-tiVC
cents for each assessment made by him of
new or missed property. and his valuation
shall be subject to revision and correction by
the said Town Commissioners whose dCCi-
sion shall lie final. Before any assessment
made as aforesaid shall become valid five
days notice thereof in writing shall be given
t" the owner OF the property to be assessed
and if such owner be not found within the
limits of said town. then the same shall he
given to the person i'll possession OF the prop
crty to be assessed or in whose Gust ody the
same may he. or if il be land and no one is in
the apparent occupancy thereof. then such
notice shall be posted upon such land
SECTION 20 X. 1t shall be the duty of said
Treasurer as soon as the annual levy il made
and placed in his hands to give notice thereof
by advertisement inserted in one newspaper
publishedin said town. ifone is published there
and if not then in some newspaper published
in II arford County for two successive weeks.
stating the time from which said taxes bear
interest, and the place at which they are to
he paid, and the days upon which he Will be
present for the purpose of collecting the same
and warning all taxpayers of their liability
to be published as delinquent and to have
their said property sold. unless the taxes
with which they are charged he settled with
in the time required by law.
SECTION 20 +. 1t shall lie the duty of the
said Treasurer to attend in person, o. ny
deputy, at the office Of said Town Commits
Sioners, such other place as said Town
Commissioners shall designate iii said town
lsI ht.t
time said taxes are placed i'll his hands for
collection and the first day of October of the
current year to collect and receive said taxes
SECTION 20 &. Immediately after the first
day of September in each year the SAID l rc;,~-
urcr shall make up list of all delinquent tax
payers and the amount for which they are re-
Spcctivcy in arrears, and shall forthwith
cause the same to be published once week
for two successive weeks III one newspaper
published in said town. if one is published
there. but if not then in some ncwSu" per pub
liShed in Hartford County, and charged a pro
portionate part OF the cost thereof to each of
said dclinquentS. should any OF SAID taxes so
in arrears continue unpaid after such advcr-
tiScmcntS and remain so unpaid until the
first day of October then next ensuing. then
immediately after the first day Of October III
each wear the said Treasurer shall make NJ "a
further list Ot all taxes due and III arrears,
which list shall contain the names of the per
son or persons assessed with the property
upon which taxes are due and i'll arrcar and a
hricf description of the property, and i'll c;tS'.
of real estate such reference to conveyance: ~,
Will render the same easy Oh HlelltliiC'tilpn,
and the amount OF tax levied and i'll arrears.
including all arrears for previous years WITH
interest and costs and expenses accrued and
to accrue thereon to the day of sale, IL which
list shall he appended Il notice that If said
taxes. interest, costs and expenses are not
paid before the first Monday OF December
then next ensuing the said Treasurer Will
proceed at 10 O'Clock y. NJ. on that d ate in
said town of Aberdeen, 10 offer every piece al
said property, real or personal. TOR sale to
the highest bidder for cash, The place OF sale
Il To, he - ted II
which said list and notice shall he pu''!I>'irI
in one newspaper published in said town If
one is published there. nut II not then il some
newspaper published in Hartford County for
four successive weeks prior to the sad hrSl
Monday of December, and on the SAID iIrSi
Monday of December the said Treasurer shall
proceed to sell any and all such pieces OF
property V, real or personal, upon winch "aIl
taxes, interest and costs and expenses shall
not have been paid, and shall continue such
sue each secular day, legal holidays except
ed, from 10 O'Clock y. NJ. until = O'Clock l.
NJ. until every parcel of said property shall
have been offered and sold should the SAID
Treasurer deem it inpractcablc t" sell per
SonaI property Liable for taxes at the time
and place aforesaid, then he may advertise
and sell said personal property at different
dates and places as may seem most practical
| ble to him in each case provided that such
| sales shall be made as soon as possible after
| the said first Monday i'll December, and tor
| the purpose of selling personal property for
| the payment of taxes, the said Treasurer shall
| have in addition to the power conferred ON
| collectors of Hartford County. prior to the
| passage of the Act OF 1898, Chapter 2o+.
| SECTION 20 II. The said Treasurer shall
within so days after the close OF such sales
| should any sale of real estate nc made, make
| u full report thereof to the Circuit Court for
| Hartford County, setting forth his proceed
| inGS in the premises in detail, and showing tc
| whom and what price the said parcels were re
| spcCtivcy sold, the amount of taxes, including
| arrears for former years. interest accrued, the
| costsand cN pcnScS and the surplus fund i'll CaCl
| vii Ia ath Inc
| copy of the printed list and notice aforesaid
| The said Court shall examine said proceed
| and the provisions of the law in relation
| thereto have been complied with. shall order