The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-05-06
Public Local Law.

the Town OF Aberdeen, in Hartford County
and to rc-enact the same with amendments
and to add twenty additional sections. I,
he designated Sections 2OA, 2OB, 2UC, GOD
| DOE. 2OF, 2oG, 2OI, POI, POI. 2Ok, 2OI.
| 2OM. DON. 200. 2OP. 200. 2OR. EOS an,
BOT. inclusive, to follow Immediately aitcl
Section 20. all relating to the levy and col
lection OF taxes in the town of Aberdeen
SECTION /. BE it enacted by the Genera
| Assembly of Maryland That Sections Seven
| teen. Eighteen. Nineteen and Twenty ufChap
| ter one hundred and thirt y-SiN al the Acts u
| the General Assembly OF Maryland, passed al
| thr January session Eighteen hundred and
nincty-tw" entitled AN Act to incnrporat,
the town of Aberdeen i'll Hartford County
lie and the same are hereby repealed and re.
| enacted with amendments and twenty new
sections hc and the same are hereby added to
| the Act of the General Assembly of Maryland
| passed at the January session Eighteen hun.
| drcd and nincty-tw", Chapter one hundred
| and thirty-Six, of the Acts of said General
! Assembly, entitled AN Act to incorporate
| the town OF Aberdeen in Hartford County,
: to be designated as Sections 2OA, Dob, 2uC
! POD, ZOE, 2OF, 2OIi, 2OI, POI, 20J, 2Ok,
| 2OL. 2OM. Don. 200, 2oP. 20Q. 2oR. 2OS,
| GOT inclusive, to follow Immediately after
Section 20 of said act, all relating to the levy
| and collection of taxes in the town of AbcT-
| decn and said section as amended and said
| additional sections to read as follows:
| SECTION =. That the Bailit1 shall have the
same fees for making arrest or serving pro
! cess for the violation of amy ordinance of the
corpoI alton, allowed ConSt thirs for
! similar services, and when the Baiifi w:luliy
fails to discharge any duties OF his Office, lie
| may in addition to the remedy on his bond
| be fined by the Commissioners i'll their discrc-
| ton, not exceeding ten dollars for any one
! "ifense, for the payment of which said fine
/ his bond shall be responsible.
| SECTION is. The Town Commissioners of
Aberdeen shall i'll each year after the passage
| of this Act make a levy for town purposes on
| or before the 3Oth day Of June. and shall
| forthwith place the tax lists in the hands Of
the treasurer of said town for collection.
SECTION 10. All taxes shall be fairly laid,
and shall not exceed i'll any one year seventy
five cents in every one hundred dollars oftax.
able property in said town, and the taxable
basis of said property for the year 1904 shall
hc the same as that for county and State
purposes as shown by the tax books Of IIar-
fora County, with the addition of such prop
trty as may he assessed by the treasurer herr
matter provided for before the levy of 1904 is
closed and all property Will hin the corporate
limits OF said town shall he hereafter exempt
from taxation for public road and bridge
purposes outside of said corporate limits.
SECTION 20. Town taxes shall be due
soon they are levied. and if not paid
before the first day of September of the cur
rent year shall bear interest from said date
at the rate of six per centum per annum. 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 be
furnished any taxpayer upon application t"
he treasurer.
SECTION 20 A. The Town Commissioners
of Aberdeen shall, before the 10Th day of
April 1904, and every second year thereafter,
before said date, appoint treasurer for thu
town of Aberdeen, who shall hold his office
for two years from the first day of May sic
cecding the date of his appointment. and I'M
Ill his successor has been duly appointed and
qualified as hereinafter provided, and shall,
before he enters upon the discharge OF his du-
lies such, execute and deliver Il good and
sufficient bond to the said town of Aberdeen
in the penalty of five thousand dollars, CON
dituncd for the faithful performance OF his
duties as treasurer, said bond to he approved
hy the said Town Commissioners, and il at
ANY time Il Vacancy shall occur i'll said Office,
the said Commissioners shall at once make Il
new appointment for the residue of the term.
SECTION 30 Is. In case any person appoint
cd as treasurer shall fail to execute the bond
required in the preceding section, within one
week after his appointment. the said Com
miSSioners shall declare said office vacant and
ut once proceed to fill the same by the APP
pointmcnt of Il suitable person for the residue
of the term. who shall qualify as aforesaid.
SECTION 30 {. The Treasurer of the town
of Aberdeen shall be the collector of all taxes
which may be levied by the Town Commits
sioncrS and shall receive all moneys which
may be due said town from any source what
Soever, and shall pay all claims against said
town when certified to him by the Town
Commissioners but he shall not pay any
claim against said town without dcductln2
from the amount thereof all and every sum
sums due or owing to said town for t;.XcS
otherwise by the holder of said claim, and
assignment of such claim To avoid such
deduction shall be valid.
SECTION 20 ID. The Treasurer OF the town
of Aberdeen shall at all times inform himself
hy all lawful means of all lawful property,
stock or investments in said town Liable to
taxation and not included i'll the list OF as
scSSnents, and OF all new buildings and I'M
provcments and of all property created orac-
qurcd since the last revised assessment, aId
lie shall value the same at the full cash value
thereof, and shall make return thereof to the
Town Commissioners, and for the purpose of
this section the said treasurer shall he cloth
ed with the power OF general assessor OF said
town, and shall receive a fee of twenty-five
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 he final. Before any assessment
made as aforesaid shall become valid, five
days notice thereof i'll writing shall be given
to 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 be
given to the person i'll possession OF the prop
crty to be assessed or in whose custody the
same may be, or if it be land and no one - i'll
the apparent occupancy thereof. then such
notice shall he posted upon such land.
SECTION 20 l.. 1t shall be the duty OF SAID
Treasurer soon as the annual levy is made
and placed in his hands TO give notice thereof
by advertisement inserted in one newspaper
publiShedIn said town if one is published there,
and If not then in some newspaper published
i'll Hartford 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 he published delinquent and to have
their said property sold, unless the taxes
with which they are charged he settled with
Ill the time required by law
SECTION 20 +. 1t shall he the duty of the
said Treasurer to attend i'll person, or by
deputy, at the Office OF said Town Commits
SionerS, or such other place as said Town
Commissioners shall designate in said town,
at least one day in each week between the
time said taxes placed i'll his hands for
collection and the first day of October of the
current wear to collect and receive said taxes.
SECTION 20 &. Immediately after the first
day of September in each year, the said Treas
urcr shall make up list of all delinquent tax
payers and the amount for which they are re-
Spcctivcly i'll arrears, and shall forthwith
the same to he published once a week
for two successive weeks III one newspaper
published in said town, if one is published
there but ii not then in some ncwSp" per pub
ished in Hartford County. and charged pro
purtiOnatc part OF the cost thereof to each of
said dcinqucntS, should amy OF said taxes 50
in arrears continue unpaid after such Hdvcr-
tiScmcntS and remain SO unpaid until the
first day of October then next ensuing, then
Immediately after the first day of October i'll
each wear the said Treasurer shall make M Il
further list of all taxes due and i'll arrears,
which list shall contain the names OF the per
son OF persons assessed with the property
upon which taxes are due and i'll arrcar ana Il
brict description of the property, and in case
OF real estate such reference to conNcNances as
will render the same easy of lucItiflI:tllcn,
and the amount of tax levied and III arrears.
including all arrears for previous wears with
interest and costs and expenses accrued and
to accrue thereon to the day Of sale, to Inch
list shall be appended Il notice that II sad
taxes, interest. costs and expenses are not
paid before the hrSt Monday OF DECEMBER
then next ensuing the said Treasurer VIII
proceed at 10 O'Clock \. NJ. on that date i'll
said town OF Aberdeen. to offer every piece OF
said property, real or personal. for sale to
the highest bidder for cash, the place of >;uc
in said town to he stated i'll said notice.
which said list and notice shall he pulIiiS!ivt
in one newspaper published i'll said town, II
one is published there, bat If not then III some
newspaper published in Hartford County for
four successive weeks prior to the sald Erst
Monday of December. and on the said first
| Monday OF December the said Treasurer shall
proceed to sell any and all such pieces OF
property real or personal, upon which said
| taxes interest and costs and expenses shall
| not have been paid. and shall continue such
| sale each secular day, legal holidays except
| ed, from 10 O'Clock y. NJ. until 3 O'Clock l.
| NJ. until every parcel OF said property sinai!
| have been offered and sold should the sand
| Treasurer deem it impracticahlc to sell per
sonal 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
| bile to him in each case, provided that such
| sales shall be made as soon as l'nSSlplc 'utSr
| the said first Monday in December, and for
the purpose of selling personal property Tor
| the payment of taxes, the said Treasurer Sliill
| have i'll addition to the power conferred ON
| him by this Act, all the powers possessed by
collectors of Hartford County. prior TO the
| passage of the Act of 1898, Chapter 2OL.
| SECTION 90 II. The said Treasurer shall
| within 80 days after the close of such sales
| should any sale of real estate he made. MAKE
| Il full report thereof to the Circuit Court for
| Hartford County, setting forth his proceed
| neS in the premises i'll detail, and showing tC
| whom and what price the said parcels were re-
| spcctivcly sold, the amount of taxes. including
| arrears for former years interest accrued, tnt
cost sand pcnScS, and the surplus fund Ill c;icl
inst ancc with each report, he shall also file .
copy of the printed list and notice aforesaid
The said Court shall examine said proceed
ings, and if the same appear to he rcGul!
and the provisions of the law i'll relation
thereto have been complied with, shall ordc'
| notice to lie given be advertised for TIVE
weeks in one newspaper published in sal,
town, if there is one published there. but !
not then in some newspaper published II
| Hartford County, warning all persons intv;
cStcd in the property sold as aforesaid to h