9096

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY.

	LEVY COURT.
	An ACT to regulate the Appointment, and enlarge the Powers, of the Levy Court, and to abolish the Office of Commissioners of the Tax, in Queen Anne's County. — 1828, ch. 14.
Office of commis- sioners of tax abolished.	SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the office of commissioners of the tax in Queen Anne's county is hereby abolished ; and that all the powers, duties, property and papers, belonging to said commissioners, in their official capacity, shall be transferred to the levy court of said county. SEC. 2. Merged in 1829, ch. 98.
Appoint- ment of clerk.	SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That the said levy court shall appoint a well qualified person, a resident of said county, who shall not at the same time hold the office of county clerk, to act and serve as clerk to the said levy court, and to discharge all the duties which have heretofore severally belonged to the clerk of the levy court and to the clerk of the commissioners of the tax : and the person so appointed shall, previously to his entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the state of Maryland, to be approved by the said levy court, in the penalty of one thousand dollars, for the true and faithful perfor- mance of the duties hereby imposed; which bond shall be re- corded in the clerk's office of said county, an office copy of which bond, under seal, shall be evidence in any court of law or equity in this state; and shall subscribe the following oath, or affirmation, as the case may be : 1, ——— ——— , do swear, or affirm, that as clerk to the levy court of Queen Anne's county, I will honestly and faithfully, to the best of my skill and judg- ment, execute the duties of said office without favour, affection or prejudice, so help me God ; which oath, or affirmation, is to be administered by one of the judges of said court. SEC. 4. Merged in 1833, ch. 109, sec. 4.
Books to be delivered to him.	SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That upon the appointment of said clerk, the clerk of the county court in Queen Anne's county shall deliver to the said clerk, when directed by the said levy court, all the books, accounts and papers, belonging and appertaining to the said levy court, and shall furnish the said levy court with copies of such lists, accounts and papers, as may be at any time required by said levy court, in ascertain- ing the county charges, or for other purposes, and shall receive for such services such fees as he is now entitled by law to re- ceive ; and in case the said clerk shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this act, he shall, for every such refusal or neglect, forfeit and pay to the said levy court, for the use of said county, one hundred dollars, to be recovered by indictment or action in said county.