ASSESSMENT.

March next, and annually thereafter, appoint a fit and proper
person as their clerk, whose duty it shall be to transact all the
business, and perform all the duties now performed by the
clerk of the levy court, and the clerk of the commissioners of
the tax, subject to the same penalties for misdemeanor in office
as are now imposed by law, who shall, before he enters upon
the duties of the office, execute a bond to the state of Mary-
land, in the penalty of one thousand dollars, to be approved of
by the levy court of said county, conditioned for the true and
faithful performance of the duties thereof, and take the follow-
ing oath, or affirmation, as the case may be, to wit : I. A. B.
do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I will execute honestly and
faithfully, to the best of my skill and judgment, the duties of
clerk of the levy court of Saint Mary's county, without favour,
affection or prejudice, so help me God ; which oath or affirma-
tion any one of the said levy court may administer.

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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the levy court of Saint
Mary's county shall cause their clerk to deliver to the collec-
tor of the tax for said county annually, on or before the first
Monday of August, a duplicate of the alphabetical list of the
owners or persons chargeable with the assessment of property
within said county, with the amount of each person's assessed
property, together with the rate of assessment annexed to his
or her name ; and in case said clerk shall refuse or neglect to
comply therewith, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of two
hundred dollars.

Lint of per-
sons charge-
able to be
furnished
collector.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That the said clerk of the levy
court of Saint Mary's county shall receive as a compensation
for his services, such sum annually, as the said levy court may
direct, not exceeding three hundred dollars.

His com-
pensation.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That in case a vacancy occurs in
the office of clerk of the levy court, as created by this act, in
consequence of death, resignation, disqualification, or removal,
the same shall be supplied as soon thereafter as may be
practicable, in the manner prescribed in the second section
of this act.

Vacancy,
how to be
supplied.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the levy court of Saint
Mary's county, be, and they are hereby authorized and re-
quired, to meet in Leonardtown in said county, immediately
after the passage of this act, or as soon thereafter as practica-
ble, and then proceed to cause to be made a re-valuation and
re-assessment of the real and personal property of said county,
agreeably to the provisions of an act passed at November ses-
sion, eighteen hundred and twelve, entitled, an act for the re-
valuation of the real and personal property of this state.

1834, ch. 320; 1835, ch. 181, were never executed.

Levy court
to meet.