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JOHN EAGER HOWARD, Esq; Governor.
collectors, and the same proceedings shall be had to settle his and
their account
of the said tax for the said four years, in the proportions and at the
times prescribed
for settling the taxes of the year seventeen hundred and eighty-six,
and
the same proceedings shall be had to settle his and their account of that
part of
the tax which is called the seven and six-penny tax, in case he or they
shall not
settle for and pay the same on or before the first day of October next. |
1788.
CHAP.
XXXIX. |
V. And be it
enacted, That if the said William Campbell shall neglect or
refuse to act, the governor and council shall appoint such other person
or persons
as they shall approve, to execute the duties by this act imposed on the
said William
Campbell; and that the said person or persons, so to be appointed by the
governor and council, shall give bond, with such security as the governor
and
council shall approve, and that the commissioners shall settle the
account of the
said person or persons so to be appointed, in the same manner as they are
directed
by this act to settle with the said William Campbell; and that the payment
of
the money which shall be due from the said person or persons to be appointed
in
virtue of this act, shall, after the said days respectively, be enforced
in the same
manner as is prescribed by law for the recovery of the taxes from the other
collectors
for the year seventeen hundred and eighty-six. |
In case of refusal,
governor,
&c. to
appoint, &c. |
VI. And be it
enacted, That the said William Campbell or upon his neglect
or refusal to act, the collector or collectors to be appointed by the governor
and council under this act, shall have authority to appoint a deputy or
deputies,
who shall have the power of collecting under him or them, and he or they
may
take bond from him or them, with security, for obliging him or them to
comply
with their duty, and perform such agreement as he or the shall make; and
the
said William Campbell, or person or persons to be appointed under this
act in
case of his refusal or neglect to act, shall have the same proceedings
to compel a
settlement and payment by any of his or their deputies, or their securities,
agreeably
to the tenor of their bond, that the other collectors in this state are
entitled
to against their deputies. |
Collector may
appoint deputies,
&c. |
VII. And be
it enacted, That the commissioners of the tax for Anne-Arundel
county shall settle the account of the said William Campbell, or other
person
or persons to be appointed under this act, and payment thereof may be enforced
by the mode established for recovery from other collectors generally; and
the
commissioners shall make the said William Campbell, or other collector
or collectors
to be appointed under this act, an allowance for the taxes due from insolvents;
and in case of a difference between them respecting insolvents, the
collector or collectors aforesaid may appeal to the governor and council,
whose
determination shall be final; but in case the governor and the council
shall not
determine before any fixed day of settling with the treasurer, the said
William
Campbell, or the collector or collectors to be appointed under this act,
shall settle
with and pay the treasurer, according to the decision of the commissioners,
and shall afterwards be entitled to an allowance for, or return of, the
surplus
payment. |
Commissioners
to settle
his account,
&c. |
VIII. And be
it enacted, That the powers for collecting the said taxes, and the
powers granted for compelling the deputies to make settlement, and all
the other
powers granted for enabling the said collector or collectors to settle
and pay, shall
continue until the end of the year seventeen hundred and ninety. |
Powers to
continue. |
IX. And be it
enacted, That William Holmes, John Magruder and Edward
Burgess, of Montgomery county, are hereby appointed commissioners of the
tax
in Montgomery county; and that the said William Holmes, John Magruder and
Edward Burgess, together with Samuel Thomas and Allen Bowie, now acting
commissioners, exercise all the powers and duties given to and required
of the
commissioners of said county by the laws of this state. |
Commissioners
appointed,
&c. |
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