Preamble.
Justices to levy
money,
&c.
Commissioners
appointed,
&c.
Who are to
call on the
collector, &c.
And lay before
the justices
a fair
account, &c. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, that the court-house
in Kent county stands in need of repairs and alterations, so
that the public records of said county may be kept secure; therefore,
II. Be it enacted,
by
the General Assembly of Maryland, That the justices of
the peace of Kent county, or any
five of them, shall be and they are hereby
empowered and directed to assess
and levy, at such time or times as they may
think proper, on the assessable
property of Kent county aforesaid, any sum of
current money, not exceeding four
hundred pounds, together with the collector's
compensation of six per cent.
for collecting the same; which said monies, so to
be assessed and levied, shall be
collected by the collector of Kent county for the
time being from the inhabitants
of said county, and others having property
therein, in the same manner as other
public levies and county assessments are by
law collected.
III. And
be it enacted, That Messieurs
Benjamin Chambers, John Wethered
and John Nicholson, or any two of
them, shall be and they are hereby appointed
commissioners, to superintend the
making of such repairs, alterations, additions
or improvements, to the court-house
in Kent county, as may be thought necessary
for the purpose of safe keeping
and securing the public records of said
county, and to contract for materials,
and agree with workmen, for the purpose
of completing the same.
IV. And
be it enacted, That the said
commissioners, or any two of them
shall lay before the justices of
the peace of the county aforesaid, at the levy
court annually, a fair and distinct
account of all monies by them received and
expended for the purpose aforesaid,
and the surplus, if any, after completing the
work as aforesaid, shall be applied
towards defraying the county charges; and
if the said commissioners, or any
two of them, as the case may be, shall refuse
or neglect to render such account,
or upon such account being had and rendered
shall neglect or refuse to pay over
the balance in their hands to such person or
persons, and to such uses, as the
said justices of Kent county shall order and
direct; that the said commissioners,
or any two of them, as the case may be,
or either of them, shall be liable
to be sued in the said county court, in the
name of the state of Maryland, in
an action for money had and received to the
use of the state, in which action
proof of the receipt of the money by the defendant
shall be sufficient to support the
said action; and such sum of money
recovered in the said action or
actions shall and may be received by the justices of
the said county, and applied by
them in manner herein before directed.
VI. And
be it enacted, That if any of
the said commissioners shall die, remove
out of the county, or refuse to
act, the residue shall immediately thereafter
proceed to appoint another to fill
up the vacancy. |
