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ALLEGANY COUNTY.

tion, prejudice or partiality, so help me God,' which oath or

affirmation any one of the said commissioners is hereby autho-

rized to administer; and the said clerk shall be subject and

liable to the same penalties and forfeitures, for non- performance

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or peglect of official duty, as are prescribed by the existing

laws in relation, as well to the several matters and things which

the clerk of the county court of said county may be legally

directed and required to perform, under the authority of the

levy court} as likewise to those which appertain to the office of

the present clerk of the commissioners of the tax for said

county.

Vacancy of

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in case of a vacancy occuring

clerk.

in the office of the clerk to the commissioners, as created by

this act, in consequence of death, resignation, removal or dis-

qualification, the same shall be supplied as soon thereafter as

may be practicable, in the manner prescribed and directed in

the preceding section of this act.

Clerk's

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said clerk of the com-

salary.

missioners to be appointed in virtue of this act as aforesaid,

shall be entitled to receive, as a compensation for his services,

such sum annually as the said commissioners may direct, not

exceeding the sum of three hundred dollars, to be levied on the

assessable property of said county, and collected and paid over

as other county charges are.

Papers,

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That upon the appointment of a

books and

clerk to the commissioners as aforesaid, the clerk of Allegany

records.

county court shall, upon demand of said clerk to the commis-

sioners, by order of said commissioners, forthwith deliver over

to the said clerk of the commissioners, all the books, accounts,

papers, and documents, belonging, or in any manner appertain-

ing to the said levy court of Allegany county ; and shall an-

nually, on or before the second Monday of June, furnish to and

lay before the said commissioners, all copies of such lists, ac-

counts, papers and documents, as may be useful and necessary

to the said commissioners ; for which services he shall have

and receive such fees as by law he is entitled to for like ser-

vices; and in case such clerk of Allegany county court shall

neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions or requi-

sitions contained in this act, when called on by the said com-

missioners, or the clerk thereof, by their order, he shall, for

every such neglect or refusal, forfeit and pay to the said com-

missioners for the use of the said county, the sum of one

hundred dollars, to be recovered by indictment or action in

Allegany county court.

Book cases.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the

commissioners) at their first meeting, or within one month

thereafter, to appoint some proper person to erect or cause to be