COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

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of the levy court shall hereafter be made ; and all the powers

lawfully exercised by, or vested in, the commissioners of the

tax for Anne Arundel county, and all the duties required by

law to be performed by them, shall be vested in, and exercised

and performed by, the said commissioners for Anne Arundel

county, after they shall have become qualified as aforesaid.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the commissioners for Anne

Clerk.

Arundel county, shall, at their annual meeting, appoint a fit and

proper person, who shall transact all the business, and discharge

all the duties now appertaining to the several and respective

officers of clerk of the levy court and commissioners of the tax,

in the same manner as the clerk of Anne Arundel county, and

the clerk of the commissioners of the tax for said county, are

now by law severally authorized and required to transact the

same, and the person so appointed shall, before he enters upon

the duties of his office, execute a bond to the state of Maryland,

to be approved by the said commissioners, in the penalty of one

thousand dollars, conditioned for the true and faithful perform-

ance of the several and respective duties hereby imposed, which

bond shall be recorded in the clerk's office of the county court

of said county, and a copy thereof, under the seal of said court,

shall be as sufficient evidence as the original ; and the said

clerk, when appointed, shall also take and subscribe the follow-

ing oath, or affirmation, as the case may be, to wit: I, A. B.

do swear, or affirm, that as clerk to the commissioners for Anne

Arundel county, I will honestly and faithfully, to the best of

my skill and judgment, execute the duties of said office, without

favour, affection, or prejudice, 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 subjected to the

same penalties and forfeitures for non-performance or neglect 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 is 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.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That in case of a vacancy occur-

Vacancy,

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

how to be
supplied.

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 'by the preceding

section of this act.

SEC. 7. Repealed by 1832, ch. 76.

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

Clerk of

clerk to the commissioners as aforesaid, the clerk of Anne

county to
deliver up

Arundel county court shall, on demand of the said clerk to the

books.