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Clement Dorsey. The general public statutory law and public local law of the state of Maryland : from the year 1692 to 1839 inclusive, with annotations thereto,and a copious index.
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ASSESSMENT. 2069

WITNESSES.
See title 'Jurors,' ante page 2036.

WOLVES.
AN ACT to encourage the destruction of Wolves and Crows in the several

Counties therein mentioned.—1797, ch.22.
See 'Harford County,' title 'Crows and Wolves,' ante page 1953.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
BOUNDARIES.— 1895, ch. 13; 1748, ch. 15.

ASSESSMENT.
AN ACT for the re-assessment and re-valuation of the Real and Personal
Property in Prince George's County.— 1832, ch.257.

 

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it shall be the duty of the levy court of Prince George's
county, on or before the first day of May next, to appoint as
many suitable persons as they in their judgment may deem
sufficient to assess and value all the real and personal property
in said county, subject to taxation.

Levy court
to appoint
assessors.

SEC. 2... And be it enacted, That each assessor so appointed,
before he shall proceed in the execution of his duty, shall
make oath or affirmation, as the case may be, that he will dili-
gently and faithfully execute and discharge the duties of an
assessor, and will to the best of his skill and judgment, without
prejudice or partiality, value all the real and personal property
which he shall be appointed to value, at its full and fair cash
value, as if the same were clear of all incumbrances ; which
oath shall be administered by a member of the levy court, or
a justice of the peace, of said county, and a certificate thereof
recorded in the proceedings of the said levy court.

Oath pre-
scribed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That any person appointed an
assessor in virtue of this act, and who shall accept said ap-
pointment, and neglect to make the requisite returns agree-
ably to the requisitions of this act, and the instructions of said
levy court, given in conformity thereto, shall for every such

Assessors
neglecting
to perform.

neglect, if in the opinion of the said court, the neglect be wil-
ful, forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, for the use of said
county, to be recovered and collected in the name of the levy
court of Prince George's county, before a single justice of the
peace, in the same manner that small debts, not exceeding that
sum, are now collected by law.

Penalty.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That no person whose property,
real and personal, in said county, shall not be assessed to one

Property
less than



 

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Clement Dorsey. The general public statutory law and public local law of the state of Maryland : from the year 1692 to 1839 inclusive, with annotations thereto,and a copious index.
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