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SOMERSET COUNTY.

	the commissioners for Somerset 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 said commissioners is hereby authorized to administer ; and the
Liabilities.	said clerk shall be subjected to the same penalties and for- feitures for non- performance or neglect of official duty, as are prescribed by the existing laws in relation as well to the seve- ral matters which the clerk of the county court of said county is legally directed and required to do, 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 clerk.	SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in case of a vacancy occur ing in the office of 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 in the preceding section of this act.
His com- pensation.	SEc. 7. And be it enacted. That the said clerk shall receive two dollars for every day he shall attend the session of said commissioners, and such further compensation for official duties performed on other days, as may be allowed by said commissioners, not exceeding the rate of one hundred dollars per annum for such extra service, and shall be removable at the discretion of said commissioners.
Delivery over of books and papers.	SEC. 8. And be it enacted. That, upon the appointment of a clerk to the commissioners aforesaid, the clerk of Somerset county court shall, on demand of the said clerk to said com- missioners, by order of the said commissioners, forthwith deliver over to the clerk of the commissioners, all the books, accounts, papers, and documents belonging or in any manner appertaining to the levy court of said county ; and shall an- nually, on or before the first Monday in April, furnish to and
Copies required.	lay before the said commissioners, all the copies of such lists, accounts, papers and documents as may be useful and neces- sary to the said commissioners in ascertaining the county charges, and according to the directions which he may, from time to time receive from said commissioners, for which ser- vice he shall have und receive such fees as he, by law, is now entitled to ; and in case said clerk of Somerset county court
Case of neglect.	shall neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions or requisitions of this act, when called on by said commissioners, or their clerk, by their order, he shall, for every such neglect or refusal, forfeit and pay to the said commissioners, for the use of the county, the sum of one hundred dollars, to be reco- vered by indictment in Somerset county court ; and the clerk