COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

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to the commissioners of the tax shall, in like manner, be sub-
ject to the same penalties for neglect or refusal to deliver over
to the clerk of the said commissioners, all books, papers or
documents which may belong or in any wise appertain to the
board of commissioners of the tax for Somerset county.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That not less than four commis-
sioners shall form a board for the transaction of business, any
three of whom may decide upon all matters coming before
them ; Provided, that the concurrence of four of said commis-
sioners shall be required in passing accounts, directing the
payment of money, or in making appointments to office.

Quorum.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted. That the commissioners shall
take such appeals as the commissioners of the tax are now
required to take, for which purpose they shall meet on the
first Monday in April, at Princess Anne, and sit from day to

Hear
appeals.

day, for one week, first giving notice in all newspapers
printed in Princess Anne, at least ten days before such
meeting.

Notice
required.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted. That the said commissioners
shall be entitled to receive three dollars per day for each and
every clay they shall necessarily attend to the duties of their
office.

Compensa-
tion.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That all suits at law or in
equity which may be pending at the time of the passage of
this act, to which the justices of the levy court may be par-
ties, shall be carried on in like manner, and have the same
legal effect in favour of or against the commissioners provided
for by this act, as if the said commissioners had been one of
the original parties to said suit or suits.

Suits
pending.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That any act or acts of assembly
which are contrary to, or inconsistent with the provisions of
this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

AN ACT to provide for the election of Commissioners for Somerset County,
and to enlarge their Powers and Duties. — 1838, ch. 109.

Repealing
clause.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That an election shall be held in the several election districts
of Somerset county, on Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day of
March, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, at the same places
and in the same manner that elections are directed by law to
be held for delegates to the general assembly, and that the
persons qualified to vote for delegates to the general assembly
of this state, shall at the said election in March, eighteen hun-

Election,
27th Mar.
1839.

dred and thirty-nine, vole for six persons, citizens of Somerset
county, possessing the qualifications required in delegates
to the general assembly, to be commissioners for Somerset
county, and that, for the purpose of this election, and in all

Of six com.
missioners.