COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the clerk to be appointed
by virtue "of this act, as clerk to the commissioners for Talbot
county, shall be entitled to receive as compensation for his
services such sum annually as the commissioners aforesaid may
deem proper, not to exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty
dollars, to be levied on the assessable property of Talbot county,
to be collected and paid over as the other county charges are.

His com-
pensation.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted. That upon the appointment of
said clerk to the commissioners for Talbot county, the clerk of
the county court of Talbot county shall, upon demand of said
clerk of the commissioners, 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 appertaining to the said levy court of said
county, and shall annually, on or before the first Monday in
June, after this law shall go into operation, furnish to and lay
before the commissioners, all copies of such lists, accounts,
papers and documents, as may be useful and necessary to the
said commissioners in ascertaining the county charges, and ac-
cording to the direction which he may from time to time re-
ceive from the said commissioners ; for which services he shall
have and receive such fees as by law he is entitled to for like
services to receive ; and in case the clerk of said county court
as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to comply with any of the
provisions and requisitions contained in this act, when called
on by the said commissioners, or the clerk thereof, by their
order thereafter, he shall, for every such neglect or refusal,
forfeit and pay to the said commissioners, for the use of the
said county, the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered
by indictment or action in any county court within this state.

Clerk of
county to
deliver over
books, &c.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the commissioners are
hereby authorized and empowered to employ some proper
person to erect, or cause to be erected and fitted up, in the
county court-house, where they are not already provided,
with suitable book cases, in which the books, papers and docu-
ments belonging to the commissioners may be safely deposited
and kept.

Commis-
sioners to
erect cases
for books,
&c.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That each of the said commis-
sioners shall be entitled to receive two dollars per day for
every day he shall necessarily attend to the duties of his office.

Their al-
lowance.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners
shall and may, at any time during each and every year, make,
complete, and close their levy, any law to the contrary not-
withstanding ; and that all suits at law or in equity, which may
be pending at the time of the passage of this act by or against
the commissioners of the tax, or the levy court for Talbot
county, shall be carried on in like manner, and have the same

May com-
plete their
levy.