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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1824.

Repeal.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the first section of the act
of seventeen hundred and ninety-seven, chapter ninety-five, be,
and the same is hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 118.

AN ACT relative to Licenses to Retailers of Spirituous Liquors, Licenses
to retail Spirituous Liquors at horse races, and Licenses to Hawkers
and Pedlars.

Clerks to
collect the
tax.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That hereafter the clerks of the several counties in this state
shall collect and receive on issuing licenses to retailers of spiri-
tuous liquors, to retailers of spirituous liquors at horse races,
and to hawkers and pedlars, the taxes upon the same, which
have been heretofore collected by sheriffs.

Blanks to
be fur-
nished.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the governor and council
shall cause to be furnished to the treasurer of the western
shore, blanks for said licenses, of which said treasurer shall
deliver on the application of the several county clerks, as may
be deemed necessary, in the same manner, and at the same time
that blank marriage licenses are now furnished.

Provisions
of former
act extend-
ed to this.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the provisions of the act,
entitled, 'an act to secure the collection of the duties imposed
upon marriage licenses,' shall be extended, so far as applicable,
to the licenses mentioned in this act ; and so far as relate to the
duties of the several county clerks and treasurer.

Contrary
acts
repealed.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That from and after the passage
of this act that so much of any act or acts as are inconsistent
with its provisions, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 149.

AN ACT relating to the Treasurers of the Western and Eastern Shores of
Maryland.

Treasurer
of eastern
shore to pa)
over half-
yearly — re-
turn state-
ment.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the treasurer of the eastern shore, shall, on the first day
of June, and first day of December annually, or within ten days
thereafter, pay over to the treasurer of the western shore, all
public money which may have been received into the treasury
of the eastern shore up to the said periods, and shall at the
same time return a statement shewing from whom the same
was received, and from what particular branch of revenue the
same was derived, and specifying whether the same was re-
ceived from the accruing revenue for the current year or other-
wise.

His annual
statement.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said treasurer of the eastern
shore shall at the time of making the payment, return a state,
ment shewing the amount of revenue on the first day of Decem-
ber annually, which may have accrued on the eastern shore on