594
|
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
tional Sections to said Article, under same head,
enacted by Act of eighteen hundred and sixty-
four, Chapter three hundred and twenty-six, be
and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted
as follows :
|
Collection
districts.
|
44. The County Commissioners of Prince
George's County shall divide said county into four
Collection Districts, and shall appoint four Col-
lectors, one for each of said districts, upon the first
Tuesday of April of each and every year, for the
collection of State and county taxes, who shall
hold office for one year, and may be reappointed,
and shall give bond to the State of Maryland in
double the sum of State taxes placed in their hands
respectively for collection, and also a bond to the
State of Maryland for the use of the County Com-
missioners in double the sum of County taxes
placed in their hands respectively .for collection,
said bonds to be approved by said County Com-
missioners, and to be given within twenty days
from the date of appointment, and upon failure to
do so, the County Commissioners shall appoint a
successor ; and said Collectors shall be allowed a
commission of six per cent, upon all sums collected
and paid over by them ; and it shall be the duty
of the County Commissioners to levy for the said
commissions in the general levy of State and
county taxes.
|
Pay amount
collected.
|
45. It shall by the duty of the said Collectors
to pay over, under oath, to the County Trea-
surer of Prince George's 'County, on the first
Tuesday in June next after said taxes are placed
in their hands, and on the first Tuesday in each
and every month thereafter, the amount collected
by them, until the collections are completed, and
on the failure to make such monthly payments,
the delinquent Collector may be removed by the
County Commissioners ; and at the end of six
months from the time when said taxes were placed
in their hands for collection, the said Collectors,
and each of them, shall make to the County Trea-
surer a full and complete return, under oath, of
the whole amount of taxes collected by them dur-
ing the year, and also an alphabetical list of all
delinquent taxpayers and the sum due by each of
them, which said list the County Commissioners
|
|
![clear space](../../../images/clear.gif) |