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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

purer shall be allowed to retain in his returns to the
County Commissioners his commissions on the
the amount as collected by him, and upon a final
settlement with the County Commissioners for each
current year, shall he entitled to be paid by them
the full commission that may be due to him on the
whole amount received or collected by him.

Office in
Court house
building.

Sec. 49. And be it enacted, That the County
Treasurer shall keep, in the Court House Build-
ings in Upper Maryborough, his office open from
ten o'clock in the forenoon to three o'clock in the
afternoon, three days in each and every week, to
by him designated, fur the purpose of receiving
County Taxes, disbursing same as directed by law,
and shall also attend in person or by deputy in
eacn election district of said county, two days be-
tween the date of each annual levy and the first
clay of October thereafter, at such places and times
as he may appoint, for the purpose of collecting
said taxes ; and he shall give notice by advertise-
ment in two of the County papers, and by notice
posted up at the public places in each district, in
handbill form, of the time and place where he will
he in each of said districts, for collecting and re-
ceiving the same, and also notifying all those who
owe County Taxes that if they are paid to him on

Deduction.

or before the first day of July and the first day of
October, they will be entitled to a deduction of
eight or five per centum, according as they are
paid on or before the respective dates hereinbefore
mentioned, and after the Treasurer has given the
notice by public advertisement, as directed by this
section, and complied with the provisions of this
Act, all those who fail pay their County Taxes on
or before the said taxes are due and in arrear, as
prescribed by this Act, it shall only be necessary
for him, after obtaining the order from the County
Commissioners authorizing him to sell real or per-

May sell for
arrears.

sonal property, to proceed without further notice
to execute, or have executed, either real or personal
property for the payment of any County Taxes then
remaining due and unpaid, it being the intent
and meaning of this Act to require all persons,
body politic or corporate, owing County Taxes, to
pay the same to the said Treasurer, at his office, iu
the town of Upper Marlborough, or at the place
designated by him in the different districts for re-