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ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 581
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ing said taxes for collection, the collection and re-
turn of the whole amount thereof to the State
Treasurer and to the county treasurer or the
County Commissioners, or their order respectively,
except such sums as the County Commissioners,
upon the examination of the returns of said col-
lection, may determine to be and to have been un-
collectable ; their bonds shall be liable for the
same, and the County Commissioners shall cause
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suit to be brought on the bonds given for the
county taxes, and the Comptroller may cause suit
to be brought on the bonds given for State taxes to
the next term of the Circuit Court thereafter; and
the said Court is hereby authorized and required,
upon motion of the attorney of said Commission-
ers, or the attorney of the State, after notice to
said collectors and their sureties, to take judgment
without stay of execution for such amounts as may
he found due by them for non-payment or settle-
ment of said taxes, and the amount of said judg-
ment shall be collected within ninety days there-
after ;nor shall any case be postponed beyond the
term of the said Circuit Court in which such action
may be brought, as hereinbefore prescribed.
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Suit on bond.
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Sub-Sec. 6. The County Commissioners shall
not re-appoint any person as collector of State or
county taxes whose collections have not been made
and whose accounts have not been settled in full
as collector if taxes within twelve months after
the expiration of the year in which such tax bills
have been placed in their hands for collection, un-
less said County Commissioners shall have been
satisfied by a statement made to them under oath,
that the said collectors have complied with all the
requirements of this law, and that the said delin-
quencies were uncollectable; and the said Com-
missioners may require from collectors any further
proof which in their judgment may seem necessary.
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Not to be re-
appointed un-
less accounts
settled.
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Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That all laws incon-
sistent with this Act be and the same are hereby
repealed.
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Inconsistent
repealed.
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Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That Washington
and Allegany Counties are hereby exempted from
the operations of this law.
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Exempt.
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