thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, to report
in writing, under oath, to the Comptroller of the
Treasury, the total gross receipts and earnings of the
company of which he is such President, Treasurer or
officer, from all sources, from the day of the passage
of this Act until the thirty-first day of December,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, inclusive, and it
shall be the duty of the said President, Treasurer, or
other financial officer of every such company, annu-
ally thereafter, on the first day of February, to re-
port as aforesaid to the Comptroller the total gross
receipts as aforesaid of said company of -which he is
such President, Treasurer, or officer as aforesaid, for
the year ending on the preceding thirty-first day of
December, and said report shall be made out in de-
tail, as stated on the books of said company; and it
shall be the duty of the said company, on or before
the first day of March next succeeding the day on
which the said report is hereby required to be made, to
pay to the Treasurer of this State the amount of the
State tax so levied on the said gross receipts of the
said company as aforesaid.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any such
President, Treasurer, or other financial officer, shall
fail or neglect to perform the duties required of him
by this Act, for the space of thirty days after it shall
he his duty so to do, said President, Treasurer, or
financial officer, so failing or neglecting, shall forfeit
and pay to the State of Maryland the sum of five
hundred dollars, to bo recovered by action of debt,
in the name of the State, against such President,
Treasurer, or officer, in any court of this State hav-
ing jurisdiction; and if any such President, Treas-
urer, or financial officer, shall so fail and neglect to
make and render the report so required of him by
this Act, for the space of ninety days after the day
on which it is made his duty by this Act to make and
render the same, said President, Treasurer, or other
financial officer, so failing or neglecting as aforesaid,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall,
upon indictment and conviction thereof, suffer im-
prisonment not exceeding six months.
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