478
Compensat'n
to Clerk of
the County
Commiss'nrs
Duty of
County Corn
missioners.
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and account
for all count}
taxes
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
ness to any person having a levy on. their books,
showing the amount due by Prince George's county
to them, which shall be transferable, and taken up
by the said County Commissioners, by draft on the
i Treasurer, as hereinbefore provided; and the clerk
of the County Commissioners shall be entitled to the
3 sum of four hundred dollars per annum for the in-
creased duties imposed upon him by this Act, in
addition to the compensation he now receives. The
Treasurer shall, immediately upon reviewing the
assessment or rate of tax, proceed as hereinafter pro-
vided for to collect the same, and may at any time
after he has given the required notices prescribed by
this Act, proceed to sell, as hereinafter provided,
either real or personal property of the person, body
politic or corporate, in v. .lose name it stands assessed
for the payment of same; and it shall be the duty of
the County Commissioners, at any time after county
- or State taxes are due and in arrears, to authorize
the County Treasurer, by general order, to sell the
real or personal property of any person, body politic
or corporate, who may be then owing State or
county taxes, due and in arrear as aforesaid; it shall
not be necessary in the order of the Commissioners
to mention the name of the delinquent or the prop-
erty owned by him, her or them, only that the Coun-
ty Treasurer be hereby authorized to enforce the
payment of any State or county taxes due and in
arrear to Prince George's county, and the said order
as passed by them shall he published for four weeks
in one of the county papers, published in said county,
which said order shall give the said Treasurer full
authority, after the expiration of the said published
order, to proceed and enforce payment of same, as
hereinafter directed by section forty-nine, of this
, Act; and he shall collect and account for all county
taxes levied in each current year, (except such as.
may be determined to be uncollectable,) within
twelve months after the said taxes are due and in
arrear, and account for the same according to law;
and all persona who shall pay their county taxes to
the said Treasurer on or before the first day of July
succeeding the date of its levy, shall be entitled to a,
deduction of eight per cent. on the amount of said
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