| 1805.
CHAP. 101. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
be closed as aforesaid, the said judge shall proceed forthwith in
the presence of those who may think proper to attend, to count the
ballots, and shall publicly declare the seven persons having the
greatest number of votes, duly elected commissioners of Chester-town
for the ensuing year; and if any two or more shall have an
equal number of ballots in their favour, by which the choice shall
not be determined by the electors, then the said judge shall immediately
determine the choice by lot between those who have equal
numbers; and if any of the commissioners appointed by this act, or
hereafter to be elected as aforesaid, shall refuse to act, die, resign,
or remove out of the said town, the vacancy thereby occasioned
shall and may be filled up for the residue of the time he or they
may have to serve, by the remaining commissioners. |
Annual elections
to be held. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commissioners
to be elected
as aforesaid, and their successors, shall annually, on the fourth
Monday in May, for ever hereafter, cause an election to be held for
commissioners of Chester-town, on the same terms, in the same
manner, and under the same regulations, as the commissioners
herein named are authorised to do in the first instance. |
| Oath of commissioners. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That each commissioner
hereby appointed,
and every commissioner hereafter elected or appointed in virtue
of this act, shall make oath, or affirmation, as the case may be,
before some justice of the peace for Kent county, that he will diligently,
faithfully and impartially, to the best of his judgment, perform
the duties of a commissioner of the said town, without favour
to, or resentment or prejudice against, any; and the commissioners
herein named, and their successors hereafter, shall meet on the first
Monday in every month, during their continuance in office, and as
much oftener as occasion may require, for the transaction of business,
and shall appoint a clerk, whose duty it shall be to keep fair
and faithful minutes of their proceedings in proper and well bound
books, to be provided by them for that purpose, and may dismiss
and discharge such clerk whenever they shall think proper. |
Real property to
be assessed, and
levy imposed
thereon. |
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall cause
a just and fair assessment and valuation of all the real property and
houses within the limits of the said town to be made and returned
to them, annually, if they shall deem the same necessary, between
the tenth day of June and the tenth day of July, by such person or
persons as they shall appoint for that purpose, and to impose and
levy on the property so assessed and valued as aforesaid such sum
or sums of money, in just and fair proportions, according to the
valuation aforesaid, as the commissioners shall deem necessary for
the objects contemplated by this act, not exceeding twenty cents in
the hundred dollars in any one year, and to appoint and qualify a
fit and proper person to collect the same, who shall enter into bond
to the said commissioners, with such security, and in such penalty,
as they shall direct, for the faithful performance of the duties required
of him by the said commissioners, and for the payment over
to them, or to their order, of all money collected or received by him
under and in virtue of this act, which said bond shall be recorded
in the clerk's office of Kent county, in ten days after the same shall
be executed, and an office copy thereof, under seal, shall be evidence
in any court of law or equity in this state in any suit or action
brought thereon. |
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