| 1782.
CHAP.
XVII.
Commissioners
to hear
appeals, &c. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
XIX. And be it
enacted, That appeals may be made by the persons to the special
commissioners, thirty days after the assessments are made, and the said
special
commissioners are hereby required to meet thirty days after notice being
given them
by the appellants, and examine the persons appealing, upon their legal
qualification,
concerning the cause of their appeal, which qualification they are hereby
authorised
to administer, and upon such examination, or other proof, they are hereby
empowered to diminish or add to such persons rate or assessment, as to
them shall
seem just and reasonable. |
Collector to
account once
in six weeks,
&c. |
XX. And be it
enacted, That the said collector or collectors shall, once in six
weeks at least, render a just account of, and bring in and pay to the treasurer,
all
such sums of money as he or they shall have received; and the said treasurer
shall
give receipts to the collector or collectors for what money they shall
so bring in
and pay, which receipts shall be the collector's discharge for so much;
and the
said treasurer shall, from time to time, signify in writing to the special
commissioners,
how much the collector or collectors have brought in and paid, and
when the collector or collectors, or any of them, are negligent, or refuse
to do
their duty, the treasurer is hereby required to signify the same, by way
of complaint,
to the special commissioners aforesaid. |
To make out
a duplicate,
&c. |
XXI. And be
it enacted, That the said collector or collectors make out a duplicate
of the persons and things assessed, with the amount of the annual assessment,
and lodge the same with the treasurer or special commissioners. |
How collection
is to be
made. |
XII. And be
it enacted, That the collection be made monthly, quarterly, or
yearly, in one or more payments, as the special commissioners may direct,
notices
being previously given in the Baltimore news-papers to this effect. |
Penalty on
neglect, &c. |
XXIII. And be
it enacted, That if upon complaint of the treasurer to the special
commissioners it shall appear, that the said collector or collectors, having
taken
upon him or themselves the duties enjoined him or them by this act, shall
refuse or neglect to pay the said sums of money which he or they shall
be respectively
charged to collect, within the time or times limited by the special commissioners,
he or they, so refusing or neglecting, shall forfeit and pay to the treasurer
the sum of five pounds, and shall also pay all the arrearages of such assessment
which he was appointed to collect, to be levied by a warrant under the
hand and
seal of the said commissioners, and directed to the sheriff of Baltimore
county,
who is hereby authorised and empowered to execute such warrant upon the
goods
and chattels of such collector or collectors, and in case goods and chattels
cannot
be found, then to imprison such collector or collectors, until payment
be made;
and every collector so distrained on, and having made full satisfaction
as aforesaid,
is hereby empowered, without any further warrant, to distrain for his own
use
upon all such as neglect or refuse to pay the arrearages due; and the said
collector
or collectors shall, for his or their trouble, retain in his or their hands
six-pence
in the pound for all sums of money by him or them respectively collected. |
Penalty on
vendue master,
&c. |
XXIV. And be
it enacted, That in case the vendue master refuses to come to
a settlement, quarterly, half yearly, or yearly, or to pay what may appear
to be
justly due on his sales, he shall forfeit, for every such offence, twenty-five
pounds,
or a sum not exceeding forty pounds, as may be adjudged by any two impartial
persons, one to be chosen by the said special commissioners, and the other
by the
vendue master, the sum adjudged to be recovered as in case of debt not
exceeding
five pounds. |
Town commissioners
to
settle, &c. |
XXV. And be
it enacted, That the special commissioners are authorised to call
upon the town commissioners, for a final settlement of the monies by them
collected
for repairing of said streets, and in case of refusal to settle, the said
town
commissioners shall forfeit twenty-five pounds; and in case the said town
commissioners
shall refuse paying to the special commissioners the money due upon a
settlement, they shall forfeit double the sum so due, to be recovered as
hereafter
directed, and applied to the purpose of this act. |
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