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WILLIAM SMALLWOOD, Esq; Governor.
day of December next, obtain a copy of his bond, and file the same in
the general court, and thereupon scire facias shall issue against such
collector
and his securities, in the same manner as on bonds to the loan-office,
and similar proceedings shall be had to compel payment of the money
due, with interest of ten per cent. from the said tenth day of December
next. |
1785.
CHAP.
LXXXIII. |
XII. And,
to prevent any damage to any collector from the negligence
of his deputies, or by their receiving the taxes and converting the
same to
their own use, Be it enacted, That
the commissioners of the tax be empowered
on hearing (or default to appear on notice) to adjust the account
between the collector and any of his deputies, concerning his receipt,
collection, or neglect of duty, as deputy collector, and may order the
balance to be paid, either immediately, or by a short day to be limited,
and may also carry such order into effect by their warrant directed
to the
sheriff, to levy the sum due in the same manner as by fieri facias,
on the
lands, goods or chattels, of the deputy, or to take his body in execution,
as on a capias ad satisfaciendum, in satisfaction thereof. |
Commissioners
to adjust
accounts, &c. |
XIII. And be
it enacted, That all the certificates of tax or assessment
aforesaid, made out by the commissioners, and all their books of proceedings,
and the accounts by them settled with the several collectors, shall
be fairly transcribed by their clerk, and signed by them, and delivered
to
the sheriff of their respective counties on or before the twenty-fifth
day
of November next, under the penalty of fifty pounds current money, to
be by the said sheriff forwarded as public letters to the clerk of the
house
of delegates; and the certificates aforesaid, and the proceedings of the
commissioners, and accounts by them settled with the several collectors,
shall be by them delivered, on or before the twenty-fifth day of November
next, to the clerk of their county, under the penalty of fifty pounds
current money, to be by the said clerk safely kept in his office for the
inspection
of the inhabitants of such county. |
Certificates,
&c. to be
transcribed,
&c. |
XIV. And be
it enacted, That the commissioners of the tax in the several
counties shall procure a good well bound book, and shall annually
cause the final account settled with the collectors of the tax, and
also the
summary account, to be entered therein, and such final account shall be
good and sufficient evidence of such account; and the commissioners
of
the tax shall also transmit a copy of the said final account to the clerk
of
the general court of their shore, who shall record the same among the
records of his court. |
Commissioners
to procure
a book, &c. |
XV. And be it
enacted, That the collector of each county, and of
Baltimore-town, at the time of the settlement of his account, shall pay
to every commissioner ten shillings for each day he shall necessarily attend,
and shall also pay to the said commissioners, for the use of their clerk,
a
sum not exceeding ten shillings per day, for his services under this act;
and the amount of all the sums so paid shall, by the said commissioners,
be allowed to the said collector on the settlement of his account, in which
account shall be expressed the name of the clerk, and the sum of money
to him allowed; and the said commissioners shall, after the receipt of
the
said sum for the use of the clerk, pay the same to him or his order, on
demand, under the penalty of fifty pounds current money to the party
grieved; and the said collectors shall pay the commissioners for the use
of
the assessors, (for the full and faithful performance of their duty under
this act) any sum not exceeding twenty-five pounds current money for
each assessor, which the commissioners shall judge an adequate reward
for
his service; and the money paid by the commissioners shall be allowed
the collector on the settlement of his account, in which shall be expressed |
Collectors to
pay commissioners,
&c. |
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