| 1786.
CHAP.
XXI. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
authorities given by the act imposing the said assessment, be and are
hereby revived
and continued so far as is necessary to finish and complete the duties
required
by the said act of the commissioners, or other officers therein mentioned,
and
that the said powers and authorities be exercised with all convenient dispatch,
before the expiration of this act. |
Collectors to
pay certificates,
&c. received,
&c. |
II. And,
whereas sundry certificates and sums of money have already been,
and may be collected on the said public assessment, It
is hereby enacted, That
the collectors of the said public assessment shall, on or before the tenth
day of
February next, pay into the public treasury all such certificates and sums
of money
as he or they shall have received, on or before the said time, on account
of
the said public assessment; and that every collector shall, at the time
of making
such payment, make oath before the treasurer, or his deputy, of the respective
shores where such certificates or money shall be paid as aforesaid, which
oath
the said treasures or deputy respectively are hereby authorised to administer,
that
the said certificates and money so by him paid, are the whole of the collection
by him received in virtue of the said act of November session, seventeen
hundred
and eighty-five, and that the certificates offered to be so paid, were
bonâ fide received
from, or discounted with, the persons liable to pay the said assessment
on
account of the same, and that such certificates were not directly or indirectly
furnished
to or for the parties, or to or for any of them, by such collector,
or by any
other person for him; and that no collector shall have a credit for any
certificates
suggested to be received on account of the said assessment, unless such
collector
shall return two lists of all the said certificates for which he shall
request a credit,
with their numbers, dates and sums, and the names of the persons from
whom received, and make oath, (to be administered by either of the treasurers
or deputy) to be endorsed on said list, that the certificates mentioned
in such list,
and requested to be allowed such collector, were received on account of
said public
assessment, actually, really and truly, and without any deceit or fraud,
in payment
of the assessment due on the property in his county for the said public
assessment,
and from the persons named in such list, except only change, if any
given on the receipt of the said certificates, in which case he gave certificates
in change as far as in his power, and money only for the balance, and that
such
certificates were not directly or indirectly furnished to or for the parties,
or to or
for any of them by such collector, or by any other person for him; and
in case
any collector shall refuse or neglect to make such payment on or before
the said
tenth day of February next, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred
pounds current money. |
If paid, suits
to be suspended,
&c. |
III. And it
is hereby further enacted, If the money and certificates received
by the collectors are paid into the treasury by the tenth day of February
as aforesaid,
that the public bonds of such collectors shall be, and are hereby suspended
from being put in suit until the first day of June next ensuing the passing
this act. |
Treasurers to
make inquiry,
&c. |
IV. And be it
enacted, That it shall be the duty of the treasurers of the respective
shores, to make diligent inquiry upon their respective shores, whether
the money and certificates collected are paid into the treasuries agreeably
to this
act, and if it appears to either of them, that any collector of their respective
shores hath received money or certificates which shall not be paid into
the treasury
by the said tenth day of February next, then the bond of such collector
shall be ordered to be put in suit. |
Collectors to
give change
in certificates,
&c. |
V. And be it
enacted, That in the collection of the tax aforesaid, it is hereby
declared to be the duty of the respective collectors, to give certificates
in change,
if they have them, to those who may offer such certificates as are receivable
in
payment of the said tax for larger sums than the tax due by the person
offering
such certificates. |
Money not to
be given, &c. |
VI. And be it
enacted, That money shall not be given by any collector in
change for any certificate, above five per cent. on the tax payable
in certificates
by the person who may offer such certificates. |
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