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CHAP.
L. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
whose property may be so purchased; and any property so purchased for
the use
of this state, the said agent may again expose to public auction, on the
most advantageous
terms for the interest of the said state, and if the same be sold on
credit,
the said agent shall take bond, with good and sufficient securities to
be approved
of by the treasurers of the respective shores, from the several purchasers
of
such property; and all bonds by him so taken, shall be deposited, with
an accurate
list thereof subscribed by him, into the treasury of the western shore,
and
shall be a lien upon the real property of such purchasers, and their
securities,
from their respective dates. |
On collectors
paying, right
to property
vested, &c. |
V. And be it
enacted, That if any of the collectors, or their securities, whose
property was purchased by the respective agents during the year seventeen
hundred
and eighty-nine, for the use of this state, shall pay the balances or sums
of money for which such property was so purchased, by any of the periods
to
be limited by the agent appointed by this act, such balances or sums of
money
shall be received by the treasurer of the respective shore, and thereupon
the right
and title of this state shall be revested in the said collector, or his
securities, as
the case may be, and they shall be severally in as of their former
estate, which
purchase on the part of this state notwithstanding. |
Agent to render
a fair account,
&c. |
VI. And be it
enacted, That the said agent shall render a fair and full account
of his several proceedings under the authority of this act, to the general
assembly
at their next or succeeding session, and shall be allowed a reasonable
compensation
for his services, not exceeding a commission of two and one half per
cent.
upon all monies paid into the treasury of the western shore in virtue of
his agency,
to be ascertained by the discretion of the governor and council. |
And receive
no certificates
without an
oath, &c. |
VII. And be
it enacted, That the said agent shall not be authorised to receive
from any collector, or his securities, in virtue of this act, any certificates
receivable
n taxes, without an oath (as required by law) that such certificates were
actually received from the people for taxes, unless where indulgence shall
be given
by the said agent to such collector on the terms herein after prescribed. |
Where indulgence
is given,
bond to be a
lien, &c. |
VIII. And be
it enacted, That in all cases where indulgence is given by the
said agent, and a bond taken in consequence of his requiring the same as
a condition
of the indulgence, the said bond shall be a lien on all the real property
of
the obligors from the date thereof, or on so much of the said real property
as the
said agent shall think fully sufficient, to be particularly mentioned in
a schedule
to be annexed to the said bond, in which case it shall be a lien on the
property
contained in such schedule and no more, such bond and schedule to be lodged
with the treasurer of the western shore. |
Indulgence
granted to be
on terms, &c. |
IX. And be it
enacted, That in every case where the said agent shall grant
any indulgence to a collector in virtue of this act, it shall always be
on the terms
of such collector paying three fifths of the sum required by the said agent,
to be
paid by such collector in specie. |
Agent to pay
in specie, &c. |
X. And be it
enacted, That the said agent shall pay into the treasury, in
specie, the amount of all specie by him received in the discharge of the
duties
of this act. |
And to give
bond, &c. |
XI. And be it
enacted, That the said agent, before he enters upon the execution
of the duties of this act, shall give bond to the state, before the governor
and council, in the penalty of twenty thousand pounds current money, with
such securities as the governor and council shall approve, for the faithful
performance
of the said duties, which bond shall be lodged with the treasurer of the
western shore, and shall also take an oath before the chancellor, that
he will
well and faithfully discharge the duties of agent, under the act, entitled,
An act
respecting the collectors of the public taxes since the first of January,
seventeen
hundred and eighty-three, to the best of his skill and judgment, the certificate
of which oath shall be annexed to, or endorsed on, the said bond. |
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