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WILLIAM SMALLWOOD, Esq; Governor.
appeals, or at such other times as they in their discretion shall think
reasonable,
for the purpose of correcting their valuation of property; and
the said commissioners shall have full authority, and they are hereby directed,
carefully
carefully to examine the several certificates of valuation in their
respective counties, and to correct the same, though no complaint or
appeal
to them, so as to make the same as nearly equal as possible. |
1785.
CHAP.
XLI. |
XXI. And be
it enacted, That the property of each assessor shall be
valued by the commissioners of his county, or of Baltimore-town and
its
precincts, as the case may be, or any one of them, on or before the nineteenth
day of June next, in the same manner as the personal property of
other persons by this act is directed to be estimated by the assessors. |
Assessors property
to be
valued, &c. |
XXII. And be
it enacted, That the commissioners of the several counties
shall direct their clerk to enter in a book to be provided for that
purpose, an accurate and fair account of all the personal property within
their county, and the valuation thereof as returned by the assessor, or
as
corrected by them, with an alphabetical list of the owners or persons
chargeable with the assessment for such property. |
Clerk to keep
a fair account,
&c. |
XIII. And be
it enacted, That the clerk to the commissioners in each
county shall, on or before the first MOnday of August next, make out
from the assessors certificates, and the corrections thereof (if any) by
the
commissioners, a summary account or list (in columns), in which shall be
expressed the number of slaves of each description within this act, the
weight of plate, and the vale of each of the said species or kind of property,
and all the other personal property, and value thereof, in each
district, and the whole value in each district extended, and the amount
of
each column, and shall lay the same before the commissioners, who, after
correction thereof, if necessary, shall sign and enclose the same, endorsed
for the public service, to the clerk of the house of delegates, and shall,
within five days thereafter, under penalty of fifty pounds current
money
on each commissioner, deliver the same to the sheriff of their county,
to
be by him forwarded as public letters, and under the like penalty; and
shall also deliver to the clerk of his county court a duplicate thereof,
to
be lodged among the records of the said court, in five days thereafter;
and the clerk of the house of delegates shall enter the said summary account
in a book to be provided for that purpose, and keep the original in
his office, and on the second day of the next meeting of the general assembly
he shall lay the same before the house of delegates, for the inspection
of the members. |
And make
out a list, &c. |
XXIV. And be
it enacted, That if any person appointed a commissioner,
or to any office in virtue of this act, hath not heretofore taken the
oaths, (or affirmation as the case may be) of fidelity and support to this
state, such person shall, before he acts as such, take the oaths or affirmations
directed by this act, subscribe a declaration of his belief in the
christian religion, and take the oath (or affirmation) of fidelity to this
state, directed by the constitution, and the oath or affirmation prescribed
by the act to punish certain crimes and misdemeanors, and to prevent the
growth of toryism; which oaths or affirmations any one of the said commissioners,
or any justice of the peace, may administer. |
Commissioners,
&c. to
take oath of
fidelity, &c. |
XXV. And be
it enacted, That if any of the days appointed by this
act for the performance of any of the duties hereby required shall happen
to be a Sunday, then such duties shall be performed on the day following. |
Duties not o
be performed
on Sundays,
&c. |
XXVI. And be
it enacted, That if any suit shall be brought against any
person for any thing done in pursuance of this act, the suit shall be commenced |
Suits to be
brought within
six months,
&c. |
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