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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Deliver account

in, an account of his, her or their tax, and may,

unless the same be paid within thirty days after the

delivery of such account, collect the same by distress

and sale of the goods and chattels of the delinquent,

and said collector shall account for the amount of

such assessment with the Mayor and City Council,

and shall make monthly returns and payments in the

manner directed by said councilmen, of all taxes

collected by him, under penalty of double the amount

thereof.

Charge interest

53. The collector of said city may make all col-

lections required of him at any time within the year

for which he was appointed collector, and on all

taxes remaining unpaid for three months after they

shall have been levied, he shall charge and collect

interest from the date of the levy at the rate of six

per cent, per annum, to be accounted for with said

tax.

Substitute

54. Wherever the word " Bailiff" occurs in the act

or acts hereby amended, the word " Collector " shall

be substituted in lieu thereof.

Fund floating
debt

55. The said Mayor and City Council are hereby
authorized and directed to ascertain the amount of,

und fund the floating debt of said city now existing,

they shall issue for said purpose the bonds of said

city, bearing six per cent, interest, payable in twenty

years from the date thereof, and redeemable at any

time within five years afterdate, at the pleasure of

said corporation, in the same manner as is now pro-

vided for the redemption of the present bonded debt

of said city.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of

Repealed

acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be

und the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved, March 27th, 1874.