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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Shall lay before

SEC. 27. The clerk of the county commissioners,

or of the Appeal Tax Court, or Register of the city

of Baltimore, shall lay before the said boards the re-

turns of the said assessors, with all corrections made

thereto; and if any clerk or register shall fail to

comply with the provisions of this or the preceding-

section, he shall be liable to indictment therefor, and

upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one

thousand dollars.

SEC. 28. The members of said board shall each

receive the sum of three dollars for each day they

Compensation.

may be engaged in the discharge of their duties, not

exceeding twenty days, to be levied by them on the

county or city for which they may be appointed, and

collected for their use by the collector of State taxes

thereof.

SEC. 29. The clerks of the county commissioners

Transmit a

and the Register of the City of Baltimore shall, im-

certificate.

mediately after the imposition of a tax for the use

of the State, transmit, by mail, to the Comptroller,

a certificate stating that such tax was imposed, and

the date of the imposition thereof, the amount of

the assessable property liable thereto, and the name

or names of the collector or collectors thereof, with

a copy of his or their bond or bonds, together with

their post-office address.

SEC. 30. The county commissioners in the several

counties, and the Mayor and City Council of Balti-

Appoint col-

more, shall, on, or before the third Tuesday in April

lector or collec-

in each year, or as soon as thereafter may be, appoint

tors.

a collector or collectors of their respective counties,

and one collector for Baltimore city, for the collec-

tion of all State taxes levied, or to be levied for the

current year; and it shall not be lawful for the local

Not lawful to
provide

authorities of the said counties to provide any fixed,

annual, or other stated compensation, for the collec-

tion of the State taxes ; nor shall the county com-

missioners provide a salary of any kind, or any other

compensation, to the said collectors, for their services

in collecting the State and county taxes, otherwise

than by a per centum on the amount of their collec-

tions as contemplated in this article.

Give bond

SEC. 31. Every collector of county taxes, before he

acts as such, shall give bond to the State of Mary-