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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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1830.
CHAP. 28.
Rights vested
in them
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Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That when and as soon as
the commissioners to be appointed as aforesaid, shall have
taken and subscribed the oath, or affirmation, herein before
described, all the powers, rights and privileges, lawfully
exercised by, and all property, estates and effects, vested
in the justices of the levy court of Calvert county, shall be
transferred to, and vested in, the commissioners for Calvert
county, who, or any three of them, shall thereafter exer-
cise all the powers, rights and privileges, and shall perform
all the duties required by the existing laws to be perform-
ed by the said justices of the levy court of Calvert county,
and no appointment of justices of the levy court shall here-
after be made; and all the powers lawfully exercised by, or
vested in, the commissioners of the tax for Calvert county,
and all the duties required by law to be performed by
them, shall be vested in, and exercised and performed by
the said commissioners for Calvert county, after they shall
have become qualified as aforesaid.
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To appoint a
clerk.
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Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the commissioners for
Calvert county shall, at their annual meeting, appoint a fit
and proper person, who shall transact all the business, and
discharge all the duties now appertaining to the several and
respective officers of clerk of the levy court, and commis-
sioners of the tax, in the same manner as the clerk of Cal-
vert county, and the clerk of the commissioners of the tax
for said county, are now by law severally authorised and
required to transact the same; and the person so appointed
shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, execute
a bond to the state of Maryland, to be approved by the
said commissioners, in the penalty of one thousand dollars,
conditioned for the true and faithful performance of the
several and respective duties hereby imposed; which bond
shall be recorded in the clerk's office of the county ccurt
of said county, and a copy thereof, under the seal of said
court, shall be as sufficient evidence as the original; and the
said clerk, when appointed, shall also take and subscribe
the following oath, or affirmation, as the case may be, to
wit: I, A. B. do swear, or affirm, that as clerk to the com-
missioners for Calvert county, I will honestly and faithful-
by, to the best of my skill and judgment, execute the du-
ties of said office, without favour, affection or prejudice, so
help me God; which oath, or affirmation, any one of said
commissioners is hereby authorised to administer; and the
said clerk shall be subjected to the same penalties and for-
feitures for nonperformance or neglect of official duty, as
are prescribed by the existing laws in relation as well to
the several matters and things which the clerk of the coun-
ty court of said county is legally directed and required to
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