GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1831

every subsequent month, deposit in such incorporated bank

CHAP. 268.

as the said school commissioners shall designate, to the cre-

Or deposit.

dit of the school commissioners aforesaid, whatsoever

money he shall collect as and for the school tax aforesaid,

first deducting therefrom, the compensation allowed to him

by the commissioners of the county, or the school commis-

His commission.

sioners aforesaid for collecting the same; and the said school

commissioners shall have the same power after the day first

above mentioned, to enforce the collection and secure the

Power to enforce
collection.

payment by the said collector, of all arrears of said school

tax that was previously possessed by the commissioners of

said county.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the school commissioners

Authority to re-

aforesaid, shall either cause the tax which may be or has

assess granted.

been levied for the year eighteen hundred and thirty -two,

for the support and establishment of said schools in said

district, by the commissioners of said county, to be collect-

ed; or they may, in their discretion, cause in lieu thereof a

new assessment and levy to be made for the support of said

schools, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two; and

for the purpose of assessing the property and income sub-

ject to said tax, the said school commissioners shall employ,

appoint, qualify and compensate an assessor, as often as they

shall find one necessary, to assess the whole or any part of

the property or income aforesaid; or to review, and with

the approbation of said school commissioners, acting as

commissioners of the tax, to correct or alter such parts of

any of said assessments, as should be altered, when proper-

ty has been sold or transferred, or when complaint is made

that the assessment is unjust, and such complaint shall be

found true, in whole or part; and every person who shall be

appointed to assess or review the property or income in the

said district, subject to said tax, or any part thereof, shall

before he enters upon the duties of his appointment, solemn-

ly swear or affirm, that he will discharge the duties confided

Oath of assessors

to him as assessor under this act, without favor or prejudice,

and to the best of his ability; and for the purpose of col-

lecting the taxes levied for the support of said schools, the

commissioners of said schools shall, from time to time, em-

To appoint collec-

ploy, appoint and compensate such collector or collectors

tors.

as they shall think fit; and the same shall suspend or re-

move at their pleasure, and in order to secure the prompt

and faithful performance of the duties of each of said col-

lectors, the said school commissioners shall take from them

respectively, such bond and security as the said commis-

Bond required

sioners shall think sufficient, which bond shall be condition-

ed for the performance of the duties confided to the collec-

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