2252 ARTICLE 10.

on the same terms as in the case of the sale of real estate. If not redeemed
within said eight months, the treasurer of Dorchester County may assign
the said mortgage to the purchaser. If the owner of the mortgage does
not reside in said county, the County Commissioners may direct the Treas-
urer of Dorchester County to make inquiry as to the postoffice address of
the same, and if learned, the County Commissioners may direct the said
official to send a copy of the hereinbefore mentioned notice by registered
letter. The mortgagee or his representative, the assignee or his repre-
sentative, or other owner of the mortgage may' file with the County Com-
missioners a statement, substantiated by his oath, that one or more bona
fide payments have been made on the mortgage debt, and thereupon the
County Commissioners may make such a rebate of the amount of the tax
to be paid, according to the right and equity of the matter.*

This section is inoperative since mortgages on real estate in Maryland are not
taxable at present time except in Frederick County, ch. 226, 1929, sec. 6 (p. 626)
and sec. 12 (p. 723).

1914, ch. 770, sec. 121-I.

200. The County Commissioners of Dorchester County whenever, in
their discretion, they may deem it advisable and proper, they are author-
ized to issue certificates of indebtedness for the payment of: (1st) The
maintenance and support of the public schools in said county; and (2nd)
for repairs and maintenance to the county shell roads and bridges, and
for no other purpose whatsoever, bearing interest at the rate of not ex-
ceeding six per centum (6%) per annum for the date of same, which
shall be endorsed upon the face of such certificates, and they shall levy
on the assessable property of the county liable to taxation for the payment
of said interest-bearing certificates in like manner as by law other claims
have been heretofore levied for, provided, however, that all interest-bear-
ing certificates issued during any fiscal year shall be paid in full, within
six months from the expiration of such fiscal year, and that not more
than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be issued in any one fiscal
year.

See sec. 154, which apparently supersedes this section.

COMMISSIONERS.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 10, sec. 122. 1S78, ch. 160. 1929, ch. 383.

201. The annual salary of each County Commissioner shall be seven
hundred and fifty dollars ($750).

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 10, sec. 123. 1872. ch. 281.

202. The clerk to the County Commissioners is authorized and em-
powered to administer an oath or affirmation upon any claim against the
county, or upon any official papers connected with his office.

*Sec. 2, ch. 834, 1914, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.