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which Chestertown is situated, shall be appointed, it shall not be lawful
for him to decline receiving and acting upon said appointment, or to
refuse to execute his bonds for the performance of said duty, as provided
in the succeeding section.

1908, ch. 357, sec. 65A (p. 876).

110. The Commissioners of Chestertown may levy on the assessable
property of Chestertown such sum of money as they may deem necessary,
not exceeding fifteen cents on the hundred dollars in any one year, in
addition to the levy of thirty-five cents on the hundred dollars now author-
ized by law, and shall have the same powers in the collection of such addi-
tional sum as they may levy as they now possess.*

1920, ch. 326, sec. 65B.

111. The Commissioners of Chestertown may levy on the assessable
property of Chestertown such sum of money as they may deem necessary,
not exceeding fifteen cents on the hundred dollars, in any one year, in
addition to the levy of fifty cents on the hundred dollars now authorized
by law, and to have the same powers in the collection of such additional
sum as they may levy, as they now possess.

1924, ch. 133.

112. The Commissioners of Chestertown may levy on the assessable
property of Chestertown such sum of money as they may deem necessary,
not exceeding eleven cents on the hundred dollars, in any one year, in
addition to the levy of sixty-five cents on the hundred dollars now author-
ized by law, and to have the same powers in the collection of such addi-
tional sum as they may levy, as they now possess. Of said increased levy
six cents on the hundred dollars shall be for the benefit of the Chester-
town Volunteer Fire Company, and all of the monies collected therefrom
shall be paid by the Commissioners of Chestertown to the said, The Ches-
tertown Volunteer Fire Company.+

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 66. 1864, ch. 277.

113. The commissioners of Chestertown may appoint the collector of
taxes for Kent county, or of the district of which Chestertown forms a
part, to collect the corporation tax of said town from time to time; and
the collector so appointed shall be bound to give bond and collect the said
taxes according to the terms and provisions of Section 114 of this subtitle
of this article, under the penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered by indict-
ment by the grand jury, and judgment of the circuit court for Kent
county, as in ordinary cases of punishment; and the said collector shall
receive the same compensation for collecting said tax, as he may receive
from the county commissioners for collecting the county tax.

*This section approved by the voters.

+This section was approved by the voters at the election in April, 1924.