910 ARTICLE 4.

vidual whether such suit or proceedings be against him or her in a repre-
sentative or fiduciary capacity, or in his or her own right, the certificate
of the City Collector or of the Collector of State Taxes in the City of
Baltimore, as the case may be, as to the amount of such tax or taxes due,
and as to the amount of any interest or penalties or both, due for non-
payment of the same shall be prima facie evidence to entitle either the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore or the State of Maryland as the
case may be, to a verdict and judgment, or to an order or decree as the
proceedings may warrant, against such corporation, firm or individual,
and in the case of an individual, whether the individual be sued or pro-
ceeded against in a representative or fiduciary capacity or in his or her
own right for the full amount of such tax or taxes, together with any
interest or penalties, or both, which said certificate shall so state to be due
and owing.

1912, ch. 429.

58B. It shall not be necessary to bring separate suits or file separate
claims for State and City taxes, but State and City taxes may be claimed,
sued for, and recovered in one claim, suit or other proceeding in the name
of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

COLLECTOR OF WATER RENTS AND LICENSES.

1898, ch. 123. 1900, ch. 109.

59. The Collector of Water Rents and Licenses shall be the head of
the sixth sub-department of finance, and shall be appointed by the Mayor
in the mode prescribed in Section 25 of this Charter, and hold his office
as therein provided. He shall be paid the salary of two thousand five hun-
dred dollars ($2,500) per annum, payable monthly. He shall collect all
water rents and license fees, and all other dues, or revenues to which the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is or may be entitled except other-
wise provided in this Charter, and he shall have such assistants and clerks
and perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by ordinances not
inconsistent with this Charter. All licenses imposed by ordinances shall
be due and collectible in the first week of January in each year, and it
shall be the duty of said Collector of Water Rents and Licenses to see
that said licenses are paid at that time; provided, that the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore may, if the public service permits, assign the
duties to be performed by this section to be performed by the Collector
of Water Rents and Licenses, to some other municipal official, and when
so done by ordinance this office may be abolished.*

Does not apply to market licenses.

Meushaw v. State, 109 Md. 84. City v. Wollman, 123 Md. 310.

Applies to vehicles "commonly used" in city.

Geis v. State, 126 Md. 265.

*The office of Collector of Water Rents and Licenses was abolished by Ordinance
No. 186, approved May 28, 1924, and his duties assigned to the Bureau of Receipts
created by this ordinance.