3104 ARTICLE 81

An. Code, 1924, sec. 265. 1912, sec. 250. 1916, ch. 629, sec. 250. 1929, ch. 226, sec. 174.

183. The County Commissioners of the several counties of the State
shall provide by levy an amount sufficient to pay for the expense of assess-
ment of property in their respective counties upon the order of the State
Tax Commission.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 266. 1912, sec. 251. 1916, ch. 629, sec. 251. 1929, ch. 226, sec. 175.

184. In the event that any of the several Boards of County Commis-
sioners or the Appeal Tax Court neglect or refuse to include in the levy
succeeding the date of notification from the State Tax Commission the
amount necessary to reassess property,in the particular county the amount
of which is in the preceding section provided for, or in the event any of the
several Boards of County Commissioners or the Appeal Tax Court shall
neglect or fail to follow the instructions of the State Tax Commission,
either as to the method or plan of assessment, or failure to appoint assessors
as hereinbefore provided, then in that event, the State Tax Commission
may institute mandamus proceedings against any such Board of County
Commissioners of any county so refusing and a mandamus shall issue
compelling any such board to perform the duties herein provided.

As to mandamus, see art. 60.

See note to sec. 30.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 267. 1912, sec. 252. 1916, ch. 629, sec. 252. 1929, ch. 226, sec. 176.

185. Each County Commissioner of a county having three Commis-
sioners shall receive five dollars ($5) per day for actual services rendered
in connection with the reassessment of property in their county, and the
County Commissioners of the counties having more than three Commis-
sioners shall each receive three dollars ($3) a day for actual services ren-
dered in the assessment of property in their county, except in Prince
George's County, wherein each of the five County Commissioners shall
receive five dollars ($5) per day for actual services rendered in the assess-
ment of property in Prince George's County, but the State Tax Commis-
sion is given the authority to decide how much time is necessary to do this
work, and if the Commissioners of any county have not completed their
work within that time, then in that event the necessary time to complete it
must be done without compensation. The County Commissioners of the
several counties in connection with the reassessment of the property in their
respective counties, shall have the power to appoint a clerk or clerks in
addition to the regular clerk to the board, who shall receive for each day
of actual services such compensation as shall be fixed by the County Com-
missioners. The Counsel to the County Commissioners in their respective
counties shall be counsel to the said Commissioners in regard to the reas-
sessment of property in their respective counties, and shall be entitled to
a fair and reasonable compensation for services rendered to said County
Commissioners, in addition to the salary as counsel to said County Com-
missioners; all of which compensation for the County Assessors, County
Commissioners acting in regard to the reassessment of property in their
respective counties, their clerk or clerks and counsel shall be paid by the
counties in which said duties are respectively performed, and the accounts
for these services rendered shall be approved by the County Commissioners
for such county before the same are paid.