408 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [ART. 25.

P. G.. L., (1860,) art 28, sec. 4. 1853, ch. 239, sec. 4.

6. They shall meet in their respective counties within sixty
days after their election, and qualify by taking the oaths required
by law, and shall meet once a quarter, and as much oftener as
the necessities of the county may in their judgment require;
provided, however, that the meeting to make the annual levy of
taxes shall be held previous to the first day of July in each year.

American Coal Co o Co. Comm'rs of Allegany Co , 59 Md. 186.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1817, ch. 78. 1823, ch. 62. 1835, ch 307. 1853, ch. 239, sec. 2.

7. They shall levy all needful taxes on the assessable property
within the county liable to taxation, and provide for collecting
the same, and they may make such levy in whole or in part by esti-
mate ; they shall provide for the support of the courts, compen-
sate jurors and county or State witnesses, levy for out pensions
allowed by themselves or the trustees of the poor, and such sums
as may be necessary to pay accounts allowed by them for the
funeral expenses of paupers, and pay and discharge all claims on
or against the county which have been expressly or impliedly
authorized by law.

Co Comm'rs v. Baker, 44 Md 1 Webster et al t Co. Comm'rs of Balto.
Co. 51 Md. 399. Peter v. Prettyman et al. 62 Md 571

Ibid, sec 6 1794, ch 53, sec. 11.

8. They shall allow no claim against the county not properly
chargeable to the same, and for which the claimant shall not
produce a legal voucher.

Ibid, sec 7. 1807, ch. 129. 1852, ch. 337, sec 14.

9. They shall, when satisfied that any error has arisen by
assessing property not liable to be assessed, rectify such error and
levy and pay to the proper person any money that may have been
paid in consequence of such error.

George's Creek Coal & Iron Co. v. Co. Comm'rs of Allegany Co. 59 Md. 255.

Ibid sec. 8. 1860, ch. 175

10. Whenever any lands in any of the counties in this State
shall greatly depreciate in value by reason of the diminished
value of the fisheries attached thereto, the county commissioners