WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 387

	CHAPTER 245.
	AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners
	for Anne Arundel county to adjust and settle with
	Charles Eeese, of Baltimore city, for county and
	school taxes, paid by him in error on certain real
	estate in Anne Arundel county.
	WHEREAS it is represented to this General Assem-
	bly that a certain Charles Reese, of Baltimore city,
	has for a number of years past paid taxes assessed
	for State, county and school purposes on his real es-
	tate, near the city of Annapolis, much in excess of	Preamble
	the quantity of land really owned by him, from an
	error in the deed under which he purchased said
	land, as now disclosed by a survey of said land ;
	therefore,
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assem-
	bly of Maryland, That the County Commissioners
	for Anne Arundel county be and they are hereby
	authorized and directed to adjust and settle with
	Charles Reese the tax bills assessed on his property	Adjust and settle.
	since January, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, ac- cording to the correct amount of land owned by him,
	as shown by the plat and survey of the same, accord-
	ing to principles of equity.
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the County Com-
	missioners for Anne Arundel county, when they
	have so adjusted said tax bills, be and they are here-	Directed to
	by directed to levy for and to pay to said Charles	levy.
	Reese such sum of money as they shall find has been
	erroneously paid by said Charles Reese for county
	and school purposes in excess of his proper assess-
	ment.
	SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	Effective.
	effect from the date of its passage.
	Approved April 14, 1880.