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CHAPTER 475.
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AN ACT to repeal section thirty-seven, of article twelve, of the
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Code of Public Local Laws, title " Garrett county," sub-title
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" County Commissioners," and to re-enact the same with amend-
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ments.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of Maryland,
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Repeal.
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That section thirty-seven, of article twelve, of the Code of Public
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Local Laws, title "Garrett county," sub-title "County Commis-
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sioners," be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as.
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to read as follows :
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36. He shall be entitled to such compensation as shall be fixed
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by the county commissioners, and he shall have power to admin-
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ister oaths to all road supervisors who come before said commis-
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Duties.
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sioners to settle their accounts, touching the fairness and truth of
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such accounts, and to all persons who come before said commis-
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sioners to make transfers or ask for rebates or reductions, or other
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changes in assessments on the assessment books of said county,
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and shall have power to take affidavits to all papers to be filed in
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the office of said commissioners, and to administer an oath or
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affirmation to any person presenting a claim to the commissioners
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against said county, and to any person who is to be examined as a
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witness in any matter before the commissioners, for which service
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the clerk shall not be entitled to make any charge, the same being
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made a part of his official duty as clerk; and it shall be the duty
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of the clerk to keep the office of the county commissioners of said
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county open from nine o'clock in the forenoon until three o'clock
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in the afternoon, and to attend therein for the transaction of busi-
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ness on every day in the week, except Sundays and legal holidays ;
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Compen-
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the compensation to be allowed said clerk by the county commis-
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sation.
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sioners, shall be in full for all the services required of him as said
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clerk by law, either general or local; provided, however, that such
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compensation of such clerk shall not be less than four hundred
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dollars, nor more than six hundred dollars in any one year.
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Effective.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from
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the date of its passage.
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Approved April 3, 1890.
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