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him on or before the fifteenth day of October of
the said year, a deduction of four per cent., and on
all sums paid by him on or before the fifteenth day
of November of the said year, a deduction of three
per cent., which deduction shall in each case be
noted by the treasurer of said county upon the re-
ceipt given the collector ; and it is the meaning of this section that the said deduction shall be made	Meaning of this section.
from the gross amount of the State and county taxes
placed in the hands of said collectors, and shall not
be in addition to those made in favor of the tax-
payers.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That each tax-payer	Each tax-
of said county shall have a rebate of his assessed	payer.
taxes, both State and county, at the rate and on the
conditions of paying the same to the collectors as
specified in the preceding section, with the proviso that his payments shall in each case be made not later than five days prior to the respective dates for	Not later.
payment within which allowance and rebate are as
aforesaid to be made and in favor of the collec-
tors ; and the said county treasurer is to be allowed	To be allowed
the same deductions on all sums accounted for by
him to the State treasury by the first day of Octo-
ber, November and December respectively of the
year for which the levy is made, and accounted for
to the County Commissioners as in this act provided.
SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the County Com-
missioners of Dorchester county shall annually levy	Shall annu-
upon said county a commission of not more than five	ally levy.
per cent, on the amount of State and county taxes,
to be placed in the hands of said collectors for col-
lection, said commissions to be levied for the use of
said collectors respectively, and to be collected as
other charges are collected, but in his settlement	In his settle-
with said county treasurer, each collector shall only	ment.
be allowed to retain his commissions on the actual
amount of State and county taxes actually collected
by him and paid over to said treasurer.
SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That if any collector
shall fail to pay over to the treasurer of said county	Shall fail to
the amount of money which may or should be in	pay.
his hands for the use of the State or county by the
first day of April specified for payment in the tenth