JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 723

CHAPTER 461.
AN ACT authorizing and directing the County Com-
missioners of Howard county to levy a sum of
money for David Carson, executor of David Hay es,
for taxes erroneously paid by him and his late co-
executor, Thomas Donaldson, to said county.
Whereas David Carson and the late Thomas Don-
aldson, as executors of David Hayes, deceased, have
erroneously paid certain taxes to the County Com-
missioners of Howard county, upon personal prop- erty, consisting of stocks and bonds, said personal	Preamble.
property being assessed in the amount of eighteen
thousand seven hundred and seventy-one dollars
upon the tax-books of said county, said taxes having
been paid as follows :
One hundred and fifty-seven dollars and sixty-seven
cents, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two; one hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty-six cents,
for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three;
one hundred and forty-four dollars and fifty-four
cents, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-	Amount paid
four, and one hundred and fifty-three dollars and
ninety-two cents, for the year eighteen hundred and
seventy-five, said taxes amounting in all to the sum
of five hundred and eighty-one dollars and sixty-nine
cents.
And whereas it appears from the certificate of the
Register of Wills of Howard county, that said per-
sonal property had been sold by said executors prior
to said years, and so reported to the Orphans' Court
of Howard county ; and whereas it further appears
from the certificate of said County Commissioners	Preamble.
that the sum of five hundred and eighty-one dollars
and sixty-nine cents has been erroneously paid by
said estate unto said County Commissioners ; there-
fore —
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the County Commissioners of Howard county be and they are hereby authorized	Commission- ers to refund.
to refund unto David Carson, surviving executor of