1827

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 145

property and effects, and of doing all such acts as shall be
necessary to the exercise of all powers which are or shall be
Vested in them by this act, or by any other act of Assembly,
as fully and effectually as corporate bodies may or can law-
fully and rightfully do.

Levy court abol-
ishd-their pow-
ers &c duties trans-
ferred

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That when and as soon as the
commissioners to be elected or appointed as aforesaid, shall
have taken and subscribed the oath or affirmation herein before
described, all the powers, rights and privileges, lawfully ex-
ercised by, and all property, estate and effects, vested in the .
justice of the levy court of Cecil county, shall be transferred
to, and vested in the commissioners for Cecil county, who, or
any three of them, shall thereafter exercise all the snid powers,
rights and privileges, and shall perform all the duties required
to be performed by the said justices of the levy court of Cecil
county, and no appointment of justices of the levy court for
Cecil county, shall thereafter be made; and all the powers law-
fully exercised by or vested in the commissioners of the tax for
Cecil county, and all the duties required by law to he perform-
ed by them, shall be vested its and exercised and performed
by the said conmissioners for Cecil county, after they shall

Clerk,

have become qualified as aforesaid.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the commissioners of Cecil
county, shall at their annual meetings, appoint a well qualified
fit and proper person, a resident of said county, to act and
serve as clerk to the said commissioners, who shall transact all
the business, and discharge all the duties, now appertaining to
the several and respective officers of clerk of the levy court, and
commissioners of the tax, in the same manner as the clerk of
Cecil county; and the clerk of the commissioners of the tax for
said county, are now by tew severally authorised and required
to transact the same, and the person so appointed shall before
he enters upon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the
state of Maryland, to be approved of fey the said commission-
ers, in the penalty of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the
true and faithful performance of the several and respective
duties hereby imposed, which bond shall be recorded in the
clerk's office of the county court of said county, and a copy
thereof under the seal of said court, shall be as sufficient evi-
dence as the original, and the said clerk when appointed, shall
also take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, as
the case may be, to wit: I, A. B. do swear or affirm, that as
clerk to the commissioners of Cecil county, I will hontstly and
faithfully, to the best of my skill and judgment, execute the
duties of said office, without favor, affection, or prejudice, so
help me God! whicn oath or affirmation, any one of the
said commissioners is hereby authorised to administer; and
the said clerk shall be subject to the same penalties and for-
feitures for non performance or neglect of official duty, as are
prescribed by the existing laws in relation, as well to the se-
veral matters and things which the clerk of the county court
of said county may be legally directed and required to per-
form, under the authority of the levy court, as likewise to