LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

hundred and twelve of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed at the January session, in the year
eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and to re-enact the fol-
lowing sections in lieu thereof.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections fifty-eight, fifty-nine to fifty-nine M, inclu-
clusive, and sixty-one of Article eighteen of the Code of
Public Local Laws, title " Queen Anne's County," sub-title
"Centreville," as repealed and re enacted, with amendments
and additional sections, by Chapter six hundred and twelve of
the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the
January session, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four,
be and the same are hereby repealed, and the following sec-
tions to be numbered as sections 58, 59, 59 A, 59B, 59C, 59 D,
59E, 59F, 59G, 59 H, 59I, 59J, 59K, 59L, 59M, and 61, of
Article eighteen of said Local Laws, are enacted in lieu
thereof.

Repeal.

58. The commissioners may adopt their present assessment r
and valuation of all real and personal property in the town,
and may, annually, between the first day of April and the first
day of May, levy on the property so assessed such sums of
money, not to exceed forty cents on each hundred dollars in
any one year, as they may deem necessary for the use, improve-
ment and expenses of said town.

Taxation of
property.

59. The said commissioners may, annually, appoint a collec-
tor of the taxes levied by them; before such collector shall
begin the collection of said taxes, he shall give bond, con-
ditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office,
in such sum and with such surety as said commissioners shall
require. His compensation shall be fixed and paid by said
commissioners. The said commissioners, if they deem best,
may appoint and direct the bailiff of said town to collect said
taxes and pay him such compensation therefor and require of
him such bond as they may deem right.

Collector of
taxes.

59 A. All taxes levied for the use of said town shall be due
and payable on the first day of June in the year in which they
are levied; from and after that date they shall be in arrear,
and shall bear interest from that date until paid; all such taxes
shall be liens on the real estate of the person assessed there-
with from the time they are levied.

59 B. If the taxes levied by said commissioners when due
and in arrear be not paid on demand of the collector, he may

When taxes
due.