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STATE OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 76.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 20, 1902.

CHAPTER 76.
AN ACT to repeal Sections 94 to 112 of Article 23 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Wicomico
County," sub-title " Revenue and Taxes," as repealed,
amended and re-enacted by Chapter 398 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland, Session of 1894, providing
for the collection of taxes in Wicomico County and election
of Treasurer, and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That chapter 398 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland, Session of 1894, entitled an Act to

Repeal.

repeal and re-enact sections 94 to 112 inclusive, of the Public
Local Laws, title "Wicomico County," sub-title "Revenue and
Taxes," and to re-enact the same with amendments, be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments
so as to read as follows.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the treasurer of Wicomico
county shall be the collector of all State taxes and of all

Collector of
State and
county taxes.

county taxes for whatsoever purposes levied or to be leveid
for or within said county during the term of his office, or that,
may be placed in his hands for collection, and he shall have
full power and it shall be his duty to receive and collect
all State and county taxes levied as aforesaid, after this Act
shall take effect, and so put in his hands for collection, and all
moneys which may be due said county, with full power to
enforce the payments of the same by sale or otherwise, as
hereinafter prescribed, and to convey title to any real or per-
sonal estate sold by him for the payment of State or county
taxes in the manner prescribed by the succeeding sections;
and all taxes levied in said Wicomico county after the first
day of January, nineteen hundred and two, for State and
county purposes shall be collected by the county treasurer.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said treasurer, before

Oath to be
taken.
Bond to be
given.

he enters upon the duties of his said office, shall take an oath
before the clerk of the Circuit Court for Wicomico county
that he will faithfully perform the duties of the same, and he
shall also execute a bond to the State of Maryland in the
penalty of fifty thousand dollars for the faithful performance
of his duties as treasurer and as clerk to the County Commis-
sioners of Wicomico county, which bond shall be paid for by