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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

State and county taxes for the said county that may be levied
by the commissioners aforesaid, for which service the said
collectors may be allowed a commission not exceeding three
per centum on the amount collected; the first collection dis-
trict shall comprise so much of Easton Election District, or
District No. 1, as was contained within the original boundary
lines of said election district before the passage of the act of
assembly, changing the boundary line between said election
district and Trappe Election District, or District No. 3; the
second collection district shall comprise all of Trappe Election
District, or District No. 3, as was contained within the original
boundary lines aforesaid of said election district; the third
collection district shall comprise all of Chapel Election Dis-
trict, or District No. 4; the fourth collection district shall
comprise St. Michael's District, or Election District No. 2;
and the fifth collection district shall comprise Bay Hundred
District, or Election District No. 5; and each collector as
aforesaid shall be a resident of the collection district for which
he shall be appointed.

Collectors to
reserve
amount
levied for
public
schools.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said collectors shall
reserve out of the money collected by them for county pur-
poses a sufficient sum to pay the amount levied in each current
year for public schools and placed in their hands for collection,
and they shall pay the said school fund over to the Board of
Connty School Commissioners, as follows: one-fourth on or
before the fifteenth day of September, on which payment the
said Board of County School Commissioners shall allow the
same discount that was given by the collectors upon the taxes
then collected; one-fourth on or before the fifteenth day of
January; one-fourth on or before the fifteenth day of June ;
and the remaining one-fourth, together with the interest then
due upon the amount of said county school levy, on or before
the fifteenth day of September.

Taxes, when
due.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That on the first day of January,
in each year, taxes shall be deemed to be in arrears, and inter-
est shall be charged and collected from that date, and immedi-
ately sifter the first day of January in each year, the collectors
shall deliver to each delinquent an account of his assessment
and taxes due thereon, and unless payment be made in full, the
said collectors shall, on or after the fifteenth day of June in
each year, publish a list of said delinquents, together with the
amount of taxes, State and county, due and payable by each
delinquent, in two newspapers printed and published in said