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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Chapter 136.

AN ACT to repeal sections nineteen, twenty,
twenty-six and thirty-one of the acts of the
general assembly passed at January session,
eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled " An
act to incorporate the town of Frostburg, in
Allegany county," and to re-enact the same
with amendments, and to add an additional
section thereto, number thirty-five.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

Repealed and
re-enacted.

bly of Maryland, That sections nineteen, twenty,
twenty-six and thirty-one of the acts of the gen-
eral assembly passed at January session, eighteen
hundred and seventy, entitled "An act to incor-
porate the town of Frostburg, in Allegany
county," be and the same are hereby repealed
and re-enacted to read as follows :
SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the bailiff

When to ac-
count.

shall account for the amount of such assessment
within three months from the receipt of such
warrant, and list and pay the sums collected
under penalty of double the amount thereof to
the treasurer of the town, and on all taxes re-
maining unpaid for three months after the
same shall have been levied, he shall charge and
collect interest from the date of the levy at the
rate of six per cent, per annum, to be accounted
for with the tax ; and in all suits by the mayor and
councilmen upon the bond of said bailiff, for any
neglect of duty, or for his default for not col-
lecting any tax placed in his hands, according to
law, or for breach of his duty in not paying
over money collected by him, proof of the de-
livery of the levy list shall be sufficient prima

Recover judg-
ment.

facie evidence to entitle the mayor and council-
men to recover judgment in such suit, unless
said bailiff shall show that he has discharged
his duty in such case according to law.
SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That all taxes

Lien upon
property.

levied by the mayor and councilmen for the
general purposes of the corporation shall be a
lien upon the property of the party or parties
against whom said tax maybe charged, whether
such person be a resident or non-resident of said
town, whether adult or infant, non compos, femme