ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

over to the county school commissioners, when
such actions shall occur, for school purposes.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any person

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offending against the provisions of the first sec-
tion of this act shall be liable upon conviction
thereof, as in the preceding section, to a penalty
of not less than five nor more than thirty dol-
lars, or imprisonment for not less than ten nor
more than twenty days.

Penalty.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts
of acts inconsistent with this act be and the
same are hereby repealed.

Repealed.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 4, 1888.

Chapter 310.

AN ACT to make collectors of taxes for Calvert
county responsible after one year for all sums
placed in their hands for collection.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

Effective.

bly of Maryland, That the collectors of taxes for
Calvert county shall be responsible, after one
year from the date of their appointment, for all
sums of money placed in their hands for collec-
tion, and that the county commissioners of said
county shall allow to said collectors, in their set-
tlement with the county, no insolvencies nor
amounts for erroneous assessments or uncollect-
able taxes after one year from the date respec-
tively of their appointment.

Responsibility

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That when a tax
collector shall receive a county order, or certifi-
cate in payment of taxes, said county order shall
not be allowed in his account unless it shall have
endorsed upon the same the name of person to
whom the same was issued, as also the name of
person from whom said collector received the
same.

Must be en-
dorsed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1888.

Effective.