LLOYD LOWNDES. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

the people will be better served by such a change, and the
audit greatly facilitated ; therefore,

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following sections be and are hereby added to
Article six of the Code of Pnblic Local Laws, title "Caroline
County," new sub-title "Clerk to County Commissioners," and
to be designated as sections fifty A and fifty B.
50 A. It shall be the duty of the clerk to the County Com-

New sections
added.

missioners, in addition to the duties now required of him, to
assess all new or unassessed property in said county, and for
this purpose he is clothed with all the powers possessed by
collectors of taxes under the provisions of the Code of Public
General Laws, and said clerk may appoint one or more depu-
ties, who shall be authorized to act in his place, for whose acts,
he shall be responsible and to whom he may pay such com-
pensation as he may deem proper to be deducted from his
salary. And said clerk to the County Commissioners shall
receive a salary not to exceed eight hundred dollars per annum,
and he shall receive no extra compensation for any services
rendered the county.
50 B. It shall be the duty of said clerk, as soon as the annual
levy is made, to give public notice thereof, by advertisement

Assess all
new or un-
assessed
property.

inserted in two newspapers, printed and published in said
county, and the taxes so levied shall be due and payable on the
first day of September, in the year in which they are levied.
It shall be the further duty of the clerk to strike from the list
of taxables, the names of all insolvents returned to him by the
sheriff of said county and allowed by the County Commis-
sioners as such.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts

Notice to be
given.

of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and
the same are hereby repealed.

Repeal.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the first Monday in July, eighteen hundred and ninety-
eight.
Approved April 7, 1898.

CHAPTER 217.
AN ACT to add an additional section to Article 71 of the
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Ordinary
and Inn Keepers and Retailers," to bo designated as Section 7.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That, an additional section, designated 7, be added to

Effective.