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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAPTER 96.

Passed Feb.
25, 1865.

A Bill entitled, AN ACT to repeal section sixty-
five, Article three of the Code of Public Local
Laws for Baltimore county, entitled " County
Commissioners," and to re-enact the same with
amendments, and also to amend Article three of
Public Local Laws for Baltimore county, enti-
tled "Collectors."

Repealed.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That section sixty-five, Article
three of the Code of Public Local Laws for Balti-
more county, be and is hereby repealed and re-
enacted so as to read as follows :

Time of levy.

Sec. 66. They shall levy the State and county
taxes for said county, on or before the first day of
May in each year.

Section a-
mended.

Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That section three, of
the Code of Public Local Laws for Baltimore
county entitled, "Collected," be and is hereby
amended, so as to read as follows : The County
Commissioners for Baltimore county, are hereby
authorized and required to appoint eleven Col-
lectors upon the first Tuesday in March next, and
bi-annually thereafter, who shall hold their office
for two years, for the collection ol State and county
taxes, one for each of the collection districts, as
composed in the second section of f aid act of eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-two, chapter one hundred
and fifty-nine; and said Collectors shall each give
a bond annually to the State of Maryland, in the
full sum of State taxes placed in their hands
respectively for collection, and also a bond to the
State of Maryland, for the use of the County
Commissioners in the full sum of county taxes
placed in their hands respectively for collection,
said bonds to be approved by the County Commis-
sioners for said county, and to be given within
ten days from the date of appointment, and upon
failure to do so, the County Commissioners to
appoint a successor.

County Com-
missioners to
remove.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
County Commissioners for said county, be and are