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LAWS OF MARYLAND...

the Commissioners of the said county, as recited in
the preamble to this act, he shall be entitled to re-
tain the amount of his said payment of the tax with
which he may be assessed under the provisoms of
this apt; and if he shall have transferred the
property assessed to him, and for which he shall
have made payment of the said tax aforesaid; the
person to whom the said transfer shall have been
made shall be entitled to the benefit of the discount
aforesaid, to the extent of the tax so assessed
against the said property and paid as aforesaid.

To determine
upon claims.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Commis-
sioners shall be and they are hereby authorized and
empowered at their meeting, to be held for the
purpose of making the levy to defray the expenses
for the said county for the year eighteen hundred
and sixty-four, or at some other meeting to be held
specially for the purpose, to determine upon all
claims which shall or may be made for discounts
or allowances under the provisions of the last
preceding section.

Declared
valid.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the proceedings
of the Commissioners in levying and collecting the
tax imposed by them as aforesaid, and the engage-
ments entered into by them, in consequence there-
of, be and the same are hereby made and declared
to be valid and operative, and that all further pro-
ceedings for the purpose of collecting the said tax,
be and the same are hereby suspended.

In force.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the day of its passage,