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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall compose the seventh collection district ; the
ninth election district shall compose the eighth
collection district; the tenth election district shall
compose the ninth collection district; the eleventh
election district shall compose the tenth collection
district ; the twelfth election district shall com-
pose the eleventh collection district.

Collectors.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the County Com-
missioners of Baltimore county, are hereby autho-
rized and required to appoint eleven collectors
upon the first Tuesday of March of each and every
year, who shall hold their office for one year for
the collection of State and county taxes, one for
each of the collection districts, as composed in the
preceding section, and said collectors shall give
a bond 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 Commission-
ers in the full sum of county taxes placed in their
hands respectively for collection, said bonds to be
approved by the County Commissioners of 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.

Compensation
of Collectors.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the commission
as compensation to said collectors for the col-
lection of said taxes, shall be as follows : six per
centum for the first, second, seventh, tenth and
eleventh collection districts ; five per centum for
the third, fourth, eight and ninth collection dis-
tricts ; seven per centum for the fifth and sixth
collection districts, upon all sums collected and
paid over, and it shall be the duty of the County
Commissioners to levy for the said commission in
the general levy of State and county taxes ; said
commissions to be estimated upon the whole
amount to be placed in the hands of each collector.

In force

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