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expired term thus created, who shall take the oath, give the
bond and perform all the duties of said office prescribed by
law.

SEC. 6 And be it enacted, That the County Treasurer in
addition to his duties as Treasurer and collector, shall perform
all the duties of Clerk to the County Commissioners of Worces-
ter County, without any extra compensation whatsoever; and
he is empowered to administer an oath or affirmation to any
account to any person presenting a claim against Worcester
County, but he shall not administer such oath or affirmation in
any other place than in the office of the County Commissioners
nor shall he be allowed any fee for administering said oath or
affirmation.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the County Commissioners
shall make their annual levy for State and County taxes on or
before the first Tuesday in June, in each and every year and
the same shall be due and payable on the first day cf January
next succeeding the levy thereof, and all County taxes paid on
or before the 15th day of September, a discount of three per
cent shall be allowed, and all County taxes paid on or before
the 15th day of October a discount of two per cent, shall be
allowed; and the County Treasurer shall take the discount
from the tax bills for County purposes regularly in the manner
aforesaid and shall note the same upon his book, and upon the
receipt given for taxes so paid, but the discount allowed on
County taxes by this Section or on State taxes provided by law
shall net be made to any person, set of persons or corporate
institutions unless the whole amount of State and County taxes
due by such person, set of persons or corporate institutions for
the current year be paid at the time of making such discounts.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That within sixty days after the
annual levy shall have been made the said Treasurer, in. per-
formance of his duties as Clerk to said County Commissioners,
shall make a true copy of the assessment list of Worcester
County in books supplied by the County Commissioners for the
purpose, showing the aggregate assessment of every person, set
of persons or corporate institutions as the same there appears
on the assessment books of said County, with the name of said
owners arranged according to election districts, and alphabeti-
cally for each district, and the amount of State and County
taxes, due and owing by every such person, set of persons or
corporate institutions; and said books shall be kept in the office
of the County Commissioners, and the said Treasurer shall