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not exceed five dollars per day for the time they are actually
employed in the work of assessing, which compensation, as well
as all other expenses incident to local assessment, shall be
levied for by the several Boards of County Commissioners.

249. The uniform plan for the assessment of property which
shall be formulated by the State Tax Commission, shall be fol-
lowed strictly by the Board of County Commissioners of the
several Counties in the State, together with all County asses-
sors, not only for the assessment provided for in this Act, but
for all subsequent reassessments and reviewal of assessments
authorized by Chapter 841 of the Acts of 1914.

250. The Board of County Commissioners of the several
Counties of the State shall provide by levy an amount suffi-
cient to pay for the assessment of property in their respective
Counties upon the order of the State Tax Commission.

251. In the event that any of the several Boards of County
Commissioners of the State of Maryland neglect or refuse to
include in the levy succeeding the date of notification from the
State Tax Commission of the amount necessary to reassess
property in the particular County, the amount of which is in
the preceding Section provided for, or in the event any of the
several Boards of County Commissioners shall neglect or fail
to follow the instructions of the State Tax Commission, either
as to the method or plan of assessment, or failure to appoint
County assessors as hereinbefore provided, then in that event,
the State Tax Commission shall institute mandamus proceed-
ings against any such Board of County Commissioners of any
County so refusing and a mandamus shall issue compelling any
such Board to perform the duties herein provided.

252. Each County Commissioner of a County having three
Commissioners shall receive five dollars per day for actual ser-
vices rendered in connection with the reassessment of property
in their County, and the County Commissioners of Counties
having more than three Commissioners shall each receive three
dollars per day for actual services rendered in the assessment
of property in their County, but the State Tax Commission is
given the authority to decide how much time is necessary to. do
this work, and if the County Commissioners of any County
have not completed their work within that time, then in that
event the necessary time to complete it must be done without
compensation. The County Commissioners of the several Coun-
ties in connection with the reassessment of the property in
their respective County shall have the right to appoint a clerk