EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. : 941

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of
Acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted. That this Act shall take ef-
fect June 1st, Nineteen Hundred and Sixteen.

Approved April 11th, 1916.

CHAPTER 466.

AN ACT to authorize and direct the County Commissioners of
Allegany County, Maryland, to levy at the annual levy for
the year 1916, the sum of thirty-seven hundred and seven-
teen dollars and forty-four cents ($3, 717. 44), and to pay
the same to the sureties on the bond of James Schuyler,
State and County Tax Collector for Allegany County, for
the years 1901, 1902 and 1903, which sum said sureties
paid to the said County Commissioners by mistake.

WHEREAS, The said James Schuyler, was State and County
Tax Collector for Allegany County for the years 1901, 1902
and 1903, and failed to pay over the sum of thirty-seven hun-
dred and seventeen dollars and forty-four cents ($3, 717. 44),
to the. said Allegany County, and the said County Commis-
sioners, having called upon the said sureties to make good the
said default, the said sureties paid the said sum of thirty-seven
hundred and seventeen dollars and forty-four cents ($3, -
717. 44), to the Treasurer of said County under a mistaken
impression and without the authority of the said tax collector,
and without suit having been brought, and without giving the
said James Schuyler, tax collector aforesaid; the opportunity
to defend and explain the said default; and,

WHEREAS, It is now learned that the 8aid James Schuyler
was then entitled to certain allowances for insolvencies and
mistakes in assessments sufficient to cover the said amount for
which he was in default. Now, therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the County Commissioners of Allegany Coun-
ty be, and they are hereby authorized and directed at the
annual levy for 1916 in Allegany County, to levy the sum of
thirty-seven hundred and seventeen dollars and forty-four