THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1836.

as aforesaid, the Governor and Council shall at their
next meeting supply the vacancy occasioned by such
death, resignation, refusal or removal, .as the case
may be.

CHAP. 62.

Vacancies

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That every commissioner
appointed as aforesaid, shall before he enters upon the
duties of his office, take and subscribe before some
judge or justice of the peace, an oath or affirmation,
that he will faithfully, diligently and impartially, ex-
ercise the powers and perform the duties of commis-
sioners of the tax for Carroll county, as authorised and
enjoined by law, according to the best of his skill and
judgment, without being influenced by favour or affec-
tion, hatred, malice or ill will, and that he will in
making all appointments to office, vote for such per-
sons among those willing to accept, as in his judgment
and belief shall be most capable and best qualified to
perform the duties of such office, which oath shall be

Oath required.

recorded in a book to be kept among the records of
Carroll county court.

Recorded.

SEC. S. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
aforesaid, and their successors, shall be, and they are
hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the
name, style and title, of the Commissioners of the Tax
for Carroll county, and by that name shall have con-
tinued and perpetual succession, and be capable in law
of suing and being sued, of making and using a cor-
porate seal, and of altering the same, of taking, hold-
ing, selling and conveying all kinds of estates, prop-
erty and effects, and of doing all such acts as shall be
necessary to the exercise of all thp powers which are
or shall be vested in them by this act, or by any other
act of Assembly, as fully and effectually as corporate
bodies may or can lawfully and rightfully do.

Incorporated

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That when and as soon
as the commissioners of the tax to be appointed as
aforesaid, shall have taken and subscribed the oath or
affirmation hereinbefore described, all such powers,
rights and privileges, as are lawfully exercised by or
vested in the levy court of Frederic county, and com-
missioners of the tax for Frederick county shall be

Powers granted

vested in the commissioners of the tax for Carroll
county, who, or any five or them, shall exercise all the
powers, rights, and privileges, and shall perform all

Duties assigned