THOMAS KING, CARROLL,
ESQ. GOVERNOR.
1829.
of taking, holding, selling and conveying all kinds
of estate,
property and effects and of doing all such acts as shall be necessary
to the exercise of all 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.
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CHAP. 21.
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Sec. 4. And be it enacted,
That when, and as soon as the
commissioners to be elected or appointed as aforesaid, shall
have taken and subscribed the oath or affirmation hereinbefore
described, all the power, rights and privileges, lawfully
exercised by; and all property, estate and effects, vested in
the Justices of the Levy Court of Washington county, and
commissioners of the tax, shall be transferred to, and vested
in the Commissioners of Washington county, who, or a majority
of them, shall thereafter exercise all the said powers,
rights and privileges, and shall perform all the duties required
to be performed by the said Justices of the Levy Court for
Washington county, and no appointment of Justices of the
Levy Court of Washington county, shall thereafter be made,
and all the powers lawfully exercised by, or vested in the commissioners
of the tax for Washington county, and all the duties
required by law to be performed by them, shall be vested
in, and exercised and performed by the said commissioners
for Washington county, after they shall have become
qualified as aforesaid.
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Powers, &c. of
Levy Court and
Commissioners of
Tax transferred to.
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Sec. 5. And be it enacted,
That the commissioners of Washington
county, shall at their annual meetings, appoint a well
qualified, fit and proper person, a resident of said county, to act
and serve as clerk to the said commissioners, who shall transact
all the business and discharge all the duties now appertaining
to the several and respective officers of clerk of the
levy court and commissioners of the tax, in the same manner
as the clerk of Washington county court, and clerk of the
commissioners of the tax for said county, are now by law
severally authorised and required to transact the same, and the
so appointed, shall before he enters upon the duties of
his office, execute a bond to the State of Maryland, to be approved
of by the said commissioners, in the penalty of one
thousand dollars, conditioned for the true and faithful performance
of the several and respective duties hereby imposed,
which bond shall be recorded in the clerks office of the county
court of said county, and a copy thereof, under the seal of
the said county court, shall be as sufficient evidence as the original
would be, if produced and proved, and the said clerk
when appointed, shall also take and subscribe the following
oath or affirmation, as the case may be, to wit: I, A. B. do
swear or affirm, that as clerk to the commissioners of Washington
county, I will honestly and faithfully to the best of my
skill and judgment, execute the duties of said office, without
favor, affection or prejudice, so help me God; which oath or
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Clerk—bond—oath
penalties.
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